Eras of Android UI

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[@the_mariocrafter]

You know the OS still have dessert names internally? Queen Cake is 10, Red Velvet Cake is 11, Snow Cone is 12, Tiramisu is 13, Upside down cake is 14. Add this to it's following video. They are starting to emphasize on the names a bit more.

[@RemoteSynergy]

Android 10 is actually Quince Tart

[@elithzy]

What the heck? Upside down cake? 🤣

[@MortCodesWeb]

@@elithzy lol

[@GRCanalYT]

Apple pie Banana bread Cupcake Donut Eclair Froyo Gingerbread Honeycomb Ice cream sandwich Jellybean Kit Kat Lollipop Marshmallow Nougat Oreo Pie Quince tart Red Velvet cake Snow cone Tiramisu Upside down cake Vanilla pudding Waffle Xango Yoghurt Zeppole And then, after Zeppole, Google will instead be naming Android codenames after names of constellations from A to Z (starting with Andromeda)

[@the_mariocrafter]

@@GRCanalYT Xmas cookies should be x and z should be zebra brownies

[@chuchushoeTW]

I really miss the Holo era, looks professional but still playful.

[@antoniov1467]

Esse.

[@OmegaAdrek]

It also had nailed the Interface design, color scheme, and use Dark Mode by default, it felt more modern, more digital, more Sci Fi yet tactile, Holo also had the best Tablet UI by far with ICS Single Combo Bar, Nav Buttons on the Left and System Tray + Notifications on the Left, having a really familiar feel towards Desktop Interfaces, if the Launcher was a FAB and elements could be pinned on the center of the Bar it would have for sure lasted longer and keep tablets on float than their current state, heck no wonder why iPads have the Dock similar to MacOS and AppLibrary as a Launcher/Start Menu

[@StudioAZ08]

竟然在這邊也能遇到魔鞋啾啾！

[@Elmolee0517]

竟然看到啾啾鞋 在這邊！🧡🦊

[@rocketman9316]

I hated that UI 🗿

[@dylanh333]

While I've grown to quite like Material You, I 100% agree that the "papercut era" of Material Design was peak aesthetics. I miss it 😢

[@generalyiofop3660]

Joppa the same month 😞

[@Christmaswreath]

personally i hate the papercut look but i was never there for the papercut era so it links it to outdated tech which is probably why

[@CanOfDew132]

i have a really old device that is android 5.1

[@therealkendallroy]

The Papercut era was by far my favorite because of how 'bright' and clean it was; the icons were distinct and distinguishable, the accent colors made the everything stand out, and everything was snappy.

[@gabe_irl]

I agree that the paper cut era was one of the best but I personally really like the material you era so far. My favorite so far. Seems a little more unified in design.

[@CringePoop]

i disliked papercut because everything looked identical and kinda boring

[@bageltondinglequandaleseba6928]

Same, but I think Holo to Material You is the best one for me

[@jeffjeffjeff69]

@@bageltondinglequandaleseba6928 Holo is the best for me just because its the one i started with lol its so nostalgic to look at

[@Palkia8-Bit]

Honestly holo and before were the best. I really hated when they did that and still do

[@umamifan]

Holo is the best. It had the most charm combined with practicality. When it switched to paper cut, that's when I knew it was over. Became very corporate and stuff. Pre-holo, while nostalgic, is too rough around the edges. Paper-cut and beyond is soulless.

[@YoussefGamer9]

Pre holo era, holo era, and paper cut era gives me nostalgia when i was child.. We wont forget these days...

[@icebreaker220]

Just looking at the pictures if old android home screen just gives me nostalgia

[@SYNTH_M4N]

Great video as usual, I know this is a small channel at the moment, but these videos are awesome! To the point, decently well made and you're clearly passionate and knowledgable about this topic. This is what KZbin needs, passion projects made by boffins for fun, teaching about things they care about. Not predatory money making schemes that exist only to make children buy 'merch'!

