Grid Spacing on Android

1 · Cyril Mottier · Nov. 17, 2014, 1:54 p.m.
Most user interfaces - on both mobile and web - are based on a notion of grids. Grids basically consist on splitting the user interface in a bunch of aligned squares that can be merged together to create blocks. Using the grid principle while designing UI helps aligning elements, brings consistency, cleans up the code, ensures users can easily parse the content of the UI, etc. In a nutshell, grids are an extremely powerful designing tool. Using the grid principle generally requires developers to...