Android Question Relooking my app - 2018

[jmon]

Hi

One of my B4A app is about 5-6 years old already. During the past 4 years or so, I was mostly doing B4J apps, and I didn't follow much of what happened with B4A & Android. With this recent requirement of updating the TargetSDK, I want to take this opportunity to give a fresh new look, modern, to my app. I want to rewrite it from scratch.

What is the recommended way of making nice UI these days? I would need Navigation Drawer, Floating Buttons... etc... So I have found that:
https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/designsupport-additional-material-design-components.58893/
Is there something newer or more modern than that (seeing that this date back to 2015)?

Thank you for your help.

 

[BillMeyer]

Hi There,

My personal experience I share here.

When I re-design/design (and I do not have the services of an agency with UI designers for my client - usually large corporates) I usually do the following:

I look at Google like this (Example Link)
then I pick an image that I like and visit that website (Example Link)

I also make extensive use of Pinterest and search for UI Design - and there are plenty of ideas as well.

Using PowerPoint or Gimp, I create my icons, graphics, headers, footers, backgrounds and splash screen to incorporate into my app as per the direction I have chosen.

Hope this helps a bit.

Enjoy !!

 

[Erel]

Assuming that you set the theme correctly in the manifest editor then your app will use the material design automatically. You don't need any special library.

If you want more control over the action bar then use AppCompat.

See this simple example: https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/appcompat-with-toolbar-minimal-example.79896/#content

 

[jmon]

Thank you, that's the answer I needed