Android Basics – An Introduction to Material Design

Material Design was launched with Android 5.0 (API level 21). The purpose being to provide consistent look and feel to all the Apps. So your App looks consistent with a Google App like Gmail.

It uses Animation and 3D effects.

Android provides the following elements for you to build material design apps:

1. A new theme – Provides a new style for your App.
2. New widgets for complex views
3. New APIs for custom shadows and animations

Two of the most important Material Design widgets are Recycler and Card Views.

RecyclerView widget is a more pluggable version of ListView that supports different layout types and provides performance improvements.

CardView widget lets you display important pieces of information inside cards that have a consistent look and feel.

In addition to the X and Y properties, views in Android now have a Z property. Views with higher Z values cast bigger shadows and appear on top of other views.
To learn more about the principles of Material Design visit the following URL

Source : Android Documentation

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