[@Undefined.100]

Hahaha thank you! I appreciate the kind words :)

[@Stvk]

for Android app developer: you can still apply those old themes! Primitive: android:style/Theme Holo: android:style/Theme.Holo Paper Cut: android:style/Theme.Material

[@the_mariocrafter]

I know

[@sauliusvitkauskas8741]

how

[@sauliusvitkauskas8741]

i want to apply it to my phone

[@Stvk]

@@sauliusvitkauskas8741 You can program a launcher app with those themes (actually a lots already made which you can try, not recommending propietary software though)

[@CanOfDew132]

thx

[@Undefined.100]

Sorry about the sound quality on this one, I'm not sure why it's so bad. I've tried many things, but it seems to be happening on KZbin's side, because my Odysee upload sounds just fine.

[@ripthedvd9728]

I'm kind of surprised you're on Odysee. Is it just to escape censorship or are you into the whole open source thing? Regardless, I think a video analyzing the Linux aesthetic could be very popular.

[@Sophiebryson510]

Please provide subtiltes, if possible

[@ygypt]

the comment loaded b4 the video and im like "ok itll be mixed a little poorly" but then i was promptly blasted thru my skull. thx for the tinnitus XD

[@clayanderson3553]

Mmm, crunchy. 😋

[@naterhythm2]

your mic quality is amazing lol/j

[@the_mariocrafter]

Can you do the ages of iOS: the primitive era, the golden/skeumorphic era, the flat/Ive era, and the rectified flat era

[@Whisler]

thats the same as Galaxdroid (Android for Galaxy)

[@hoop_diddy]

the holo/ics/kitkat era was an amazing time to be an android user. the Galaxy Nexus seemed like the coolest device ever at the time with the holo design and new features like nfc and face unlock. also back then everyone(including me) used to hate the skins/bloat manufacturers would put on top of the os, but now i kind of miss them. it made each device feel unique... except touchwiz i never liked samsungs design lol

[@SL4RK]

Same, samsung design always looked as bad as the performance of their smartphones, I hated my galaxy ace 2 so much that during another hang during a call, I took a sledgehammer and smashed it to smithereens

[@00000theoffical]

Gonna switch to a old nexus because idk

[@CreeperG3]

​@@00000theofficalWhich one? I currently use a Galaxy Nexus as a development and secondary device.

[@JKSmith-qs2ii]

The paper cut stuff is so elegant. I love the subtleties of shadow that the icons and the design has. Almost like folded pieces of paper creating subtle shadows. Really great looking still.

[@turboman3000]

The "Material You Era" is an 11/10 for me 😅 - i'm saying it as hobby UI Designer who uses this Design-Language and as an User of it. :D

[@SpitterChan]

Same :3

[@Phasma]

I've binged all of your videos today, they're so nostalgic and I love how naturally you talk about this stuff! I hope you continue creating more, this is already a comfort channel 😭❤️

[@darealdeal8185]

Totally agree with you! I love how the paper cut era had a playful look to it while also being minimalistic. Wish Android would have continued to evolve its UI by adding a customizable color palette like they currently have on Android 12

[@jordanwalter6570]

To me, the no frills era felt like they were just gradually giving up on material design, it made me sad. My first phone was a Nexus 5, so I got to experience the change from KitKat to lollipop and it was so exciting at the time

[@Villager_U]

@@jordanwalter6570 i remember installing a bunch of lolipop launcher, Xposed module monster UI and lolipop lockscreen to make my kit kat phone looks like lolipop

[@niu-3-]

My first smartphone was a HTC Wildfire S, and that flip over clock widget still give me a hit of nostalgia

[@peter6980]

Great video! I would say that Holo/Papercut would be my favorite eras. Would also be interested to hear your thoughts on past iOS versions or any other UI!

[@lapiswolf2780]

I'd like to see something like this talking about MIUI 1 to MIUI 14.

[@asadfarraj]

I seriously love the Papercut Era. I even use custom launchers and icons to achieve that look on my Android 12 phone. The clean yet detailed layering of the design was just eye-candy!

[@gamecuber6]

Even today, i still love Holo, just that dark theme with the 3d icons and the iconic backgrounds make me love it

[@xMrDiBBs]

Genuinely one of my favorite channels too have found recently. It's also nice to see Android get some love lol, still rocking Pie on my Note 8. Keep it Up tho! :)

[@FischToaster00]

Material design is my favorite design ever in the tech field. I especially like how there are these different layers that rotate, zoom or pan. The best example was the notification center in Android 5.

