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Knowing What Android Users Need

Feb 21, 2014 10:39 AM EST

Android mobile applications have been in demand in many different areas from social, personal, business and more. Developers can learn to develop great applications for the user which in return will increase revenue ROI at the same time. The fundamentals of UI should be in place accordingly to meet users demands and interactions.

It is important to create a user experience culture. The process is not easy. The complexities and challenges occur when the user has to implement policies and communicate cross-functionally through various departments. An organization with a well designed culture can cultivate better UI experiences. Enterprise organizations can engage better transitions in rebranding, consumer feedback and make the executive decision making process simpler. Social media and customer interaction can also be cultivated.

Android 4.4 KitKat requires the right branding consistency in Android. Developers have flexibility to customize the look of the app to reinforce the brand. Android Developers features UI elements like checkboxes, progress bars, radio buttons, sliders, tabs, and scroll indicators. Touch feedback is Android KitKat’s default. There are high contrast colors where feedback can be learned by color change indicators. In Android KitKat and beyond, touch feedback is subtle: when something is touched, by default its background color slightly darkens or lightens.

Android 4.1 Jelly Bean Notifications also have notable enhancements in Android 4.1: Users can act on notifications immediately from the drawer Notifications are more flexible in size and layout. A priority flag helps sort notifications by importance and notifications can be collapsed and expanded. The base notification layout has not changed, so app notifications designed for versions earlier than Jelly Bean still look and work the same.

Enterprise companies such as Google have shifted strategies to become more customer centric. Initiating user experience is important in its initial phases. Any situation where the customer can be better involved are indications of supportive customer experiments. Integration is an important element to UI practices. Developers who are able to modify accordingly through testing and learning concepts will have a better understanding of learning the individuals behavioral patterns.

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