/xyzreader

A material design news reader for Android.

Primary LanguageJava

XYZ Reader

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Project Overview

In this project, you will redesign an app to follow the Material Design guidelines and translate a set of static design mocks to a living and breathing app.

UI Review

User Feedback for XYZ Reader:

Lyla says:

“This app is starting to shape up but it feels a bit off in quite a few places. I can't put finger on it but it feels odd.”

Jay says:

“Is the text supposed to be so wonky and unreadable? It is not accessible to those of us without perfect vision."

Kagure says:

“The color scheme is really sad and I shouldn't feel sad.”

Project Rubric

Required Behavior

  • App uses the Design Support library and its provided widget types (FloatingActionButton, AppBarLayout, SnackBar, etc).

  • App uses CoordinatorLayout for the main Activity.

  • App theme extends from AppCompat.

  • App uses an AppBar and associated Toolbars.

  • App provides a Floating Action Button for the most common action(s).

  • App properly specifies elevations for app bars, FABs, and other elements specified in the Material Design specification.

  • App has a consistent color theme defined in styles.xml. Color theme does not impact usability of the app.

  • App provides sufficient space between text and surrounding elements.

  • App uses images that are high quality, specific, and full bleed.

  • App uses fonts that are either the Android defaults, are complementary, and aren't otherwise distracting.