This article is also posted on the Material Design blog.

Material Theming is a way to customize Material Components to align with your brand. A Material theme includes color, typography and shape parameters which you can adjust to get near-infinite variations of the components — all while maintaining their core anatomy and usability.

This article is also posted on the Material Design blog.

Material Theming is a way to customize Material Components to align with your brand. A Material theme includes color, typography and shape parameters which you can adjust to get near-infinite variations of the components — all while maintaining their core anatomy and usability.

This article is also posted on the Material Design blog.

Material Theming is a way to customize Material Components to align with your brand. A Material theme includes color, typography and shape parameters which you can adjust to get near-infinite variations of the components — all while maintaining their core anatomy and usability.

This article is also posted on the Material Design blog.

We’re excited to announce the release of Material Components for Android (MDC-Android) 1.2.0! A host of exciting new features have been added along with many bug fixes and accessibility improvements. Get the rundown below.

Be sure to check out the release notes. If you’re using MDC for the first time, also take a look at our getting started guide.

What’s new in 1.2.0?

A fair bit has changed since we launched 1.1.0 in February — we added the motion system, slider component, a widget for image shape theming, and more. The things you loved from the alpha, beta, and RC releases of 1.2.0 are now officially stable. If you haven’t yet started using version 1.2.0 …

This article is also posted on the Material Design blog.

We recently announced Material Design Components (MDC) 1.1.0 — a library update that brings Material Theming, new widgets, dark theme support and other exciting features to your Android app.

MDC replaces the Design Support Library. This guide will show you how to migrate your codebase so you can make use of the new attributes, styles, and widgets. If you’re on MDC 1.0.0 this also provides the necessary migration steps to 1.1.0. Be sure to check out our corresponding video guide as well!

A simplified theming example

This guide uses a simplified app to demonstrate the migration process. It uses an AppCompat theme, widgets from the Design Support Library (including a button with a custom background), and various other elements that require migration. We’ll start with an app theme which uses the traditional AppCompat…

We’re excited to announce the release of Material Components for Android (MDC-Android) 1.1.0! A host of exciting new features have been added along with many bug fixes and accessibility improvements. Get the rundown below.

Be sure to check out the release notes. If you’re using MDC for the first time, also take a look at our getting started guide.

A brief background on MDC

Material Components for Android (MDC) evolved from the Design Support Library. The initial 1.0.0 release was binary-equivalent with 28.0.0 and mainly served as the android.support.design to com.google.android.material namespace change. Since then, the Material Design specification has evolved. New principles, guidelines, and components have emerged to better represent brands while maintaining the core principles of Material. The purpose of MDC is to provide developers with a library that implements these components and guidelines in code. As guidelines continue to change over time, MDC will adapt and make updates to meet the latest specs. …

This post will be covering the features and APIs of Radio Button, Checkbox and Switch components. To find out how to handle initial setup of Material Components for Android (including the Gradle dependency and creating an app theme), please see my original post:

Selection Controls are small components for scenarios in which users need to select options or toggle settings. They are typically found on settings screens and dialogs.

From a design perspective, there are three main types of selection controls which can be used in different scenarios:

• Radio Buttons: A circular control with two possible states; selected or unselected. Has single-select behavior when in a group of other radio buttons (i.e. …

This post will be covering the features and API of Dialog components. To find out how to handle initial setup of Material Components for Android (including the Gradle dependency and creating an app theme), please see my original post:

Dialogs are components, typically with modal windows, that are displayed in front of app content. They are used to inform users about a task that may contain critical information and/or require a decision. They purposefully interrupt the current flow and remain on screen until dismissed or action has been taken, so they should be used sparingly.

From a design perspective, there are three main types of dialogs which can be used in different…