Building Quality Tablet Apps

With the release of Nexus 7
earlier this year, we shared some
tips on how you can get your
apps ready for a new wave of
Android tablets. With the holiday
season now approaching, we’re
creating even more ways for
great tablet apps to be featured
in Google Play - including a series
of new app collections that
highlight great apps specifically
for tablet users.
To help you take advantage of the
opportunity provided by the
growing tablet market, we’ve put
together this Tablet App Quality
Checklist to make it easier for you
to ensure your app meets the
expectations of tablet users.
The checklist includes a number
of key focus areas for building
apps that are a great experience
on tablets, including:
Optimizing your layouts for larger
screens.
Taking advantage of extra screen
area available on tablets.
Using Icons and other assets that are designed for tablet screens.
Each focus area comprises several
smaller tasks or best practices. As
you move through the checklist,
you'll find links to support
resources that can help you
address the topics raised in each
task.
The benefits of building an app
that works great on tablets is
evident in the experiences of
Mint.com, Tiny Co, and
Instapaper who reported
increased user engagement,
better monetization, and more
downloads from tablet users. You
can find out more about their
experience in these developer
case studies.
The Tablet Quality Checklist is a
great place to get started, but it’s
just the beginning. We’ll be
sharing more tablet development
tips every day this week on
+Android Developers . In Android
Developers Live, Tuesday’s
Android Design in Action
broadcast will focus on optimizing
user experience for tablets, on
Thursday we’ll be interviewing our
tablet case studies during
Developers Strike Back , and on
Friday’s live YouTube broadcasts
of The App Clinic and Friday
Games Review will be reviewing
apps and games on Android
tablets.