As promised, here's a few links that I found somewhat useful... Excellent Google I/O 2009 Lecture - Make your Android UI Faster... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6YdwzAvwOA Excellent Android based tutorial/blog http://www.barebonescoder.com/ GUI starter tools - may interest some http://speckyboy.com/2010/05/10/android-app-developers-gui-kits-icons-fonts-and-tools/ -- Brad