Skip to content

Latest commit

 

History

History
26 lines (16 loc) · 1.24 KB

16_MaterialDesign.md

File metadata and controls

26 lines (16 loc) · 1.24 KB
Raw

Material Design

Yang Mou

Material Design

Visual language developed by Google and used throughout Google's websites. Metaphor of using materials, especially paper and ink, as visual cues. It uses bold colors, large text, and ample space. There's also strong emphasis on motion to help provide meaning.

On web, Material Design replaces Kennedy (compare Inbox to vanilla Gmail)

On Android, Material Design is the default for Android 5.0 (Lollipop), replacing Holo on Android 4.x

Android support libraries

The easiest way to get the most from Material Design is to use the Android support libraries. This will ensure that your apps work on basically every version of Android out there.

In your app.gradle: compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:22.2.1'

All your activities should extend AppCompatActivity

Your themes should have parent Theme.AppCompat or Theme.AppCompat.Light

Links

Material Design Material Design for Android

Exit Ticket

Please submit the exit ticket on the ProjectManagment.md lesson plan