Google Design Resorces - Android Design Resources

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Howdy, chumps. Before you get going on designing an Android app, it's important to know what kind of resources are available. Many people head straight to AI and just start designing from the ground up without knowing about all the amazing recourses available from Google. These recourses are going to focus only on the Graphical UI aspect of the app. So if you came here looking for technical stuff, I'm calling the cops.
While these are supposed to help you get started on your app design, they're also just a great source of free graphics, fonts and templates that can be used for anything.
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Material Design Guidelines
So if you're wanting to embrace the material design standard to make your app look beautiful, this is where you start. The guideline will reference everything that you need to know to make your app look just as good as one from Google.
Icon Library
The icons library contains every icon that you would find within the stock Android system UI. They're great looking icons that you can use for anything. Download the .zip file that contains all of the icons because that's going to come in very handy as you begin to design your app.
Device Metrics
If you ever need to reference the exact size and resolution of a specific android device, this is where you will go. This section is always be updated with the newest devices and their deimensions.
Roboto & Noto fonts
Roboto is the default font for material design. If you want everything to look great without taking time to search through thousands of fonts, just use Roboto as your default. It will also tell you when to use white or black colored fonts.
Sticker sheets & icons
Here you'll find "stickers" which are basically premade graphical interfaces pieces. Everything from volume sliders to shadow effects can be downloed for free. This will help you put together a mockup of what you want your app to look like. Everything will be compatible with Adobe Illustrator which is most likely what you'll be working with most of the time.
Color Palette
Bookmar this page because you'll be coming back here a lot. This is the material design color palette. Pretty much any assortment of colors from this page will look good together.
There is so much more in Google's design resource site that it's basically a wonderland full of goodies. But if you're just starting out, use these sections to get going. You can also check out all the other great stuff that have at design.google.com/resources