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da_st
da_st

Reputation: 402

Onscreen navigation buttons

I have a question about design in an android app, since android phones have "physical" back buttons, should i still have onscreen navigation inside the app or is that a bad idea?

Like this for example:

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I have seen some apps that have it, but im not sure if they are neccessary.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 78

Answers (3)

Wasif Hamdani
Wasif Hamdani

Reputation: 148

It is strongly discouraged to use the Back button in Android App since every Android phone/tablet has physical Back button. It is also suggested that "Don't use labeled back buttons on action bars". This can be verified from following:

http://developer.android.com/design/patterns/pure-android.html

Upvotes: 0

darnmason
darnmason

Reputation: 2732

Folow the design guidelines, have a read of this and you'll understand the best practices regarding back and up navigation:

http://developer.android.com/design/patterns/navigation.html

Upvotes: 1

fpanizza
fpanizza

Reputation: 1589

Bad idea, you should use the action bar for on screen navigation.

Please check: https://developer.android.com/design/patterns/navigation.html

Upvotes: 2

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