Questions tagged [android]
Questions about designing for Android, an operating system for mobile devices such as smartphones and tablet computers. Specific measurements and guidelines are common when designing graphics for different platforms. As such, Android has its own set of requirements. Ask anything about designing graphical projects for the Android platform.
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Alternative for Sketch on Windows?
I recently came across a tool called "Sketch", which is great for designing apps and other responsive layouts, and has great resources as well. For now, it's only available for Mac though. What would ...
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How do I keep my floating action button from blocking other components?
The new Material Design of Google recommends to use floating action buttons to draw attention to the user for the main action on that screen. There are quite a lot of examples of this within a list ...
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Any way to use an Android tablet as a cheap touch-screen (display + pointer-input-device) for Photoshop?
Is there a way (a hack; a commercial app; etc...) which enables me to use any of the available <300$ tablets as a pen-input device to my PC? And specifically in Photoshop?
Wacom's offerings are ...
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How to convert between Android DP and CSS px?
I see this is probably a noob question, but it truly confuses me.
I'm reading documents from the Google Material Design, along with some of its implementations in css. The specification is written in ...
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What is meant by 'designing an icon at 100% scale'?
From the Android's Material Design guide,
System icons are displayed at 24dp. When creating icons, it’s important to design at 100% scale for
pixel-accuracy.
What is meant by designing at 100% ...
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Issues with creating a hi-res Large Icon for Android notifications in Jelly Bean
I am attempting to create beautiful hi-res graphics for Android notifications, but am running into some issues. In Jelly Bean, there is a new place for large icons (see the notification design ...
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Why are Apple products so common in mockups?
Inspired by this question:
Why are Apple Macs used so much in the graphic design industry?
While browsing through the web trying to find device mockups for my website,
I realized that about 90% of ...
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How do designers render their work onto an iPhone/Android?
Before you down vote, bare with me as I'm a developer! I've always been curious how designers render their work onto a phone to show their customers how it may look on the phone, for example:
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What is the best resolution to work at for Android devices?
I am trying to design an app for Android devices, but they come in all sizes and stuff... with different resolutions and its a bit confusing. What is the best way to do it?
Work at the biggest ...
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How do you make an Android loading icon in Illustrator?
I'd like to know how to make an android style loading icon in Illustrator. Can anyone help? It doesn't have to spin, i'd just like to know how to create the opacity on the circular object.
This is ...
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Material Design: Should the status bar look different from the action bar?
I have often noticed that the status bar is a little darker than the action bar, is it a material design rule or a choice of the designer?
Image's author: CommonsWare, from: https://stackoverflow.com/...
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How to create proper Vector Images that can be used as an Android Vector-Drawable?
I'm quite new to creating vector images. I started to learn how the create them because I need some custom icons for an Android app I'm currently working on. And here starts the problem. I'm creating ...
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I want to use Helvetica Neue in my Android application. Where do I buy the appropriate license?
I'm having a heck of a time getting a straight answer for this. Hope somebody here can help!
If I'm a small commercial company that's creating an Android application for a paid service, what sort of ...
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How can I achieve consistent colours in my app on different mobile displays?
We are working on a mobile game that will run on iOS and Android devices. The graphic theme has been designed during the first steps of the development by a single person. Now he's no more an active ...
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What density is the 512x512 icon for an Android app?
I'm making a launcher icon in Inkscape, with my document size set to 512x512. I'm trying to adhere to Material Design standards which state that the Tinted Edge and Shaded Edge of the product icon ...
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How can I create multiple image sizes at the same time?
I program Android apps, and one of the requirements is that there are images of multiple sizes generated for different sized devices. I might create a 48x48, 64x64, 96x96, 128x128, and 144x144 image ...
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32 Bit PNG's won't save as png?
Just for some background knowledge. I am absolutely terrible with graphics, but I attempt anyway. I am trying to create a dead simple graphic for my Android APplication while trying to follow the ...
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Convert PX to DP
First of all, I'm a mobile developer and I'm risking the development of a layout for my app, right from the start I found the following problem, Photoshop uses PX as a unit of measure for the forms ...
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How to create Android PNG Icons from an SVG using GIMP
I'm pretty much a graphics design noob, as you can tell by this very basic question. What I am trying to achieve is to create a set of Android icons from an SVG file that I have. In case you didn't ...
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Is this typeface intentionally so uneven, or is this some display error?
I read many books on Android for Kindle, and most of them display in a nice, unobtrusive way. This is a screenshot of my last book:
But the book I am currently reading has a very strange typography. ...
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What is this style of game art called?
I am working on an android game, and I found this image while search for 8 bit graphics. I really like this style of the visuals, specifically the 45 degree perspective mixed with the blockiness of 8 ...
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How to generate tint, shade and shadow colors in illustrator?
I am trying to make an app icon by following the guidelines given here in Adobe Illustrator, but I am unable to figure out how to generate the colors for tint, shade and shadow. Can anyone help me ...
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Minimum set of assets to cover all screen sizes, densities, and orientations on Android
I'm working on an Android project, and we have a splash screen where the user logs in that has a background image that takes up the entire screen. What is the minimum set of assets needed for this? ...
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What color should be given to the ripple feedback?
One of the major feature of Material Design in the touch feedback that you get on touching widgets. I want to know how should I go about selecting the ripple color? For example, I have a custom button ...
