Material design

[yvolk]

AndStatus needs the "material design" http://www.google.com/design/spec/material-design/introduction.html
And we also need to stay compatible with older devices. The guide seems to give recipes for this: https://developer.android.com/training/material/compatibility.html
More on this: https://www.google.com/search?q=material+design+for+older+android

[deavmi]

Thanks.

[yvolk]

I just got Lollipop firmware on my Sony XPeria and selected "Device default" theme in AndStatus.
Isn't it almost Material?

[deavmi]

The ting is, we should all just be using stock android or A rom. The adding of more code to get the lollipop themeing is not nice, as it is more useless code. Screw OEMs.

[yvolk]

Please explain your thoughts.
Do you agree that above screenshot looks as "Close to Material Design" but think that this is not for your case, because these nice colors are because of Sony's (OEM's) customizations of the stock ROM?
Did you try to apply custom themes to your device? As I see, something similar is for CyanogenMod 12 also: http://www.phonearena.com/news/Customize-that-Android-5.0-Lollipop-Here-are-some-gorgeous-themes-for-CyanogenMod-12_id65345
?!

[yvolk]

I read here:

Custom theme support

Material Design is captivating, but some users are not that keen on white menu backgrounds. Even more, some might be looking forward to slightly altering the looks of the interface. While this is possible neither in Lollipop nor in any previous stock version of Android, custom ROMs that come with CyanogenMod's Theme Engine allows users to download a UI theme from the Play Store, apply it and voila, change the cosmetic looks of their UI. Simple as that. Many Android fans would have probably commended Google if Lollipop came right out of the box with similar theme support, but alas.

[yvolk]

@deavmi Did you try AndStatus with e.g. this (with custom Launcher, e.g. Nova launcher...) https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.szp.akai&hl=en

[deavmi]

Nope. I don't do not proprietary software.

Launcher3 for days.

[yvolk]

Which ROM do you use?

[deavmi]

The above is close to lollipop.

[deavmi]

I use the stock Samsung ROM. CyanogenMod does not support the Galaxy Note 4.

[yvolk]

So you don't have Lollipop on your device yet?

[deavmi]

I do. I got the OEM update.

[yvolk]

So you have Lollipop on your device, you agree that above screenshot (made on Lollipop also) is close to "Material design", but you are still asking for "Material design".
What exactly are you currently missing? Please provide screenshots for us to understand each other better. ..

[deavmi]

Like, I have seen apps that have incorporated the code for material design into their app, so that it would even work on phones prior to Lollipo, such as KitKat.

[yvolk]

I don't see much difference in how AndStatus looks now on Lollipop vs. KitKat...

[yvolk]

Interesting article on this topic: http://www.androidpolice.com/2015/04/25/androids-system-bars-and-your-interface-whether-and-how-to-theme/

[yvolk]

This library and event its approach to theming may be used for these improvement: https://github.com/afollestad/material-dialogs

[yvolk]

The latest commit has a huge step forward in moving to Material design:

• Added "Action bar color" option, having 6 colors from Material design color palettes.
• Added "Background color for the Dark theme" option, having 7 dark colors, including Black color from the List of HTML colors.

[deavmi]

Awesome. :)

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On 11 Jul 2015, at 11:37 PM, Yuri Volkov notifications@github.com wrote:

The latest commit has huge step ahead in moving to Material design:

Added "Action bar color" option, having 6 colors from Material design color palettes.
Added "Background color for the Dark theme" option, having 7 dark colors, including Black color from the List of HTML colors.

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[yvolk]

I see that AndStatus logo could also be adjusted to the Material design pallette, see what I came to:

[moshpirit]

mm I found a bug: there's no top tab in the appearance settings:

[yvolk]

@moshpirit Will add this: there is a fix for this AppCompat library bug: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17849193/how-to-add-action-bar-from-support-library-into-preferenceactivity

[deavmi]

The logo looks very sharpened around the edges of the words AndStatus, I think that is because it's just too low res or something idk. Maybe a higher res would be better.

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On 12 Jul 2015, at 10:20 PM, Yuri Volkov notifications@github.com wrote:

I see that AndStatus logo could also be adjusted to the Material design pallette, see what I came to:

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[yvolk]

@deavmi Yes, I agree. I'm considering some other color changes in this logo.
I think this page should be the first page that a new User will see...

[deavmi]

Remind me please, what is the current first start page that the user sees?

Cause I think an Account Setup wizard on app first start would be great! :D

Yuri Volkov wrote:

@deavmi Yes, I agree. I'm considering some other color changes in this logo.
I think this page should be the first page that a new User will see...

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[yvolk]

Currently this screen with logo will be shown at a first launch (with "Get Started" button instead of "Skip" on the below screenshot). The "Get Started" button leads to the first Account creation, just like you expect.
I created another Action Bar Color (called "My Blue"), which is default now:

[yvolk]

Closing this issue as mostly done.
Please create more focused issues on any additions to what we already have. See e.g. #283 "Update icons for Material Design".

[deavmi]

It's beautiful :D

[yvolk]

Interesting article on future rotation animations using Google material design
http://phandroid.com/2015/08/11/android-material-design-rotation-animation-concept/
@Phandroid rocks!