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Element Android design
Introduction
Design at element.io is done using Figma - https://www.figma.com
How to import from Figma to the Element Android project
Integration should be done using the Android development best practice, and should follow the existing convention in the code.
Colors
Element Android already contains all the colors which can be used by the designer, in the module ui-style.
Some of them depend on the theme, so ensure to use theme attributes and not colors directly.
Text
- click on a text on Figma
- on the right panel, information about the style and colors are displayed
- in Element Android, text style are already defined, generally you should not create new style
- apply the style and the color to the layout
Dimension, position and margin
- click on an item on Figma
- dimensions of the item will be displayed.
- move the mouse to other items to get relative positioning, margin, etc.
Icons
Export drawable from Figma
- click on the element to export
- ensure that the correct layer is selected. Sometimes the parent layer has to be selected on the left panel
- on the right panel, click on "export"
- select SVG
- you can check the preview of what will be exported
- click on "export" and save the file locally
- unzip the file if necessary
It's also possible for any icon to go to the main component by right-clicking on the icon.
Import in Android Studio
- right click on the drawable folder where the drawable will be created
- click on "New"/"Vector Asset"
- select the exported file
- update the filename if necessary
- click on "Next" and click on "Finish"
- open the created vector drawable
- optionally update the color(s) to "#FF0000" (red) to ensure that the drawable is correctly tinted at runtime.
Images
Android 4.3 (18+) fully supports the WebP image format which can often provide smaller image sizes without drastically impacting image quality (depending on the output encoding quality). When importing non vector images, WebP is the preferred format.
Images can be converted to the WebP within Android Studio by
- right clicking the image file within the project file explorer
- select
Convert to WebP
https://developer.android.com/studio/write/convert-webp
Figma links
Figma links can be included in the layout, for future reference, but it is also OK to add a paragraph below here, to centralize the information
Main entry point: https://www.figma.com/files/project/5612863/Element?fuid=779371459522484071
Note: all the Figma links are not publicly available.
Coumpound
Coumpound contains the theme of the application, with all the components, in Light and Dark theme: palette (colors), typography, iconography, etc.
https://www.figma.com/file/X4XTH9iS2KGJ2wFKDqkyed/Compound
Login
TBD
Login v2
https://www.figma.com/file/xdV4PuI3DlzA1EiBvbrggz/Login-Flow-v2
Room list
TBD
Timeline
https://www.figma.com/file/x1HYYLYMmbYnhfoz2c2nGD/%5BRiotX%5D-Misc?node-id=0%3A1
Voice message
https://www.figma.com/file/uaWc62Ux2DkZC4OGtAGcNc/Voice-Messages?node-id=473%3A12
Room settings
TBD
VoIP
https://www.figma.com/file/V6m2z0oAtUV1l8MdyIrAep/VoIP?node-id=4254%3A25767
Presence
https://www.figma.com/file/qmvEskET5JWva8jZJ4jX8o/Presence---User-Status?node-id=114%3A9174 (Option B is chosen)
Spaces
https://www.figma.com/file/m7L63aGPW7iHnIYStfdxCe/Spaces?node-id=192%3A30161