Discussion on Settings Page

[rbarman]

Now with fdb1fb7 we can discuss the content and design of the settings page.

For content I'm thinking ...

1. Clear Favorites
2. Clear Search History
3. Customization
4. Others

For design ....

I am not entirely sure. We could try doing a listview.

What are your opinions?

[chan96]

1. Agreed. Also, what do you think about removing the clear favorites option from the CAB in the fav quote screen? To clear some space in the bar, I used a trash can image button. However, the delete all button is still left as text. It also seems to create clutter and could confuse the user.
2. Sure.
3. Agreed. But what specifically? I am thinking of quote font size and color. Maybe the option to start a specific activity at start-up, like random quote?

As far as design, what are your thoughts on having each of the above points separated in its own section using a light border line. Each will also have a text-view to describe the action that could be performed, as well as the associated buttons, dials, check-boxes among other things. Using a list view for this would get complex, especially since they are only designed to house a single type of item (text-view or editable text, etc.).

[rbarman]

1. Ok. As long as the user can select multiple quotes and actually delete them (7cc988e ?)
2. ok
3. yea I had font size, color, and possibly font type in mind.

I'll post a pseudo layout for each option with an appropriate "building block" later. I encourage you to as well.
Some relevant links to look at :

1. http://developer.android.com/design/patterns/settings.html (standard description of a settings page)
2. http://developer.android.com/design/building-blocks/index.html (examples of building blocks, switches, dials, etc)

[rbarman]

Ok here is my pseudo layout
(The options within the settings menu do not have to be in this specific order )

1. Clear History ( click on it and get prompted to a dialog box)
2. Clear Favorites (click on it and get prompted to a dialog box)
   ![screen shot 2013-12-28 at 5 39 04 pm]

click on that and get :

3. Store History? ( can be a check box):

4. Font Customization (size, color, type). Each will have their own multiple choice dialog option :

what do you think.

[chan96]

I was thinking of that same kind of layout. Also, on second thoughts, do you think that we really need a setting to change the text color? I feel like it would not be used very much.

[rbarman]

Well realistically all the font settings will never be changed that often. Once the user finds a good overall font style they enjoy, they most likely won't revert back to the default or anything else. I just think it's a good idea to have this customization so that the user can feel connected to it and feel that it is "their own."

[rbarman]

Relevant. : http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/settings.html