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While sending a photo through WhatsApp, I noticed the 'Attach' button performs a neat Circular Reveal effect.

Designing app mockups allow us to quickly visualize how our app might ultimately look like.

Here's on how to add a neat Ripple effect for your UI components.

If you've managed to survive Part 1, then welcome to Part 2 of the post!

If you've heard about Parse back-end, then you'll also know that its a wonderful service which simplifies back-end management for your Android apps.

Tint icons were first seen on Android Lollipop.

The 'Quick Return' is a famous UI pattern seen in Android apps.

I heard Android updated its Material Design specs, so I revisited the site to check out what's new.

Being a Material Design lover, I get put off by that default flat Toolbar with no shadow or elevation.

This is my third post where I continue to bring you more from the Design Support Library.

In this Android tutorial we'll create an on scroll, collapsing Toolbar animation.

In Google I/O 2015, a lot of new stuff was revealed.

Android Lollipop came in fast, went out faster!

Here we'll look at adding Google's +1 button in your app.

In this post, I'll show you how to make your Floating Action Button behave as it should on Lollipop devices.

If you're familiar with the new theme setup in Android since AppCompat v21, you'll need to define 3 colors from the start.

If you've gone through my Implement a Floating Action Button post, it shows you how to setup a neat FAB by using a library with relatively minimal effort.

A lot of things have changed (for the better) with the support library.

The Solution If you've updated to the new Support Libraries (AppCompat 22.1.1), then you've probably noticed by now that extending ActionBarActivity for your Activity classes is now deprecated.

I'd recommend going through Part 1 of the implementation first.

What is a Floating Action Button?

Toolbar height issue If you've noticed by now, the Toolbar height by default when compared in normal and landscape mode, is different.

As developers, we code our apps stuffing them with every possible feature we thought of it to have.

In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to implement Android Material Design for your apps running on pre Lollipop devices.