advanced android application design principles

... Expert ASP.NET 2.0 Advanced Application Design Dominic Selly Andrew Troelsen Tom Barnaby www.it-ebooks.info 522xFM.qxd 8/31/05 3:54 PM Page ii Expert ASP.NET 2.0 Advanced Application Design Copyright ... different layers and tiers of these applications This combination is designed to give you a broader understanding of your choices of technologies during application design, while at the same time ... to its use as an application server We start by covering some of the things that you must consider when you design a distributed application, and provide some sample distributed application solutions...

Ngày tải lên: 01/08/2014, 17:16

... xmlns :android= "http://schemas .android. com/apk/res /android" android: id="@+id/myScreen" android: orientation="vertical" android: layout_width="fill_parent" android: layout_height="fill_parent" android: background="#ff000000" ... Android – Application' s Life Cycle Android Applications Mỗi ứng dụng Android chạy tiến trình riêng (cùng với thực thể máy ảo Dalvik riêng nó) Mỗi có request cần xử lý component cụ thể đó, ● Android ... thức ● Tùy theo loại object (Activity, Service ), Android gọi constructor quản lý vòng đời object 3 Android – Application' s Life Cycle Android Applications Activity Một activity thường trình diễn...

Ngày tải lên: 03/10/2013, 01:01

... xmlns :android= "http://schemas .android. com/apk/res /android" android: id="@+id/myScreen" android: orientation="vertical" android: layout_width="fill_parent" android: layout_height="fill_parent" android: background="#ff000000" ... Android – Application' s Life Cycle Android Applications Mỗi ứng dụng Android chạy tiến trình riêng (cùng với thực thể máy ảo Dalvik riêng nó) Mỗi có request cần xử lý component cụ thể đó, • Android ... thức • Tùy theo loại object (Activity, Service ), Android gọi constructor quản lý vòng đời object 3 Android – Application' s Life Cycle Android Applications Activity Một activity thường trình diễn...

Ngày tải lên: 03/10/2013, 01:04

... Microsoft Web Application Design Patterns is a must-read if you are in the business of designing web applications, or you simply want to understand the elements of a well-designed web application ... frameworks to facilitate web application development CHALLENGES TO DESIGNING INTERFACES FOR WEB APPLICATIONS Despite these benefits and increasing use, designing interfaces for web applications remains ... versions of applications This chapter discusses design patterns that help incorporate necessary flexibility and adaptability in web applications during initial design stages, including EXTENSIBLE DESIGN, ...

Ngày tải lên: 24/10/2013, 20:15

... instructions for using and accessing the application s functionality In addition, make application- level help accessible from all pages within the web application; the link or icon for help is ... have been influenced by desktop applications where “Help” is usually the last menu item in the menu bar (Figure Web.11) Application Help FIGURE WEB.10 Yahoo! offers application- level help and makes ... desktop applications, Microsoft Outlook places “Help” as the CATEGORIZE HELP CONTENT Treat help as a web application and organize it based on users’ tasks or highlevel sections within the main application...

Ngày tải lên: 24/10/2013, 20:15

... instructions for using and accessing the application s functionality In addition, make application- level help accessible from all pages within the web application; the link or icon for help is ... have been influenced by desktop applications where “Help” is usually the last menu item in the menu bar (Figure Web.11) Application Help FIGURE WEB.10 Yahoo! offers application- level help and makes ... desktop applications, Microsoft Outlook places “Help” as the CATEGORIZE HELP CONTENT Treat help as a web application and organize it based on users’ tasks or highlevel sections within the main application...

Ngày tải lên: 29/10/2013, 03:15

... the application to accept multiple, yet unambiguous, data formats and parse them as necessary to meet application requirements How Consider alternative ways a user might enter data and then design ... their anxiety about filling out any required forms (Figures 2.5 and 2.6) Related design patterns For many complex web applications and those that require users to pay upfront, consider offering a ... e-commerce applications, presents shipping and payment information in separate steps to make forms appear shorter and allows users to focus on one chunk of information at a time Related design patterns...

Ngày tải lên: 08/11/2013, 03:15

... web application (Figure 3.18) In addition, to make it easy to access the application, consider offering users an option to let the application remember their login information Why When a web application ... CAPTCHA—that allows them to interact with the application (Figure 3.17) Related design patterns Use of CAPTCHA is common during registration, as most applications try to avoid fraudulent registrations ... comments, or customize an application s look and feel these web applications require users to register Thus, delaying registration also allows users to experience the application s benefits and...

Ngày tải lên: 08/11/2013, 03:15

... package=”com.androidbook.droid1” android: versionCode=”1” android: versionName=”1.0”> ... selling Android applications to end users: the Android Market The Android mascot is the little green robot shown in Figure 1.1 Introducing Android 11 FIGURE 1.1 The Android mascot Although most Android ... familiar with the Android SDK and tools, install the development tools, and write your first Android application Part I also introduces the design principles necessary to write Android applications,...

