Android UI design [closed]

Question

I wanted some resources to learn how to design for android ?

What are the dimensions we need to have ?

Can we have custom dialog and alert box design ?

Can you guide me to some resources like articles or books etc.

Answer 1

checkout this site http://www.androidpatterns.com/ .This has got guidelines for common UI design patterns

Answer 2

Here are some helpful links:

To learn about different layout types. Personally I recommend RelativeLayout. http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/layout-objects.html

As for dimensions: What is the difference between "px", "dp", "dip" and "sp" on Android?

As for custom dialogs: http://www.helloandroid.com/tutorials/how-display-custom-dialog-your-android-application

Good luck!