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Google has finally embraced one of iOS’ most standard features: bottom-bar navigation. With a change to its Material Design guidelines, Google is now encouraging developers and designers to use navigation buttons on the bottom of the screen. Ahead of this change, all in-app navigation occurred via Android’s ‘hamburger’ menu or the static navigation buttons in Android. There are rules to bottom navigation, so don’t expect to see it everywhere. Google still wants hamburger menus for tablets and desktop applications, and asks that bottom-bar navigation only have three to five options for users. Bars also aren’t static like Android’s home, back…

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