[@Bobtheconqueror42]

the paper cut era was defiantly my favorite, but i really like material you. it takes the system colors from your wallpaper, which can look really bad, but i like the bubblyness

[@ashokraobhoite4565]

5:34 I don't think that's "a waste of space" it's just a great utilisation of the huge screens we have today and also it is easier to understand because every single thing I'm looking for is not hiding under a drop-down box which slaps a bunch of text on my face. Material You is also keeping the colors for buttons consistent all around the UI. It also matches the actual cuts of your phone making it satisfying to look at (like most of the buttons are rounded to actually match your physical screen's bezel ). So even if not 3D and just being flat it's a pleasure to use and also very easy for someone who is trying out Android or just any smartphone for their first time.

[@ke--vin]

I know android 3.0 was for tablets but you should have mentioned it, because its style was a predecessor to holo or holo-honeeycomb.

[@JackStavris]

The papercut era is definetely my favourite, it's when I jumped into Android with a Sony Xperia Z5 running Lollipop, it got upgrades to Marshmallow and Nougat before Sony dropped support for it in 2018. I switched to iOS shortly after and while I did get a Pixel 6 in 2021 and used Android 12, it just didn't feel the same and I ended up going back to my iPhone a year later. The mid-2010s versions of Android had a style and charm that's just missing these days.

[@eyobed5274]

yeah so true

[@Korrin69]

I love your videos so much! I'm so glad I had you recommended to me!

[@leilalsw]

Primitive, pre holo, and holo are my favorite Era's they have so much character and other things I just love! Also I agree with material you, I'm not a fan because it feels like all the character was taken away for the sake of simplicity

[@Brushedmetal69]

Pre holo is trash especially compared to Windows mobile iOS and webos which were all way better

[@CreeperG3]

@@Brushedmetal69 they didnt even mention honeycomb 3.0s holo, they just jumped straight from gingerbread to ics

[@distortion1582]

My favourite channel right now. Keep up the good work.

[@lemonadesnake]

The Android versions still have food names, just they're now only codenames that aren't marketed. Android 10: Quince Tart Android 11: Red Velvet Cake Android 12: Snow Cone Android 13: Tiramisu

[@dvo9.]

This channel is amazing, just came from the Frutiger Aero vid and I really enjoyed it. Keep it up!

[@Undefined.100]

Thank you!

[@crazayhazay]

I did too, this is a KZbin channel I’ve been looking for awhile ,

[@Ankianki33]

I love your videos, this exactly what I like to watch.

[@roundabout-host]

I love material design. It's timeless.

[@roundabout-host]

Every time I see a photo of it, it makes me feel relaxed. What happened? At least it's open source, anyone can know the recipe to this design miracle

[@the_mariocrafter]

Can you do the golden age of Smart TVs: 2011, 2012, and 2013 as 3 eras? 2014 and 2015 and 2016 destroyed them from smart TVs into TVs with Netflix KZbin Hulu etc.

[@inbredfam]

UIs will change dramatically once we all switch to AR instead of using flat screens.. more organic and "frutiger aero" designs will come back for sure, also will utilize the fact that we won't be limited to 2d, so many UI elements will be 3d and animated

[@kaeruuuu_]

Trends usually go in circles, so a comeback of frutiger aero is certainly possible. But I just prefer the clean, minimalistic looks of today's UI's. I think it it timeless. But only time will tell :)

[@inbredfam]

@@kaeruuuu_ it will be a combination of both, when old things comeback they are never the same

[@kaeruuuu_]

@@inbredfam yeah that's true. This is present in some of today's pop music, which often has musical elements of the 80s.

[@fl570]

I highly doubt AR will gain as much mainstream traction as some want you to believe. Kinda like Facebook's Metaverse - way too drastic of a change that nobody really asked for, just done in the name of "innovation" and attracting people to your products. That is not to say AR is completely useless; but from niche uses to becoming a mainstream way of viewing things, I highly doubt.

