Chapter     10

Android UI Theme Design and Digital Media Concepts

Now that we’ve covered how user interface designs for Android are laid out in 2D space (spacially), we can get more into how these look (and feel) by starting to look at UI themes, or different UI element “looks” or designs. Since we’re getting into UI element color and detailing and 3D effects and the like, this is also a logical chapter to cover how to integrate digital new media elements, such as images, audio, animation, and videos, into a UI design workflow or screen layout “look and feel” UI design work process.

To do this we must first understand the foundational principles behind the new media assets themselves, such as pixels in images, samples in audio, or frames in ...

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