Kenton Price, Little Fluffy Toys http://www.littlefluffytoys.mobi
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Summly
- Android has algorithm on client as Android screens come in different sizes
- insisted that wanted back button in app
- got google developer advocate support to say no
- also added various improvements, several of which
BBC Weather
- again received an iPhone design from the agency
- identified areas that should be more Android-y
- added additional Android features
- NFC support — share locations over NFC
- lock screen widget, daydream mode, dashclock integration
- don’t need to shout about these integrations, as early adopters will do it for you
- first release: got slated on play store as there was no landscape mode
- tablet users will review you (no easy way to exclude…)
- upset users are far more likely to leave reviews
- designers hadn’t included landscape as it was not seen as a big use case
- about > version code > tap 7 times > easter egg :-)
- reviews: “BBC does it better on Android for once”
- made design Android native
- then added nice Android features
- even the BBC were surprised about what could be done
Play Store beta management
- assign a Google Plus community to different (alpha/beta/etc)
- accept/reject membership
- LFT used to use HockeyApp, but this is much better
how to
- get the product manager on board
- get graphic designers on board
- compare to best-of-breed
- get the ActionBar absolutely right
Q&A
- some designers feel that they haven’t designed it if there’s still native components visible
- a lots of designers got burned by the change from iOS 6 to 7
- maybe they’ve learned their lesson now!
- supporting older Android
- support 240x320 as the smallest, but was difficult to work around lack of bucket design sizes (3+)
- couldn’t test across everything
- used ActionBarSherlock
- lots of graceful degradation
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