Android (Lollipop/5.0) Material Design (2) Getting Started Guide

Android (Lollipop/5.0) Material Design (2) Getting Started Guide

 

 

Apply the Material Theme

 

 

Design Your Layouts Design Your layout

 

In addition to the application and custom material themes, your layout should comply with the material design guidelines. When designing your layout, pay special attention to the following:

Baseline Mesh

Keylines

Spacing

Touch target size

Layout Structure

 

Specify Elevation in Your Views elevation attribute specified in View

 

The shadow that a View can cast. The elevation value of a View determines the shadow size and draw sequence. You can set the elevation of a view and use the attribute android: elevation in the layout.

 

The new translationz attribute allows you to create an animation that reflects temporary elevation changes. Elevation changes may be useful when responding to touch gestures.

 

Customize Your Animations Custom Animation

 

You can customize the animation, such as activating the Activity transition animation and ending the transition animation.

 

 

When you start other activities in this Activity, exit transition will be activated.