Ngày tải lên: 20/11/2013, 20:59

... main android: icon="@drawable/small_pic.png" activity to android: label="@string/freneticLabel" > start

Ngày tải lên: 20/11/2013, 21:17

... What Comes in the Box Understanding the Android Software Stack The Dalvik Virtual Machine Android Application Architecture Android Libraries Advanced Android Libraries 12 12 14 14 15 16 Summary ... 42 43 43 44 45 What Makes an Android Application? Introducing the Application Manifest Using the Manifest Editor The Android Application Life Cycle Understanding Application Priority and Process ... interfaces and applications designed to look, feel, and function exactly as you image them Native Android Applications Android phones will normally come with a suite of preinstalled applications...

Ngày tải lên: 22/11/2013, 14:20

... when designing for Flash because of the wide variety of interaction choices designers have for creating their design, not to mention the client’s or team’s expectations for designers to design ... the cake Now let’s look at each of these layers in your design, starting with the innermost one Purpose As advanced designers, we want our designs to be part of the solution, not simply decoration ... your design Anyone who has experienced the critique can tell you that it can be the best or worst thing to happen to a design At worst, it can be a design- by-committee session, where your design...

Ngày tải lên: 10/12/2013, 12:15

... CHAPTER Application Main Page 79 INTRODUCTION An important decision for designers is what users should see or which page they should be taken to after they log in to the application For web applications ... often-overlooked design aspect of many web applications is what first-time users will see (BLANK SLATE) This is particularly important for applications that rely on users to fill in the application ... decisions to users For example, designers can focus on one application look-and-feel 101 102 CHAPTER Application Main Page and not worry about coming up with a visual design that satisfies the needs...

Ngày tải lên: 15/12/2013, 15:15

... the web application, offer options to guide them through the initial setup process For example, for a financial application, users can be offered to set up accounts (Figure 4.36) Related design ... users of the application so that they can become productive with the application quickly The need for assisting users does not completely go away after they have interacted with the application ... that users can access from anywhere within the application By making it available throughout the application, it also helps orient users within the application SECONDARY NAVIGATION, or local navigation,...

Ngày tải lên: 15/12/2013, 15:15

... when using ADVANCED SEARCH), ignore the search terms’ case when presenting search results For example, return the same results for the search keywords “WEB DESIGN, ” “Web Design, ” and “web design. ” ... options are to show advanced search options (see the ADVANCED SEARCH pattern earlier in this chapter), suggest browsing the application using high-level categories within the application, and offer ... preferable to let users attempt a simple search before attempting an advanced Advanced Search FIGURE 6.13 iStockphoto’s Advanced Search” offers users a variety of ways to precisely specify search...

Ngày tải lên: 15/12/2013, 15:15

... and manipulate search results by applying a different set of filters Related design patterns FILTERING in traditional applications can become slow because applying filtering criteria would require ... Related design patterns Like FILTERING, faceted search assumes page refreshes with user selection of a narrowing option Using DYNAMIC QUERYING is another option available when using rich Internet applications ... feeds for updates This eliminates the need for users to sign in to the application to access their saved searches Related design patterns If two or more users have the need to perform the same...

Ngày tải lên: 24/12/2013, 20:15

... CHAPTER Rich Internet Applications 225 INTRODUCTION As discussed in Chapter 1, Rich Internet Applications (RIAs) can deliver responsiveness and interactivity comparable to desktop applications With ... This approach is becoming common in applications (e.g., emails), where the “delete” action does not prompt a user confirmation but offers “undo” (Figure 7.59) The applications may allow users to undo ... undo only the last action, or they may allow several levels of undo similar to desktop applications Plus, the applications may support a “redo” function as well For list actions, where it may not...

Ngày tải lên: 24/12/2013, 20:15

... logic -design template 1.5 Software Aspects of Digital Design Digital design need not involve any software tools For example, Figure 1-3 shows the primary tool of the “old school” of digital design a ... average digital designer are not the ever-increasing chip sizes, but the ever-increasing opportunities to design your own chip.” Chips designed for a particular, limited product or application are ... computer design and overall system design The “center” of our discussion is at the level of functional building blocks To get a preview of the levels of design that we’ll cover, consider a simple design...

Ngày tải lên: 09/01/2014, 15:50

... Chapter Hierarchical Design Principles Chapter Addressing & Summarization Chapter Redundancy Chapter Applying the Principles of Network Design Chapter Hierarchical Design Principles Your boss ... as well as theoretical discussion This book covers good ways to design things, some bad ways to design things, and general design principles When it seems appropriate, we'll even throw in some ... back and look at how they relate to the fundamental design principles previously outlined The following are two restated fundamental design principles The next task is to see if they fit into...

Ngày tải lên: 15/01/2014, 16:49