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Material Design for Android Developers

Make Your Android Apps Material
Length 3 to 4 weeks
Effort Self-paced
Price Free
Subject Design, Computer Science
Level Intermediate
Languages English
Video Transcripts English

About this Course

In this course, you'll learn how to apply the material design principles that define Android's visual language to your apps. We'll start by walking you through Android design fundamentals, then we'll show you how to apply this knowledge to transform design elements of sample apps. By the end of the course, you'll understand how to create and use material design elements, surfaces, transitions and graphics in your app, across multiple form factors.

What you'll learn

What you’ll learn:

  • Understand and apply the fundamentals of Android design to your app.

  • Understand app structures, common navigation patterns and themes.

  • Understand how to use surfaces to structure the hierarchy in an app.

  • How use surfaces to control interaction of elements in an app.

  • How to effectively use imagery and fonts.

  • How to effectively use color.

  • How to apply themes and styles.

  • How to properly time an animation.

  • Transition between application states.

  • How to create orderly animations.

  • How to implement your designs on many screen sizes.

  • What considerations to make when adapting a design.

Course syllabus

LESSON 1 Android Design Fundamentals LESSON 2 Surfaces LESSON 3 Bold Graphic Design LESSON 4 Meaningful Motion. LESSON 5 Adaptive Design.

Meet the instructors

Roman NurikInstructor
James WilliamsInstructor
Nick ButcherInstructor