[@kaeruuuu_]

@@fl570 I think the VR/AR movement was too early. Right now, the entry cost is too high. That's why VR/AR headsets aren't widespread. But maybe in 10-20 years they could be.

[@Legend0P]

I like Material Design 2, I think it's the most refined iteration of Material Design without being a complete overhaul

[@FoxInkling]

This is the best android design evolution video I've ever seen

[@lmnk]

Thanks for video! Personally, my favourite UI of all time is Android Gingerbread one: the style is mostly dark colours (which was replaces with ugly plastic ones in KitKat and been like this up to Android 10), and theme colours (golden-to-orange, olive green, light grey and black) look really nice. Also, I was kinda obsessed with one-coloured CRTs aesthetic at that time, so golden on pitch-black was my favourite colour combination back then :) It is also skeuomorphic (not a fan of minimalistic UI, despite Material Design being my favourite example of good modern interface design and iconography).

[@Unknown-64209]

man the jelly bean and ice cream sandwitch versions are damn nostalgic!

[@moresubbickbestuff]

Honestly, the holo and papercut era are both my favorite eras of android

[@mark8200]

Great video thanks! you could do a video comparing Samsung One UI on android 12 with the stock Android 12 UI, I think you'll have a lot to talk about there

[@lilcuteli5843]

Less stuff doesn't mean bad, UX designers always strive to achieve the perfect balance between enough content and good usability.

[@YlmazCanerOzyaykc]

A truly new era had begun when Material Design first came out. It is still one of the most popular design languages.

[@kostya_net]

I also liked the PaperCut Era. She looks very stylish. I would even say perfect.

[@blueelectric05]

This video is a big nostalgia rush, good job!

[@alexxmde]

Cool channel! It deserves more views for sure!!

[@neoqueto]

#1: no frills #2: holo (especially Honeycomb) #3: papercut #4: Material You #5: pre-holo #6: primitive

[@MarbledLight]

Damn, missed the video, turned notifications on and didn't get notified, still glad I got to see it when looking for the channel tho :)

[@domocoyo]

i just stumbled across this channel and these videos are so dope i just subscribed

[@LETTITBITYT]

I miss the Android 5 / 6 era. Everything was pretty clean and colorful

[@whyareyouwhite5275]

love your videos!!

[@rianp1300]

My favorite was Kitkat. The UI feels fast, no nonsense animations, and simple. On top of that I really love Sony Xperia's implementation. Doesn't look bland but still keeps the experience pretty close to stock android.

[@verynameboi4121]

This cha nnel is so underrated!

[@_m1k0]

I have the htc legend running htc’s skin on android 2.something and it’s so beautiful and amazing. Even the on screen keyboard is great for typing on its less than 3” screen.

[@byteseb]

So glad that I found this channel. It's really good!. Wouldn't be surprised if it starts to grow a lot, as the content is interesting. Already subscribed :)

[@Undefined.100]

Thank you :)

[@byteseb]

@@Undefined.100 Extremely late reply, but I'm working on an Android Iceberg video, and I would like to include some info from this video, as I think it's great. Obviously, I will give you credits. Would that bother you?

[@Undefined.100]

No problem, of course you can! Can’t wait to see it!

[@byteseb]

@@Undefined.100 Thanks! Can't wait to see your next videos too!

[@StillMelo]

Damn sick editing dude

[@gui18bif]

2.2 and 2.3 were the goat

[@dairhat]

Material You and No-Frills are my favorite so far. I personally don't like the sharp corners. But again, another awesome video. Loved this crash course through the design evolution of Android!

[@DecidiousGreens]

yeah

[@mallmann72]

For me it's the holo era. It may be somewhat outdated, but at least it has its own identity and it fully embraces the "techy" style of android.

[@bigpappa3329]

I just realized that this is a small channel. I just discovered you and I love this. Really great videos. Please don’t stop making these

[@thelitletiepnsy]

the green " :) " message bubble is so nostalgic for me

[@PikachuMiss]

Great video as always!