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Creating graphics for Android/iOS/Mobile Devices
I've created icons many times now with tons of great information I've learned here at GraphicDesign StackkExchange. Now, I'm finally putting together my first real application that will go public on ...
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What are the most important qualities to look for when hiring a great mobile UI designer for a consumer-facing Internet startup?
I'm looking for an experienced mobile UI designer to lead the vision and design for our iphone and android applications. What characteristics, experience or requirements would a mid-to-senior level ...
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Create 2 morphable SVGs
I am trying to create 2 SVGs that can be morphed from one another in order to use them in an Android app.
However, the requirements are rather strict: The 2 SVGs (from and to) must have the same ...
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Interactive elements of a PDF being hidden when viewed in iOS/Android et al
we have created an interactive PDF in InDesign CC for a client with rollovers on various charts, that display extra information when rolled over.
Now obviously the rollovers are meaningless on touch ...
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What image file format is used by Autodesk Sketchbook Mobile?
I have been using Sketchbook Mobile on an android phone a little bit and, being an android (me and the device), I have located the single save file the program allows and make backups of that file on ...
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Sketch: How to best sync design elements between iOS and Android Wireframe?
I'm looking for some input on your best practices/workflows for creating app wireframes for both iOS and Android.
I'm working on a project now that needs quite high fidelity wireframes for an app we ...
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What are the recommended icon sizes for a Smartwatch app launcher?
I am creating app launcher icon for Android smartwatches.
What sizes should I consider while designing it? I tried searching for a template but I couldn't find any.
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Is there any design documentation for GUI element sizes in mobile devices?
I know it depends on the device but I am having a hard time locating GUI element sizes in regards to browsers, keyboards, etc. etc. for Apple and Android devices. I have searched through Apple's ...
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Illustrator multi-device export
I’m working on an UI app design for both Android and IPhone. I’m using Adobe Illustrator.
Now I’m facing the problem that the exportation of assets is a nightmare.
I need to create a different ...
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ProgressBar from vector
I'm trying out my luck here with this question since it's kinda design related [will request migration to stackoverflow it needed but I still believe these kind of questions could have their place ...
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Secondary color is a light version of the primary color
I'm working on an Android app that has an odd colour scheme, originally written for iOS with an iOS design. The primary colour is navy blue (#031740). They use light blue as an accent colour. Now, the ...
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How to create a 3D effect in Inkscape as required by the Android Design Guidelines?
In the Iconography section if the Android Design Guide they describe the following style that should be used for Launcher Icons:
Use a distinct silhouette. Three-dimensional, front view, with ...
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Preserve Photoshop PNG transparent margin from generator
I am trying to create a new color for a drawer icon in AS. The stock one has margin to the right that I would like to preserve since it keeps the actionbar icon from sitting on top of it. When I ...
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Legally use UI design of iOS platform as website design
I'm creating a web page which has an inherent link to smart phones, and therefore I would like to mimic the design of the iOS and/or Android platform in the website.
In the case of the iOS platform, ...
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Is there a way to extrude an image in Photoshop?
I want to create a new icon for my application according to the new Android Design Guidelines. Is there any way to get my 2D silhouette and automatically extrude it to create the 3D effect?
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How to prepare (what all sizes and resolutions) mockups and UI graphics for an Android app in PS
I've seen similar questions asked here but they did not answer my question 100%. So please bear with me.
Now I am starting an app design project for iOS and Android. I've been designing for iOS for ...
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What software do you recommend for creating a logo
I am just starting to teach myself how to make logos. If I want to make a logo that works with both Apple and Android apps, what software do you recommend that would help me do a logo that would be ...
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Sizes and dpi confusion
I am designing an app for multiple screen sizes in Android and I have been researching a lot on how the sizes should be kept. Until now I have been able to understand that for multiple sizes such as ...
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Where and/or how to generate custom android button graphic images?
I'm creating an app, and I want it to be more colorful and vivid. Though, I'm not an artist or have any drawing talent. Is there someplace online where I can create custom images for my android ...
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Android and iOS logos on my website
Can I insert Android and iOS logos to sponsor an App on my website? Or is it considered copyright infringement?
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What wireframing tool can I use that is focused on Android and iOS design?
I've been trying to wireframe my designs for apps, but keep getting frustrated with the limited ability and poor usability of the software I've used (Balsamiq, Pencil, Prototyper).
Do you have any ...
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Creating a drop shadow on one side of a shape
I am trying to recreate this effect (see photo) from the HipMunk Android app and I am having some issues as the shadow is coming out other sides on the shape. I just want the shadow out of the right ...
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Should my navigation bar start as transparent then become opaque on scroll?
Android has this UI behaviour: The navigation bar is transparent at first, with only the back button. But as the screen is scrolled up, the navigation bar becomes opaque, and the title fades in (on ...
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Android Launcher Icon "suggests" a border
Looking at the Android Asset Studio Launcher Icon Generator, the launcher icons always end up with a transparent border of at least 2dp. Same goes the App Icon Template. But Googles Design Guide does ...
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Inkscape + Android Studio: Which one is the right format to export for compatibility?
So I was usually creating svg data with inkscape for my Android Projects but recently the import and conversion doesn't work anymore.
I compared my old assets with the new ones and seen that the old ...
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Aligning text layers in Android
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I need to hand over designs to my devs. I have created some spacing tokens, that I am using in Sketch(the design software). These tokens are based on baseline alignment of the text ...
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