A few weeks ago, we published our first significant update to the material design guidelines. Today, we’re addressing even more of the comments and suggestions you’ve provided with another major update to the spec. Check out some of the highlights below.
Links to Android developer docs. One of the biggest requests
we’ve heard from developers and designers is that the guidelines should offer quicker access
to related developer documentation. We’ve started to add key links for Android developers, and
we’re committed to more tightly integrating the spec with both the Polymer
and Android
docs.
A new What
is Material? section. While the introduction
offers a succinct bird’s-eye-view of material design, it left open some questions that were
previously only answered in video content (the Google I/O
videos and DesignBytes).
This new sections dives deeper into the environment
established by material design, including material properties
and how we work with objects
in 3D space.
In addition to these major new features and sections, there’s even more in today’s update, including:
Stay tuned for even more updates as we continue to integrate the relevant developer docs, refine existing spec sections, and expand the spec to cover more ground. And as always, remember to leave your suggestions on Google+!
Posted by Roman Nurik, Design Advocate