1 page.title=Designing for Auto 2 page.tags="design","Auto" 3 @jd:body 4 5 <div class="sidebox-wrapper"> 6 <div class="sidebox"> 7 <h2><strong>UI Guidelines</strong></h2> 8 <ul> 9 <li><a href="{@docRoot}shareables/auto/AndroidAuto-audio-apps.pdf"> 10 <strong>Auto Audio Apps</strong></a> 11 </li> 12 <li><a href="{@docRoot}shareables/auto/AndroidAuto-messaging-apps.pdf"> 13 <strong>Auto Messaging Apps</strong></a> 14 </li> 15 <li><a href="{@docRoot}shareables/auto/AndroidAuto-custom-colors.pdf"> 16 <strong>Auto Color Customization</strong></a> 17 </li> 18 </ul> 19 </div> 20 </div> 21 22 <a class="notice-developers" href="{@docRoot}training/auto/index.html"> 23 <div> 24 <h3>Developer Docs</h3> 25 <p>Building Apps for Auto</p> 26 </div> 27 </a> 28 29 <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vG9c5egwEYY" 30 class="notice-developers-video"> 31 <div> 32 <h3>Video</h3> 33 <p>Designing For Drivers</p> 34 </div> 35 </a> 36 37 38 <p>Android Auto provide a standardized user interface and user interaction 39 model that works across vehicles. As a designer, you do not 40 need to worry about vehicle-specific hardware differences. This page 41 describes some of the key screens that users will encounter in the 42 Auto user interface. To dive deeper into how to design for 43 the Auto user interface (UI), see the Auto UI guidelines in the sidebar.</p> 44 45 <p class="note"><strong>Important:</strong> Google takes driver distraction 46 very seriously. There are specific design requirements your app must meet to 47 qualify as an Auto app on Google Play. By adhering to these 48 requirements, you can reduce the effort for building and testing your app. For 49 more information, see <a href="{@docRoot}distribute/essentials/quality/auto.html">Auto App Quality</a>.</p> 50 51 <br> 52 53 <h2 id="overview-screen">Overview Screen</h2> 54 55 <p>When users first connect their Android device to the car, they are presented 56 with the Overview screen. This screen displays contextual cards based on the 57 users location, time of day, and so on. The user can also use this screen to view 58 notifications from their messaging apps and select a message to send a response 59 by voice input.</p> 60 61 <div class="auto-img-container-single"> 62 <div class="auto-img-container"> 63 <img src="{@docRoot}auto/images/ui/gearhead_overview.png" alt="Overview screen" /> 64 </div> 65 <p class="img-caption" style="margin-top:0px"> 66 <strong>Figure 1.</strong> The Overview screen may show contextual cards and 67 new messages. 68 </p> 69 </div> 70 71 <h2 id="launchapp">Audio App Launcher</h2> 72 73 <p>Tapping on the headphones icon in the Activity Bar lets the 74 user see all audio apps installed on the users handheld device and select 75 one of them from a scrollable list.</p> 76 77 <div class="auto-img-container-single"> 78 <div class="auto-img-container"> 79 <img src="{@docRoot}auto/images/ui/gearhead_lens_switching.png" alt="Launcher" /> 80 </div> 81 <p class="img-caption" style="margin-top:0px"> 82 <strong>Figure 2.</strong> The audio app launcher shows available audio apps. 83 </p> 84 </div> 85 86 <h2>Primary App UI</h2> 87 88 <p>After the user selects an audio app, the display shows the primary app UI. 89 Auto presents the app in a standardized UI, but you can customize 90 this UI to show your own icons, app name, and background images 91 (such as the album art).</p> 92 93 <div class="auto-img-container-single"> 94 <div class="auto-img-container"> 95 <img src="{@docRoot}auto/images/ui/gearhead_generic_UI.png" alt="Generic audio app UI" /> 96 </div> 97 <p class="img-caption" style="margin-top:0px"> 98 <strong>Figure 3.</strong> Generic audio app UI. 99 </p> 100 </div> 101 102 <div class="auto-img-container-single"> 103 <div class="auto-img-container"> 104 <img src="{@docRoot}auto/images/ui/gearhead_custom_UI.png" alt="Customized audio app UI" /> 105 </div> 106 <p class="img-caption" style="margin-top:0px"> 107 <strong>Figure 4.</strong> Example of the Google Play Music app UI. 108 </p> 109 </div> 110 111 <h3 id="useractions">User Actions</h3> 112 113 <p>The media control card in the primary app UI supports up to four main actions, 114 four auxiliary actions on the overflow bar, and the <em>Return</em> action. You can 115 use standard controls and customize the actions and icons.</p> 116 117 <div class="auto-img-container-single"> 118 <div class="auto-img-container"> 119 <img src="{@docRoot}auto/images/ui/gearhead_custom_user_actions.png" alt="Customized user actions" /> 120 </div> 121 <p class="img-caption" style="margin-top:0px"> 122 <strong>Figure 5.</strong> Example of user actions in the Google Play Music app. 123 </p> 124 </div> 125 126 <h3 id="drawerlist">Drawer List</h3> 127 128 <p>For browse actions, the display shows the drawer transition. After the 129 transition from the primary app UI to the list UI, the drawer appears in the 130 center. The customized list UI shows the media containers and the audio files 131 provided by the media service in your app. You can also customize drawers with 132 icons for list items.</p> 133 134 <div class="auto-img-container-single"> 135 <div class="auto-img-container"> 136 <img src="{@docRoot}auto/images/ui/gearhead_drawer_generic.png" 137 alt="Generic drawers" style="border:3px solid black" /> 138 </div> 139 <p class="img-caption" style="margin-top:0px"> 140 <strong>Figure 6.</strong> Example of the drawer layout template with generic list items. 141 </p> 142 </div> 143 144 <div class="auto-img-container-single"> 145 <div class="auto-img-container"> 146 <img src="{@docRoot}auto/images/ui/gearhead_drawers_customized.png" 147 alt="Customized drawers" style="border:3px solid black" /> 148 </div> 149 <p class="img-caption" style="margin-top:0px"> 150 <strong>Figure 7.</strong> Example of the the drawer layout in the Google Play Music app. 151 </p> 152 </div> 153 154 155 <h2 id="daynighttransitions">Day and Night Transitions</h2> 156 157 <p>All the UIs support different color schemes for day and night. The platform 158 provides the state (day or night) and makes adjustments automatically.</p> 159 160 <div class="auto-img-container-single"> 161 <div class="auto-img-container"> 162 <img src="{@docRoot}auto/images/ui/gearhead_day.png" alt="Audio app in day mode" /> 163 </div> 164 <p class="img-caption" style="margin-top:0px"> 165 <strong>Figure 8.</strong> Example of the Google Play Music app in day mode. 166 </p> 167 </div> 168 169 <div class="auto-img-container-single"> 170 <div class="auto-img-container"> 171 <img src="{@docRoot}auto/images/ui/gearhead_night.png" alt="Audio app in night mode" /> 172 </div> 173 <p class="img-caption" style="margin-top:0px"> 174 <strong>Figure 9.</strong> Example of the Google Play Music app in night mode. 175 </p> 176 </div> 177 178 <h3 class="rel-resources clearfloat">Related resources</h3> 179 180 <div class="resource-widget resource-flow-layout col-13" data-query= 181 "collection:design/auto/auto_ui_guidelines" 182 data-sortorder="-timestamp" data-cardsizes="6x3" data-maxresults="6"> 183 </div> 184 185 186 187
