Broken Material Theme

When is a Material theme not a Material theme? That may sound like the first line of a joke, but it is actually a real problem I faced recently. It caused me much noggin scratching until I chanced upon the cause. And you’ll have to wait until the end of the article for the punch…

MaterialTimePicker

Material Design Components version 1.3.0-alpha02 for Android introduced a new MaterialTimePicker component. It is an easy to use component, but, at the time of writing (mid-December 2020), there is one gotcha. In this article we’ll take a look at how to use it. We’ll also look at the gotcha with an easy workaround.

Material Motion: Shared Axis

The Material Design Components library is a really nice thing. It has some widgets which make implementing Material Design really easy. Back in February 2020 version 1.2.0-alpha05 introduced Material Transitions and Motion. In this series we’ll look at the different transitions, and explore how and, perhaps more importantly, when to use them.

Material Motion: Container Transform

The Material Design Components library is a really nice thing. It has some widgets which make implementing Material Design really easy. Back in February 2020 version 1.2.0-alpha05 introduced Material Transitions and Motion. In this series we’ll look at the different transitions, and explore how and, perhaps more importantly, when to use them.

Material Motion: Fade

The Material Design Components library is a really nice thing. It has some widgets which make implementing Material Design really easy. Back in February 2020 version 1.2.0-alpha05 introduced Material Transitions and Motion. In this series we’ll look at the different transitions, and explore how and, perhaps more importantly, when to use them.

Material Motion: Fade Through

The Material Design Components library is a really nice thing. It has some widgets which make implementing Material Design really easy. Back in February 2020 version 1.2.0-alpha05 introduced Material Transitions and Motion. In this series we’ll look at the different transitions, and explore how and, perhaps more importantly, when to use them.

Material Slider

Google released Material Components 1.3.0-alpha02 on 16th July 2020. One component that has received a lot of love in this release is the humble slider. There are some nice additions on top of the basic functionality, and in this post we’ll explore them a little.