[@countryland69]

Papercut Era gives me so much nostalgia, I have a phone running android 6 so that's cool

[@Xodabeef]

The papercut era truly looks amazing and is pleasing to the eyes, and I've been wanting to make an icon pack for different (mostly older) android versions using these. Now, i haven't found a good icon pallette yet, where'd you find that long list of samples in shot 3:49 ?

[@blqishere]

I love your videos!

[@randommtbridr]

I remember playing with the animated wallpapers, i loved the grass one

[@cutetwirll]

I like the clunky design of the primitive era, it's got that nice detail even if it is bulky. I don't know, I like how it looks.

[@KennethPlaysOfficial]

ice cream sandwich and lollipop are my favorites. they bring back so many memories that i completely forgot about.

[@Sb129]

You nailed it with the first era in a modern context but back then it was par for the course, in fact, it looked really cool at the time. We as a whole weren't too far away from a time when having a color screen on a handheld was amazing. It was definitely obvious the developers were mostly trying to make an OS and not a UI. The Pre-Holo era is also well named since it was at a time when the base underlying code was more or less stabilized and then they could turn more attention to unifying the UI. Froyo and Gingerbread were great for their time. I regard 2.3 to be the first mainstream Android OS most 'normal' people interacted with. There aren't too many out there that have even experienced anything less that Gingerbread. I greatly appreciate what Android 2.3 Gingerbread brought us. I still have one of my original devices from then. The Holo era was also coming off of a bit of a recombination since Tablets at the time got their own version of Android, Honeycomb (Another version very very few people even remember, let alone used) They took some design cues from Honeycomb and refined the smartphone experience. ICS is THE point which which Android became a modern titan of a mobile OS for me. It was amazing to see how far Android 4.0 was from the last version the public at large remembered, 2.3. I still think 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich is my most favorite version of Android ever. I love the Paper cut era for the underlying codebase, for me it was and is the most stable Android ever was. My personal favorite was 5.0 Lollipop. I do like the look of the UI from a unification and ease of use angle but I am now coming to terms with the fact that I am an old timer technology wise. This was the beginning of the Flat Era for me. I like a more skeuomorphic take on icons, menus and themes. Shadows, gloss effects, beveling and a 3D look is what I love. It is why I liked the charm of the look of earlier eras of Android so much and why iOS 6 will always be my favorite version of iOS. The No Frill Era is more of a Flat era to me or perhaps the Boring Era, the worst as far as I am concerned. The code has long since been optimized and yet I see more 'game breaking' bugs nowadays than I used to. No Frills Era is a good enough term for it because No Frills is the bargain basement brand, the bottom of the barrel. Looks go out the window because it is no longer needed. I will disagree slightly in that I like that the current Era has SOME bit of charm as opposed to zero. It is a bit too bubbly for my taste but at least it is SOMEthing more catching to the eye than flat minimalist nothingness.

[@breadone_]

i went full in on iPhone a couple years back but damn does the papercut era give me nostalgia. Probably still my favourite designed OS to this day

[@Kezzzk]

Nice video! I really like these videos about "eras". I would like one about Windows eras!

[@XTANCE]

Very good video! I would add more to it: There was an Android 3 version for tablets with weird but interesting, futuristic design. And there were tons of different UIs like Sense, Xperia, Shitwiz etc, not stock but maybe worth mentioning in future videos :)

[@hystericalkeys8891]

Great content!

[@SlyHikari03]

2.3 was my favorite era. ICS was pretty neat too.

[@CreeperG3]

honeycomb and ICS are mine but sadly most forget about honeycomb.

[@squitlertron]

You need to do do a samsung ui eras video. I love watching this kind of stuff

[@averagewiifan113]

I really love the holo era, it just looks so cool and fast to me!

[@ValouIka]

Remember when I updated Jelly Bean to KitKat on my HTC HD2, the simple fact that the menu bar became transparent made it looks so much modern

[@theworstredstoner0950]

The papercut era is also my favourite 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@rotflstudio]

Amazing video and topic!

[@xavier1c]

i love ur channel bruh omg

[@CasproGaming]

this is probably the first time I've had someone share my opinion this much! While the paper look is definitely the nicest feeling one, the modern designs are also very nice. not my favorite but still nice. But I do hope that it changes in the future, because I feel like the new ons look a bit childish overall I very much agree with you.

