Morphing Material Dialogs

Abstract

1. Introduction

A library for fab-to-dialog morphing (as in Nick Butcher's Plaid) with Aidan Follestad's Material Dialogs.

2. Objective

Material dialog :heart: morphing animation. An android kotlin UI library for building beautiful animations for converting a floating action button into a material dialog.

This project demonstrates how Kotlin, Android can be applied to a real-world Mobile App Development problem.

4. Technology Stack

5. System Requirements

General requirements for this technology stack — check the README for exact versions.

• Android Studio (latest)
• JDK 17
• Android device or emulator
• Git (to clone the repository)

6. Installation & Setup

git clone https://github.com/Aditya94A/Morphing-Material-Dialogs.git
cd Morphing-Material-Dialogs

allprojects {
		repositories {
			...
			maven { url 'https://jitpack.io' }
		}
	}

dependencies {
		implementation 'com.github.AdityaAnand1:Morphing-Material-Dialogs:0.0.3'
		//you should also have the design support library, since we're using the native floating action button
   		implementation "com.android.support:design:27.0.2"
	}

<style name="MorphDialog.Custom.Light" parent="MorphDialog.Base.Light">
        <item name="colorPrimary">@color/primary</item>
        <item name="colorPrimaryDark">@color/primary_dark</item>
        <item name="colorAccent">@color/accent</item>
    </style>

    <style name="MorphDialog.Custom.Dark" parent="MorphDialog.Base.Dark">
        <item name="colorPrimary">@color/primary</item>
        <item name="colorPrimaryDark">@color/primary_dark</item>
        <item name="colorAccent">@color/accent</item>
    </style>

<activity
        android:name="com.adityaanand.morphdialog.MorphDialogActivity"
        android:theme="@style/MorphDialog.Custom.Light">
    </activity>
    <activity
        android:name="com.adityaanand.morphdialog.MorphDialogActivityDark"
        android:theme="@style/MorphDialog.Custom.Dark">
    </activity>

Full setup instructions are in the project README.

7. Future Enhancements

Suggested extensions you can add to make this your own project.

• Add push notifications with Firebase Cloud Messaging
• Add offline support with local caching
• Publish an internal test build on the Play Store

8. Viva / Review Questions

Common questions examiners ask for projects in this domain.

1. Which framework is used and why (native vs cross-platform)?
2. How is app state managed across screens?
3. Where is the data stored — locally, Firebase or a REST backend?
4. How are permissions (camera, location, storage) handled?
5. How would you publish this app to the Play Store / App Store?

9. Source Code & License

This project is developed by Aditya94A and published on GitHub under the MIT License. Please follow the license terms and credit the original author when you use or modify this code.