Is there a glossary of Android's UI elements

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Often, when I'm looking for the solution to some problem I'm having on my phone, the hardest part is knowing what to call the specific menu, or piece of the UI, causing the issue.

Is there an official (or non official but accepted) glossary of the different UI elements?

Something like Popups, dialogs, notifications, toasts: what's the difference? — Izzy, Jul 06 '17 at 12:50
Something like that, yes, but with things like status bar, notification bar/panel, etc. — Manu, Jul 06 '17 at 13:03
OK, to make that "central stuff" easier to find I've initiated the tag-wiki for user-interface :) — Izzy, Jul 06 '17 at 13:46

beeshyams · Answer 1 · 2017-07-07T13:02:45.440

I don't know if an official glossary exists, but information below is in line with what is generally used.

Be aware that the same thing may be referred differently causing confusion - for instance , what you use to access menu in an app or browser is called 3 dot(s) menu or overflow menu (official name):

Hamburger menu only refers to those displayed as 3 horizontal lines and expands to show a side panel when clicked on - different from the 3 dots which does what the MENU hardware key does -This icon is on the left hand side of screen (thanks to Izzy and Andy Yan)

From Beginner's guide to Android - How to use Android's home screens. These pictures pertain to Android Version 4 and latter Android versions have incorporated changes and additions but the essentials are same - a status bar is still the same, but the symbols have changed, same with navigation bar

Notifications and Status

From my device

Notification tray

Quick Settings (Varies from device to device and modifications by user )

Also see Popups, dialogs, notifications, toasts: what's the difference? and What are the other "home" screens called?

Is there a glossary of Android's UI elements

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