Mobile App Development: Week 4 Report on UI Design and Resources

This report provides an overview of the Week 4 lecture on mobile app development, specifically focusing on User Interface (UI) design. It details the utilization of various UI elements such as Text View, Toggle Button, Radio Button, and Progress Bar, as well as other views like Auto Complete Text View, List View, and Spinner View. The report also touches upon the use of specialized fragments for customizing the user interface. Furthermore, it includes links to relevant resources, such as research papers and articles discussing UI design principles, user-perceived quality of Android apps, and mobile travel guide applications. These resources provide a deeper understanding of the concepts discussed in the lecture and offer additional insights into the field of mobile app development. The report concludes with a list of references used in the preparation of this assignment.

Running head: E-PORTFOLIO
Application Development for Mobile Platforms
Week 4: Designing UI’s with Views
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author’s Note:

Summary of the Week Lecture
The objectives of this week’s lecture were to know about the utilization of Text View
views, basic views, Toggle Button, Radio Button, Image Button, Progress Bar and many more.
The android: orientation is utilized for placing the Radio Buttons horizontally. The Progress Bar
view is utilized to indicate progress of some background task. The other UI views are the Auto
Complete Text View, Picker Views, List View, the Spinner View. The specialized fragments are
utilized for customizing the user interface. The three types of fragments are List, Dialog and
Preference Fragment.
Links of the Resources
1.http://sail.cs.queensu.ca/Downloads/
EMSE2017_AStudyOfTheRelationOfMobileDeviceAttributesWithTheUser-
perceivedQualityOfAndroidApps.pdf
2. https://arxiv.org/pdf/1402.4826.pdf
3. https://www.theseus.fi/bitstream/handle/10024/107633/Hu%20Mi_Thesis.pdf?sequence=1
4. https://www.smartlun.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Final-Creative-Capstone_Wei-Lun-
Huang.pdf
5. https://www.uxmatters.com/mt/archives/2010/04/designing-with-the-mind-in-mind.php

Explanation of the Resources
1. This resource describes about the study of the relationship between the mobile device
attributes and the user perceived quality of the applications of Android.
2. This resource describes about the basic concept of PuppetDroid or a user centric UI exerciser
for the automated analysis of the android applications.
3. This resource describes about the development of the application of mobile travel guide. This
resource helps to understand the broad variety of functions that are beneficial for the users.
4. This resource describes about the analysis of the inspiration of users for designing and
developing the applications for android.
5. This resource helps to understand the designing of the user interface and the understanding of
the user interface design guidelines.

References
Capstone, C. and Huang, W.L., 2017. Analyze user daily spending time to inspire their self-
discipline behavior by designing and developing applications.
Gianazza, A., Maggi, F., Fattori, A., Cavallaro, L. and Zanero, S., 2014. Puppetdroid: A user-
centric ui exerciser for automatic dynamic analysis of similar android applications. arXiv
preprint arXiv:1402.4826.
Hu, M. and Weng, Y., 2016. DEVELOPMENT OF MOBILE TRAVEL GUIDE
APPLICATION FOR MUSEUMS.
Noei, E., Syer, M.D., Zou, Y., Hassan, A.E. and Keivanloo, I., 2017. A study of the relation of
mobile device attributes with the user-perceived quality of android apps. Empirical Software
Engineering, 22(6), pp.3088-3116.
Johnson, J., 2013. Designing with the mind in mind: simple guide to understanding user interface
design guidelines. Elsevier.