Android UI Design Kit in PowerPoint format has been released; Stakes and Realities.
As a developer or simply
curious by Android OS which provides the vast majority of Smartphone activated
in the world, this Android UI Design Kit may help you to achieve your Android
project.
Created using Microsoft
Powerpoint 2013, according to the author : ‘’Microsoft
Powerpoint, doesn’t meant to be an UI design tool, but due to the fact that it
supports layering and grouping, plus it has vector shapes, which are sufficient
to create some nice mock up’’.
He affirms also that: ‘’Obviously, it is still pretty limited
comparing to Adobe Photoshop (or any other advanced design applications), but
heck, I am pretty sure there are more people owning Microsoft Powerpoint
compared to Adobe Photoshop, so designing Android app is probably just a click
away.’’
In this document the author
has included for example a slide of Google Now made with Microsoft Powerpoint
to show some stunning things that can be done without needing any advanced
tools.
To use it, you are invited to extract the downloaded archive, open the .pptx file,
and you can start designing right away. ‘’It
might take some time to see how’s the layering and grouping works, but they
should be pretty simple to learn.’’
We also discovered that this
PPTX Design Kit is made with the specific dimension at 96dpi, when you export the
screens to a .png file. ‘’It will be
exported at the resolution of 768×1280: the resolution of Nexus 4 screen. ‘’
Note: First install the Roboto Font before
using this design template, and it is not usable on Powerpoint for Mac. However
it can also be used in Apple Keynote, but, you need to change the slide size to
768×1280 manually before the design and export the screen.
