One thing that I like about Android is that developers can choose to minimally style buttons and similar UI elements and these differences will be applied to whatever the base device theme is.
This means that users will get a consistent user experience throughout various applications and won't have to run around trying to figure out what's a button and what's a text input.
Sadly, this project essentially destroys all of that work and something tells me it won't work correctly on the most customized devices (like the old Motorola RAZR running 2.3 for example).
Nice idea but I don't think it makes much sense in it's current state.
Why would one implement this instead of using Android's builtin widgets? Android apps have always felt better to me when they use the UI recommended in the Android style guide.
Because the built-in resources are very Google-brand looking. Big apps have their own style. They'll follow UI norms, but don't need to look like Google made the app.
Agreed. We already have icon placement in TextEdit controls via the drawableLeft, etc. attributes. And if your app doesn't have a theme font of some sort you are better off using the Roboto system one so you don't look strange for no reason.
I guess the only real use is for the icon font, but people were doing that already and it's best practice to generate one with just the symbols you need.
[+] [-] aferreira|12 years ago|reply
This means that users will get a consistent user experience throughout various applications and won't have to run around trying to figure out what's a button and what's a text input.
Sadly, this project essentially destroys all of that work and something tells me it won't work correctly on the most customized devices (like the old Motorola RAZR running 2.3 for example).
Nice idea but I don't think it makes much sense in it's current state.
[+] [-] radley|12 years ago|reply
[+] [-] swanson|12 years ago|reply
Unfortunate naming collision with Donn Felker's http://www.androidbootstrap.com/ though :(
[+] [-] hayksaakian|12 years ago|reply
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[+] [-] radley|12 years ago|reply
Because the built-in resources are very Google-brand looking. Big apps have their own style. They'll follow UI norms, but don't need to look like Google made the app.
[+] [-] lnanek2|12 years ago|reply
I guess the only real use is for the icon font, but people were doing that already and it's best practice to generate one with just the symbols you need.
[+] [-] avenger123|12 years ago|reply
This could be a good use case for sites that have a "mobile version" but don't want to/need to mimic the full android look but get close.
EDIT: I am definitely wrong on this (didn't read the docs careful enough). Thanks for the correction on this everyone.
[+] [-] lnanek2|12 years ago|reply
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