moving from iphone to android
DESCRIPTION
As Android gains ground, iOS may not be enough for some brands. And with limited budgets and development constraints, sometimes you can't give your app the full "Android Treatment" it should deserve. I've put together a mini guide to go over some common ways to get your iOS app over to Android, while keeping it consistent (mostly) with today's Android patterns.TRANSCRIPT
Moving from iPhone to AndroidQuick lesson on common design changes when moving to Android
http://www.theverge.com/2012/2/6/2775611/npd-group-q4-2011-us-smartphone-sales-android-iphone
This is just a quick, high-level primer to help you have a conversation around moving your app to Android.
Some of the main differences...
The navigation goes away, and is “hidden” in a standard Android menu
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The “back button” is also in the same menu area
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Some of the main differences...
As well as search
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Different ways for adapting to Android
Menu Only
Totally Custom
Keep everything the same
Move to the top
Full Android
Moving to Android 4.0...
Menu Only
Where the app basically stays the same, but moves navigation functionally to the Android menu bar.
Totally Custom
Where the design patterns are not common to iOS or Android, and stay the same cross-platform.
Keep everything the same
Specifically break with Android patterns to keep the app the same as the iOS app.
Move to the top
Where the app basically stays the same, but the iOS menu bar is moved to the top of the Android app, while most other options stay within the Android menu bar.
Full Android
Considerations were made to use the Android app patterns to their fullest - sometimes very foreign to a iOS customer.
Ice Cream Sandwich** There are a new set of design guidelines (finally!) for Android with the 4.0 release.
Overview and examples: http://www.android.com/about/ice-cream-sandwich/http://developer.android.com/design/patterns/new-4-0.html
The main issues currently around 4.0 is the REALLY slow adoption around new Android versions:
http://developer.android.com/resources/dashboard/platform-versions.html
