Hopes to nurture uniform interface development
SOFTWARE DEVELOPER Google has released Android 4.0 design stencils to help developers create mock-up user interfaces in double quick time.
Google's Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich brought a host of new features but the most noticeable was a change in the user interface with new icons, buttons and interface controls. Now Google has offered designers the chance to download stencils so that they can create interface mock-ups using Adobe Fireworks, Adobe Photoshop and Omni Omnigraffle.
Google has been placing increasing importance on the look and feel of Android applications. Recently the firm released a style-guide so developers can achieve the right tone with their instructions.
However Google's release of design stencils is a move to show that developing applications on its Android operating system need not be an extraneous process. Plus it should help developers use 'Android standard' icons and interface controls from a very early stage of development.
Google's Android had come in for some criticism due to its mish-mash of user interfaces from several versions of the operating system. However now that the firm has integrated both tablet and smartphone operating branches into Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, it needs to encourage uniformity in design across devices with different screen sizes.
Now Google needs to not to make any major user interface design changes with upcoming versions of Android, as rumours are claiming that Android 5.0 will be released before the end of the year. µ
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