At Google I/O 2014, the next iteration of Android was announced and disseminated to the world in preview form. Despite the impressive API additions, Android L, or Lollipop as it was later revealed, quickly became famous for its refreshed user interface design language. Google has moved on from Holo UI and embraced the new “Material Design,” which is comprised of virtual paper and ink metaphors, rich and meaningful animations, as well bold and intentional graphics.
While Material Design apps were restricted to Android Lollipop at first, Google went on to launch an official support library that allows developers to backport the Material Theme to older platforms. The support library brings Theme.AppCompat, widget tinting, SwitchCompat, and more. Google even went one step further and published a guide to help developers kickstart the transition. However, the library does not contain all of Material Design’s features, with the Floating Action Button and RippleDrawable being some glaringly missing elements.
Head over to the official Google Material Design Backport guide on the Android Developers blog to get started with refreshing your app’s design.
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