I just put the finishing touches on OMG Star Wars, an Android app demo I’ve been working on for the past few weeks. It uses some of the original base layouts but provides a cleaner, more civilized look and feel. I got a chance …

I was recently contacted about a Senior Product Design role that is potentially a hybrid design & development role. After meeting with them and discussing my Android background, they asked that I do a take-home coding exercise based on the Star Wars API. The …

For a recent exercise, I messed around with shared element transitions in Android. This type transition is useful for selecting an image from one view that will be shown in another. In this case, I created a gallery view and detail view. The gallery …

I've been digging into my old Android apps, trying to decide if I should reinvest in bringing them back to life. The general atmosphere for independent developers has been quite bearish for a couple of years. But I've seen these downturns transform and lead …

With both iOS and Android sporting similar apps and features, it's creative design and clever animations that's driving competition between the platforms. Each platform is constantly updating with powerful tools and components to make up-to-date mobile apps really stand out. With the intense competition …

I learned a very cool method over the weekend which should make managing image resources for my Android apps much more streamlined. Adobe Generator adds asset organization into Photoshop layers, dramatically simplifies the process for creating images, and resolves common human errors. (more…)

Android styles are often overlooked yet they're an extremely powerful way to simplify layouts. Styles boost code legibility, reduce technical debt, and provide design consistency and flexibility. (more…)

[Update: looks like the newest Cast Companion Library uses the new icon now, so just upgrade. If you don't want to update, then you can still use my technique.] Very happy to make these available: here's new 24dp Material Design style icons for Google …