How can I improve the look and feel of an Android app?

Question

I have seen that standard Android UI components have a poor look and feel.

Can anyone provide me with some links or suggestions on how to improve the look and feel o

Answer 1

Check out Jake Wharton's ViewPagerIndicator. It makes it relatively easy to add a modern UI/UX to ViewPager swiping, and it's compatible with the Android Support Lib, so works with Android 1.6 and up. Gives it the same look/feel as some of the more current modern Android apps.

Just keep in mind, to get it to work you'll need to specify a theme to your activity, which isn't mentioned in the "Usage" section, but is in the manifest file in his sample code.

Of course, you'll also need to add the support library to your project. Can do this by right clicking project in eclipse -> Android Tools -> Add Support Library.