Thursday, January 19, 2012

What Will Android’s New Design Guidelines Mean for the Platform?

Android has long been criticized for its lack of a focused user interface design language. Apps running on the platform often don’t feel like they’re apps for the same platform at all, lacking a sense of coherence and uniformity. While Apple’s clearly stated design language documentation and arduous review process have given rise to an app ecosystem that provides a seamless, integrated, uninterrupted user experience through consistent UI elements, Android has fallen behind. Google hasn’t put enough weight on the importance of a consistent design language — until now.

With Ice Cream Sandwich, much of Android’s design was overhauled. A new font, Roboto, has replaced the Droid Sans and Droid Serif pairing, which Google must have been pretty sure is an improvement as the Droid fonts had become Android design icons all of their own.

And late last week, Google finally launched the Android Design site which introduces a new set of guidelines for app design, complete with style advice, patterns and ready-​​to-​​go building blocks.

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