3:13 AM
Diana D'Cruz
For several months now, tablets are becoming more numerous and massive attract the general public (and not just geeks). Tablet Nexus 7 of Google, which has an excellent quality / price ratio, there is probably something.
One of the few weaknesses of this tablet is the very limited number of compatible applications and adapted to this format. Indeed, it is necessary that developers and publishers to update their applications following a minimum best practices recommended by Google.
Google has published a checklist that should help developers build better applications specific to tablets, and, in addition to the excellent documentation Android.
This list summarizes the most important points for an application of this particular format if these ten points are not very complicated but fundamental. Example, it is necessary to optimize the layout and adjust fonts and tactile zones, and whatever the size of the tablet.
When Tim Cook, Apple CEO, tested the Yelp app on a Samsung tablet a few months ago, he said there was a lot of white space and tiny text was difficult to read. This is a story but also the reality, major publishers and services are not yet go to the Nexus 7 (and social networks Facebook and Twitter do not really show the example).