[@Quesbe]

For me, my favourite era was the primitive era, mainly for nostalgia reasons, and because of my irrational love of skeumorphism. In second place, I would put Material You. It's so sweet on the eyes, and yet it has a ton of personality. Then in third place, the Holo era. Good memories with my beloved Acer Z200 (I love that phone). Also in third place, the papercut era. Nowadays I associate it with the ridicoulously bad phone I had (Logicom L-Ement somthing) that was running Android 7. For me, it was slow, clunky, took a lot more memory than 4.4, which was the OS the phone was designed for. But the UI sure was nice and very well designed, despite being a little too bland for me.

[@berkkarsi]

I miss the Papercut design too. I wish there was a Samsung Theme for it. I looked, there wasn't any.

[@MyZimeCharts]

My Favorite Android was Android 4.1 and 4.2 especially for Tablets Like my old Asus Tablet the Design was amazing. I Miss the Design where the notification bar was on the upper right. Honeycomb was also great.

[@eggrobo]

Android Kitkat. Nostalgia

[@schramfamily]

Totally agree with the "Paper Era" being the best...

[@coldnessinmyheart.]

For me, the holo era was the best and more nostalgic era for me

[@UltraCenterHQ]

That old Message Icon is burned into my retinas

[@agusalz7]

Probably is by the nostalgia but my favorite era is the Holo.

[@eruptic6503]

I'm at the exact opposite when it comes to preference. I feel like Android looks the best and Product Sans should be default of every Android device. Mainly because the Anti Aliasing for Product Sans is better than Roboto and the edges look really clean whereas with Roboto it looks a little blurry.

[@lv1543]

Holo android

[@cucumberwater6]

The Papercut Era is easily my favorite of them all -- but anything after that, I dislike.

[@devy2]

Holo was so delightful. I hate how Google wants us to forget about it! Papercut also looks very nice :)

[@jbognar222]

for me, my most favorite ui era is the holo at 1st place and papercut at 2nd, 3rd come to pre holo, 4th is primitive, 5th is material U and 6th is no frills

[@poweruser.official]

Can't believe you gave A5 Lolipop 10/10... I Remember when I damaged my beloved Xperia Z and send it to service. When it came back, android was updated to 5.0 Lolipop and I don't forget how I instantly started to hate my favourite phone. Every day was a pain to even look at it. They changed entire color pallete to pastel (for example red to lightpink, blue to light blue etc. ) with no option to changed it back without rooting. Dark mode disappeared. Transparent elements was replaced with eye hurting white, and all stunning animations was replaced with poorly animated swipe. Personally this was a big step back in UI design, an attempt to compare with iOS 7 at the time. Fortunately they menage to improve this design later, but still for me it was an end of good eras for android user interface. As you mentioned google material design, I'm also an opponent of it. Hope Google will menage interesting neumorphic interface for android. You are making good and interesting materials, waiting for more content ;)

[@VocaNekoP]

Thus brought back so many memories from be starting my android usage on a Walmart Brand 4.1 Jellybean (and some parts on my friend's 4.0 Ice-cream Sandwich Phone) Up until I got My first Samsung One UI Phone I miss the iconic Android feeling and the base UI of Android but One UI brings some of the old things from older Android OS UI and I'm on a Samsung Galaxy One UI 5.0 Android 13 and I feel like I'm using a Android Pie from my old Nokia Man thus brought back So much nostalgia

[@AdityaKantKushwaha]

For me Android Jellybean, KitKat and Lollipop were the golden versions ❤️

[@astro0210]

Yes, android kitkat was the best

[@astro0210]

The worst era ever is material you, its fucking ugly, too rounded (I hate rounded corners) too simplified (i don't like simplified layouts), android 12 makes me feel bad

[@SteelRiderCarl]

If it's strictly design we're talking about, Pre-Holo is by far my favorite because of how fun and 3D everything looks, and if it were still in use, imagine how smoothly it would operate on modern hardware!

[@sr.triangular]

i loved when the android icons shined like 2012 for example.

[@mrjmlol]

Amazing video! My personal favorite era of Android so far is probably the Holo era.