Tag Archives: MaterialDesign

Android Developer Story: Sendy uses Google Play features to build for the next billion users

Posted by Lily Sheringham, Google Play team

Sendy is a door to door on-demand couriering platform founded in Nairobi, Kenya. It connects customers and logistics providers, providing two unique apps, one for the driver and one for the customer. Watch CEO & Co-founder, Meshack Alloys, and Android Developer, Jason Rogena, explain how they use Developer Console features, such as alpha and beta testing, as well as other tips and best practices, to build for the next billion users.

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Android Developer Story: Video editing app WeVideo increases user engagement with material design

Posted by Lily Sheringham, Google Play team

WeVideo is a video editing platform founded on a vision to make video creation accessible to anyone, anywhere. They first launched the popular WeVideo Video Editor app for Android, and since the latest update to the app, revenue on the platform has doubled every two months. In fact, almost 85% of their mobile users are on Android devices.

Watch Krishna Menon, President & CTO, and Oleg Tsaregorodtsev, Head of Mobile Development at WeVideo, explain how relaunching their app with material design increased user engagement by 100%. They also share how WeVideo improved monetization and installs using ratings & reviews, store listing experiments, and other features on Google Play.

Find out more about material design principles, and, learn how to find success on Google Play.

Android Developer Story: RogerVoice takes advantage of beta testing to launch its app on Android first

Posted by Lily Sheringham, Google Play team

RogerVoice is an app which enables people who are hearing impaired to make phone calls through voice recognition and text captions. Founded by Olivier Jeannel, who grew up with more than 80 percent hearing loss, the company successfully raised $35,000 through Kickstarter to get off the ground. Today the team publicly released the app on the Android platform first.

The team behind RogerVoice talk about how material design and beta testing helped them create an interface which is accessible and intuitive to navigate for users.



Learn more about how RogerVoice built its app with the help of Google Play features:

  • Material Design: How Material Design helps you create beautiful, engaging apps.
  • Beta testing: Learn more about using beta testing on Google Play for your app.
  • Developer Console: Make the most of the Google Play Developer Console to publish your apps and grow and engage your user base.