hobointhecorner 5 Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 (edited) Hello all! As a bit of an exercise in UI design, I've been creating a UI mockup for Android TV in Photoshop, and I'd love the community's feedback. Please be gentle, though, as I'm a systems administrator by trade who is really new to the whole application design thing, but I'm hoping to someday make a career out of it. The album, with all images and descriptions can be found here. Here's a couple for starters, sorry about the size/aliasing: Thanks, guys! --edited to embed images Edited September 10, 2014 by hobointhecorner 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37060 Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 Well done! Can you embed some images into this post? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14910 Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 Interesting - yes, you should embed some of those so people can see them easier. One of the great things about Android TV though is the fact that a lot of the design work is handled for you. It presents a very consistent interface across all the apps and makes it easier for the user to know how to operate them all. I'm sure there will be some customization though, so have at it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobointhecorner 5 Posted September 10, 2014 Author Share Posted September 10, 2014 (edited) Got the images embedded. I didn't know that about Android TV. I tried to get the leanback preview emulator and one of the sample applications going a month or so back, but I couldn't get the emulator to load, or the the project files to cooperate with Android Studio, so I figure I'd let that one sit for a while. Edited September 10, 2014 by hobointhecorner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c0m3r 95 Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 Really like the design ideas you have there. Dont like the blue though, reminds me too much of the old WMC interface. Looks great with the silver menu and darker backgrounds. Im sure the design would be popular in other MB apps such as Classic and Theatre as a possible theme if you were interested in that kind of thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobointhecorner 5 Posted September 10, 2014 Author Share Posted September 10, 2014 Yeah, I'm pretty terrible at picking colors, so I decided to use whatever I could find on the Android Material color palette. I really just wanted to use the colors to convey what media you're browsing (Red for movies, green for games, etc). For example (and another terrible color choice, I realize lol): The theme idea is a great one, I'm not sure why I never explored that avenue. I appreciate it! It's definitely something I'm going to be looking into in the near future. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c0m3r 95 Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 The different colours per collection is an interesting idea. Would make it an option though, is not likely to be to everyones taste. Would start with MBC as MBT obviously doesnt have themes yet. Would love to see this on Theatre at some point though as I use that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyBe 0 Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 well done, nice mockup! I really like it and the colors are good in my opinion. Looking forward to the release of Android TV and wondering where it will range in in this statistic about streaming device sales. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14910 Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 The thing that will be different about Android TV is that it won't be a "device" per se. It is simply an extension of the entire Android platform so there will be multiple devices that will support it - including TVs themselves. Hopefully, TV manufacturers will move away from their proprietary "smart" platforms and towards this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Latchmor 584 Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 http://blog.gsmarena.com/sony-says-bravia-tvs-will-launch-android-tv-2015/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobointhecorner 5 Posted September 11, 2014 Author Share Posted September 11, 2014 I've been looking into theming MBC and writing MCML, and luckily I have enough experience with XAML to be rather helpful in this situation, but I still feel like I'm in over my head here. Are there any examples or documentation I could make use of? I can't find much, if anything, on the subject. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redshirt 1487 Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 The best documentation you can find is other MB themes. MCML doesn't have a decent community to draw from. The Chocolate theme is in the Github repo. https://github.com/MediaBrowser/MediaBrowser.Themes.Chocolate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14910 Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 Pretty much no one other than a few people on this forum are writing any mcml anymore as the technology has been abandoned for a few years now. Even the blogs I used several years ago are no longer around. Honestly, if I were you, I would not invest the time in trying to learn it now. If you wait another month or so, perhaps MBT will get to the point of being safe to try and build a theme for and that will fall right into your experience base as it is WPF (XAML). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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