Android has been around for a while now and in that time, it has seen some significant changes. A couple of years ago, Google introduced us to its ‘material design’ vision for what modern apps should ...

While Google’s Android Developer Guidelines do help developers create better apps, there are a number of places where usability and common sense should win out over standards. Of course, before you ...

Material design is an important aspect of any UI because it makes apps compelling. We are visual beings and even though an app might have cool features, a poor the design will lead to users abandoning ...

It's now easier than ever to create polished Android experiences. Greg Shackles shows how using Google's new Material Design style. With the release of Android 5.0, also known as Lollipop, Google ...

It's taken me a while to find the time to really explore Google App Inventor, Google's software that allows non-programmers to easily create personal applications and explore programming concepts ...

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You might think app design is app design, whether the software is being developed for iOS or Android. But, in fact, creating highly polished, elegant-looking apps is simply easier to do when ...