Where can I get list of libraries/resources which help for incorporating Material Design in pre-lollipop devices? A link for a single library you are familiar with could help. I am familiar with the following
https://github.com/makovkastar/FloatingActionButton
https://github.com/keithellis/MaterialWidget
https://github.com/navasmdc/MaterialDesignLibrary
http://www.google.co.uk/design/spec/material-design/introduction.html and
AppCompat v21
You can take look at https://android-arsenal.com/. It's much easier to find something there.
Here's mine:
https://github.com/ZieIony/Carbon. The good thing about the library is that is supports realtime, animated shadows and ripples (soon there will be borderless mode as well) back to Android 2.1. The bad thing is that it's still under development, so there are some things missing.
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Just try to change with Android Studio, you can get Material Design easily.
Here is the android official design library.
You need a single line of codes to add to your build.gradle as a dependency
compile 'com.android.support:design:22.2.0'
Here is the blog for the material design library.
Here is the sample blogpost from a GDE (Thailand)
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Today I was Googling for "material design components" I ended up at this site:
https://material.io/components/
As I remember, I've never seen it before.
In the Android section there are instruction to use the components and ok, it seems to be the well-known Android Design Support Library:
But what intrigues me is that there are components there that are not in the design library, such as:
Back Layer Layout, Material Card and Material Button.
The docs for these classes seems to be not ready yet and the links points to nowhere, like: material button doc.
There is something in the github site.
Sorry for ignorance, but what is the purpose of this site? Is it something future or something left behind?
The Android Design Support Library was the precursor of the Material Design Components. As of the Support Library 28.0.0-alpha1 release, the Design Library now contains all of the new components introduced in the Material Design Components:
We’ve introduced a new application theme, Theme.MaterialComponents, with new attributes and updated styles for components.
We’ve added the following components:
BottomAppBar
Chip
ChipGroup
MaterialButton
MaterialCardView
While the 28.0.0-alpha1 release does contain all of the new classes, the documentation on developer.android.com does not yet contain the updates from the Design Library (keeping the docs effectively on what was publically available previously), but they are definitely there if you use that dependency.
The support libraries are now available through Google's Maven repository. We no longer support downloading the libraries through the SDK Manager, and that functionality will be removed soon..
as the Support Library Setup says. And this repository and material library within it will be offical to use.
Latest dependencies to use material components is:
com.google.android.material:material:1.0.0-alpha1
Getting started with Material Components for Android will help you to setup your project.
How to use Material Design on Android < 5? I added app.gradle to app/App_Resources/Android. This is what I have in there:
dependencies {
compile "com.android.support:appcompat-v7:21.0.+"
compile "com.android.support:design:23.2.1"
}
But still no luck getting Material Design slider and textfield. Could someone give precise instructions on how to add Material Design in NativeScript apps. Better a link to a repo with an example. Especially I'm interested in slider and textfield elements. Thanks.
Based on the guidance in developer.android.com here :
To use material design in your Android apps, follow the guidelines defined in the material design specification and use the new components and functionality available in Android 5.0 (API level 21) and above.
So basicly the native API is supporting Material design with version 5 and above so you can't implement it on lower versions.
Check also this link for further information about maintaining compatibility in different android versions.
EDIT: There are many plugins that are bringing material-design functionallity in NativeScript (for example cardview) - however notice that material design is more concept based on different rules so one technique can be considered material desing if used in place and anti-material if used wrong..
I want to use Material Design in different devices including(i.e) Android 5.1 and Android 4.4.2.
So, after 5.0 android uses Material by default. But what about other devices?
Where I can get samples of such project? How to implement Button, side K and FAB.
Actually, what is the best and common way to implement material? I know that there are some libs to handle my task, but maybe there is the better way.
Please help me to figure out this issue.
Thanks.
You have to use AppCompat Library v21 for Material Design in Pre-Lollipop Device.
http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2014/10/appcompat-v21-material-design-for-pre.html
Additional, want to include ActionButton, Collapsible Toolbar, Floating EditText etc. are available with Design Support Library by Android Developers.
http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2015/05/android-design-support-library.html
You can use the AppCompact support library for that.
http://android-developers.blogspot.in/2014/10/appcompat-v21-material-design-for-pre.html
I want to style all the android.app.ProgressDialogs in my app on pre-Lollipop versions to make them look like Material Design.
Maybe I'm missing something obvious: I'm looking for android.support.v7.app.ProgressDialog, but there is no such class in Android AppCompat library.
Should I write my own implementation of ProgressDialog from scratch? What is the reason it's not included in AppCompat library?
Widget.AppCompat.* styles can be used starting from API 7.
There is currently no AppCompat style for the progress dialog since it relies on AnimatedVectorDrawable.
However, it's possible to write a custom drawable that has the same behavior and apply it to your ProgressDialog.
check out GIT
You can use other cool compatibility libraries besides AppCompat.
There are cool libraries which brings fully animated Material Design components to pre-Lolipop Android on Github. The images are from Rey5137's "Material" library. You better use one of such libraries rather that writing from scratch.
I am thinking of converting my app to material design, but at the moment only a small percentage of my users are on Lollipop.
My question is, is it possible for users with kitkat and jelly bean to see the Material design?
Yes. But you will have to use latest v7 support lib to do that. Chris Banes explained it on his blog:
https://chris.banes.me/2014/10/17/appcompat-v21/
Animations on Lollipop like Ripple and similar are not included in the support lib.
There is no foolproof approach for that. You will have to use appCompat and you can get some of "materialish" features. For others like Floating Action Button, ripple etc. use Material design library. I have been using it for 3 months and found it quite useful for UI development.
you can create widget using Design Support Library (official)
http://android-developers.blogspot.in/2015/05/android-design-support-library.html
Before implementation we must following steps:-
1.Add latest support design dependency - compile 'com.android.support:design:22.2.0'
2.Your activity is extending with AppCompatActivity
List of 3rd party library`s
https://github.com/wasabeef/awesome-android-ui
Use AppCompat (from android.support) and Design (from android.support)
These libraries are Google-official