Google releases checklist for increasing quality of tablet apps

If you own an Android tablet, you must have come across a lot of apps that aren’t fully optimised for a tablet’s larger screen and hence look oddly stretched or pixellated. It appears Google has also noticed this anomaly and has come to the rescue with a Tablet App Quality Checklist that’s designed to help developers make better tablet apps. Google announced in a blog post about the checklist that it would be pushing tablet apps in Google Play through a series of new app collections that highlight apps for tablet users.The checklist mainly focuses on helping developers easily port their existing smartphone apps to tablets while making the apps look and feel good. The checklist includes a number of key focus areas for building apps that are a great experience on tablets, including points for optimising layout for “large” (7-inch) and “xlarge” (10-inch) screens; taking advantage of the extra screen space available on tablets; and using icons and other assets designed for tablet screens. Click here for full story