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Material Design

Material Design (codenamed Quantum Paper) is a design language developed by Google in 2014. Expanding on the "cards" UI that debuted in Google Now, Material Design uses more grid-based layouts, responsive animations and transitions, padding, and depth effects such as lighting and shadows. Google announced the initial version of Material Design on June…

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Android
Android1.12.0 / 2 May 2024; 2 years ago (2 May 2024)iOS (discontinued)124.2.0 / 26 April 2021; 5 years ago (26 April 2021)Web (discontinued)14.0.0 / 28 April 2022; 4 years ago (… · 1.12.0 / 2 May 2024; 2 years ago (2 May 2024)
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Google
iOS (discontinued)
124.2.0 / 26 April 2021; 5 years ago (26 April 2021)
License
Android, iOS: Apache-2.0 License · Flutter: BSD-3-Clause License · Web: MIT License
Platform
Android, iOS, Web
Release(s)
Android, iOS: Apache-2.0 License · Flutter: BSD-3-Clause License · Web: MIT License · Material Design 3 · Material Design 1

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Material Design

Nodes25
Edges24
Triples69
Avg. degree1.92
Density0.08
Components1

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Material Design

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related to Material 3 Expressive · 13
Material Design → Android, At The Android Show, Expressive, Google, I/O Edition, It, Material, May, Pixel, Pixel Tablet, September, This, Wear OS
Release(s) · 10
Material Design → Android, iOS: Apache-2.0 License, Android: material-components-android, Flutter: BSD-3-Clause License, Flutter: material-components-flutter, iOS: material-components-ios, Material Design 1, Material Design 2, Material Design 3, Web: material-components-web, Web: MIT License
related to Implementation · 8
Material Design → APIs, Flutter, Google, Google's, However, Jetpack Compose, Material Web, The
related to Material Design 3 (Material You) · 8
Material Design → Android, At Google I/O, Google, Material You, May, Pixel, Pro, UI
related to Material Design 2 · 7
Material Design → After, Android Pie, Google, Google Sans, It, Product Sans, The
Repository · 4
Material Design → Android: material-components-android, Flutter: material-components-flutter, iOS: material-components-ios, Web: material-components-web
License · 3
Material Design → Android, iOS: Apache-2.0 License, Flutter: BSD-3-Clause License, Web: MIT License
Website · 3
Material Design → Material Design 1, Material Design 2, Material Design 3
Android · 2
Material Design → 1.12.0 / 2 May 2024; 2 years ago (2 May 2024), Android1.12.0 / 2 May 2024; 2 years ago (2 May 2024)iOS (discontinued)124.2.0 / 26 April 2021; 5 years ago (26 April 2021)Web (discontinued)14.0.0 / 28 April 2022; 4 years ago (…
related to External links · 2
Material Design → Design, Official

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material design google language android implementation expressive announced version 2025 paper 2014 shadows create titled web also padding gradually rolled

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Material DesignAndroidAndroid1.12.0 / 2 May 2024; 2 years ago (2 May 2024)iOS (discontinued)124.2.0 / 26 April 2021; 5 years ago (26 April 2021)Web (discontinued)14.0.0 / 28 April 2022; 4 years ago (…1.00infobox
Material DesignAndroid1.12.0 / 2 May 2024; 2 years ago (2 May 2024)1.00infobox
Material DesignDeveloperGoogle1.00infobox
Material DesigniOS (discontinued)124.2.0 / 26 April 2021; 5 years ago (26 April 2021)1.00infobox
Material DesignLicenseAndroid, iOS: Apache-2.0 License1.00infobox
Material DesignLicenseFlutter: BSD-3-Clause License1.00infobox
Material DesignLicenseWeb: MIT License1.00infobox
Material DesignPlatformAndroid, iOS, Web1.00infobox
Material DesignReleaseJune 25, 2014; 12 years ago (2014-06-25) .mw-parser-output .cisb-header{line-height:normal;padding:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cisb-table{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .cisb-table.c…1.00infobox
Material DesignRelease(s)Android, iOS: Apache-2.0 License1.00infobox
Material DesignRelease(s)Flutter: BSD-3-Clause License1.00infobox
Material DesignRelease(s)Web: MIT License1.00infobox
Material DesignRelease(s)Material Design 31.00infobox
Material DesignRelease(s)Material Design 11.00infobox
Material DesignRelease(s)Material Design 21.00infobox
Material DesignRelease(s)Web: material-components-web1.00infobox
Material DesignRelease(s)Android: material-components-android1.00infobox
Material DesignRelease(s)iOS: material-components-ios1.00infobox
Material DesignRelease(s)Flutter: material-components-flutter1.00infobox
Material DesignRepositoryWeb: material-components-web1.00infobox
Material DesignRepositoryAndroid: material-components-android1.00infobox
Material DesignRepositoryiOS: material-components-ios1.00infobox
Material DesignRepositoryFlutter: material-components-flutter1.00infobox
Material DesignTypeDesign language1.00infobox
Material DesignWeb (discontinued)14.0.0 / 28 April 2022; 4 years ago (28 April 2022)1.00infobox
Material DesignWebsiteMaterial Design 31.00infobox
Material DesignWebsiteMaterial Design 11.00infobox
Material DesignWebsiteMaterial Design 21.00infobox
Material DesignWritten inHTML, CSS, Sass (v4), JavaScript, AngularJS, Angular, Java, Objective-C, Swift, Dart1.00infobox

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