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Android Developers Responsive Navigation
Documents choosing bottom navigation for compact-width apps with few items, navigation rail for medium widths, and drawers for larger or many-item navigation.
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Pattern Decisions This Source Supports
| Pattern | Supported decision | Required contract | Claim note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bottom navigation | Choose bottom navigation for three to five top-level mobile destinations of similar importance. | Activating an item switches to its top-level destination rather than performing a transient command. | Android responsive navigation maps compact-width few-item navigation to bottom bars and wider layouts to rails or drawers. |
| Responsive navigation adaptation | Choose responsive navigation adaptation when the navigation surface itself must change across viewport, posture, orientation, or destination-count constraints. | The adapted surface changes presentation, not the user's destination model. | Supports responsive choice among bottom navigation, navigation rail, and drawer according to width and destination count. |
Comparisons supported by this source
- Breadcrumbs vs tabs vs bottom navigation
Android responsive navigation guidance maps compact widths with few items to bottom navigation and larger widths to rails or drawers.
- Responsive navigation adaptation vs global navigation vs bottom navigation vs navigation drawer vs side navigation vs header
Supports adapting navigation among bottom navigation, navigation rail, and drawers based on width and destination count.
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