(openPR) - Dresden, 05-18-2011 - The design label iconsBerlin improved its well-known iPhone tab bar icon collection with icons for Android apps. To date, the extensive collection of 588 different icons were primarily made for iOS developers to implement navigation symbols in applications for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. This week's published upgrade with 558 menu icons and 558 tab icons is addressed to Android developers to create the navigation for Android apps by using motives of iconsBerlin as well.

The Android icons in the shop are sorted into 31 categories with topics of finance, navigation, entertainment, games, education, music, film & photography, productivity, travel, sports, office, lifestyle, food, weather and many more. All icons are in accordance with the Android Icon Design Guidelines. Each icon is supplied as a menu icon and as a tab icon, too. Because menu icons and tab icons differ from each other in technical and graphical way.

Android menu icons are embedded in 3 different sizes, but only do have one status. The symbol itself is created in shades of grey with shadow effect. Buyers will receive the collection of each of the 558 menu icons in 3 sizes and a total number of 1674 files in PNG format with transparent areas. Selected mode and unselected mode are defined due app programming by changing the background colour of an icon. The background colour shines through the transparent area.

Android tab icons are more complex when implemented in Android apps. There are 2 modes: selected and unselected status and they are embedded in 3 different sizes for different devices. The symbol itself appears in variations of white and grey colourization with shadow effects. Furthermore, all tab icons come as v5 version. Buyers of the Android icon collection receive each of the 558 tab icons in PNG format with transparent areas. Finally 12 variations of each tab icon are provided with iconsBerlin. Thus the Android tab icon set covers 12 x 558 = 6696 files.

The comprehensive extension of this icon collection offers a Master Collection, too, that brings together all 588 iPhone tab bar icons and all 558 Android icons (for tab version and menu version). Developers working across iOS and Android can use the same icon theme for both platforms. So the customer reaches a uniform mobile presence.

Descriptive information on the use of Android icons can be found on the website of iconsBerlin in the FAQs section on www.iconsberlin.com/faq.php .

About iconsBerlin:

iconsBerlin is a design label for small screen design of the company Haase & Martin GmbH in Dresden/Germany. The newly released Android app icons are available from the icon store at www.iconsberlin.com/index_android_menu_tab_icons.php .

About Haase & Martin GmbH:

The Haase & Martin GmbH offers services in digital media. With technical know-how and expertise in media design, the company develops integrated projects. The range of the company includes in-house developed products for mobile communications (Bluetooth, SMS), kiosk systems and information terminals with graphical user interface (GUI) as well as mobile applications (Apps) for example for iPhone, iPad and other platforms. In the area of ​​online marketing the company offers web design, search engine marketing and solutions for social networks.

Contact us:

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Haase & Martin GmbH
Zeitenströmung, Building 32
Königsbrück Strasse 96
01099 Dresden
Germany

Phone: +49 (0) 351/500 97 21
E-mail: info@haaseundmartin.de
Haase & Martin website: www.haaseundmartin.de
Website iconsBerlin: www.iconsberlin.com