From the Design of YouTube 5.0, more possibilities of Android Design

Today, Android Police released an update file for YouTube for Android 5.0. Compared with YouTube 4.5.17 on Google Play, YouTube 5.0 has changed a lot, not only using a new Logo, but also using a navigation bar like a hamburger Drawer) new Android Design standard controls, as well as a lot of gesture operations and tablet optimization. While using the original Android Design, we also tried more possibilities.

For updates to YouTube 5.0, after downloading the installation package, you will see a new change: the Logo is changed from the YouTube character logo to the red video button icon; the new Drawer icon and Drawer menu are used, navigation menus have also been reorganized. content elements are sorted by card design, although there are still a bit messy when there are too many content elements); video playback can reduce the video frequency, while viewing other content, add gesture operations and tablet optimization); YouTube TV Queue adopts a new design.

YouTube's in-app multitasking (multi-task in the app) design allows you to continue browsing other content while watching the video. On a single video playback page, click the lower triangle symbol in the upper left corner to zoom out the video to the lower right corner of the screen. You can drag the video down or scale it down to the small screen view on the tablet. Then you can browse any other content, including jump to different topics in the navigation bar. When you press and hold a small screen to draw it up, you can return to the playback interface, and move it to the left to disable video playback. The entire process is smoothly switched, and the animation effect is very good. Both mobile phones and tablets can switch between different content interfaces freely.

After the new version is used, the content on YouTube becomes more orderly and convenient for browsing, searching, and searching. The video stream on the main interface adopts a card design. The video, uploaded persons, titles, and video information are all integrated into the card in an orderly manner, and the entire interface is much clearer. The navigation menu of YouTube is also redesigned. Click the "hamburger" icon in the upper left corner or slide to the right of the main interface to call out the navigation bar. The new version of the navigation bar combines upload, browsing history, favorite, playlist, and subscription, making it easier for users to understand and search for what they want. The next step is YouTube's channels, which are placed under common topics, which neither disturb users nor allow users to quickly find them.

For a long time, because Android Design is not yet mature, the Google series of applications are guiding the Design direction of Android Design. This time, YouTube 5.0 not only follows the latest Android Design style, but also makes many breakthroughs, bringing a lot of imagination to third-party Android Developers. Whether it's a smooth gesture operation or a Tablet UI that better fits the multi-screen design, it gives Android Developers a lot of reference.

YouTube, a Web 2.0 website, was born in the era of desktop Internet. After the rise of mobile Internet, its website content presentation method, interaction logic, and information architecture face great difficulties in moving to the mobile Internet. However, YouTube is always looking for an excellent App-side rendering method. YouTube 5.0 is doing well in this regard. It successfully moved the heavy Web interfaces and elements to mobile phones and tablets, but still maintained a clear and smooth mobile experience. Although opening YoouTube sometimes seems too many things, it is much better than other products.