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I've noticed that there are several applications which have been developed within the last 6 months or so which share a common design. I can think of 4 off the top of my head, Twitter, Google IO, Evernote and Facebook (new version). They all have a "home" screen with a grid of icons for various app areas. And a top bar with the app logo in the top left, then global/common functions in the top right.

I'm sure the newer apps were inspired by the earlier ones (Twitter was the first I can remember to use this style). My question is: are they all just happening to use this style or is there templates out there to make my app look similarly?

asked Nov 27, 2010 at 23:14

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I don't think there are existing "templates" but there were guidelines noted on the dev blog earlier this year that mentioned some of the same techniques: http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2010/05/twitter-for-android-closer-look-at.html.

Many other apps adopted some of those same approaches after the Twitter app came out, and after Google advocated "Dashboard," "Action Bar," and so on.

answered Nov 27, 2010 at 23:20
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+1 for the video, yep, that too (I forgot about that, and I was there ;)).
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These slides talk a bit about why to design such interfaces. It also has some good UI tips.

answered Nov 27, 2010 at 23:18

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