15AUG2012: Android ICS/JB Photoshop GUI Design Kit updated to 3.0! 26FEB2012: Android ICS GUI Design Kits updated to 2.0.1! 19JAN2012: Android ICS GUI Design Kit updated to 2.0!
Similar to 1.0, the main motivation of doing this is just to provide some stock elements of Android 4.0+ (Ice Cream Sandwich/Jelly Bean) in a single .psd file so app designer can really focus on creating awesome mock up to show their developers/clients. Some of the elements are just single layer of image, but they should be pretty adequate for quick mock up purpose.
In 3.0, I have included two .psd file in the Design Kit – Building Blocks and ADT.
In Building Blocks, it contains most, if not all of the stock ICS/JB UI elements that can be used to build an app mockup in Photoshop. Most of them covered both Holo Light and Holo Dark themes, so you can easily drag and drop the properly grouped UI elements to your app design.
As for the ADT (not to be confused with the Android Development Tools which is a plugin for the Eclipse IDE), it serves as a starting point for the app designers/developers of the app design. You have the choice to select the design template that start with different amount of tabs and holo theme, and the design in Photoshop starts from there.
So what’s inside the new Android ICS/JB Photoshop GUI Design Kit 3.0:
------------------ Building Blocks ------------------ Soft button App Login Screen Example Homescreen (Updated with Jelly Bean Homescreen) Launcher Screen Option Bar (Top and Bottom) Menu Keyboard Notification Center (ICS and Jelly Bean Notification Center) Notification Bar Dialogs (Toast, Popups, Alert, Jelly Bean App Uninstallation Dialog) Quick Control (Lab feature in stock Browser) Settings Page Tab Bars (Multiple types) Switches (Radio Buttons, Checkboxes, On/Off Switches) Activity (Bar, Circle, Progress Bar) Sliders Text Fields Buttons Spinner Grid Lists (Horizontal and Vertical Scrolling Grids) Lists (Single Line, 2-line and 3-line list)
----------------------------------- Application Design Templates ----------------------------------- Scrollable Tabs (Holo Dark/Light, with 2-Line list and To-do list examples) 2 Tabs (Holo Dark/Light, with 2-Line list example) 3 Tabs (Holo Dark/Light, with 2-Line list example) 4 Tabs (Holo Dark/Light, with 2-Line list example) Collapse Tabs (Holo Dark/Light, with 2-Line list example)
This Android ICS GUI Design Kit is best used with Android Design Preview.
Building blocks contains all the necessary building blocks for creating a mockup, while the ADT contains some preset UI template for different configuration (tabs number, no tabs etc.).
Hi! this is really great, thanks for the share. I have some question do you have a .psd for tablet sizes? if not what size do you usually used on creating design on a tablet in xhdpi.
Your help is really appreciated. If you have some answer pls. email me at marvinargeusnoc@gmail.com or just note me here at DA.
What about a Nexus 4 Kit (in 768px instaed of 720)?
Building blocks contains all the necessary building blocks for creating a mockup, while the ADT contains some preset UI template for different configuration (tabs number, no tabs etc.).
Rgds,
Taylor
Not at this moment, but it's in my planning to do it.
Rgds,
Taylor
Your help is really appreciated. If you have some answer pls. email me at marvinargeusnoc@gmail.com or just note me here at DA.
Thanks.
You're welcome!
As for the tablet size, I don't have one right now, and I will going to do one most probably.
Thanks