Suppose you need to write an application consisting of a single screen on Material Design . In what form is it better to ask for its layout from the designer? In .psd I do not like it because I have to convert pixels to dp myself. Examples from Google are made in the format .ai , I think this is a good option. Or immediately request .xml ?

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    If this is an order, it is better to be finished. Otherwise, I do not see the point. There should be a straight line between the front-end-dev and the designers, there are rumors that it is sometimes so thin that it is not visible)

    For good everything should be prepared for layout.

    1. Layout to present in any form. Psd - excellent. In .png .jpg and so on, also excellent, more depends on the design. Most importantly, it was convenient to view it for you.
    2. The markup itself is finished in finished form, .xml.
    3. Well, without ai, not enough. If you use vector graphics, such as icons. Request a ready-made VectorDrawable in .xml.

    Do not forget that your applications can be used for different devices with different resolutions. Be sure to specify this in the order.

    • Thanks for the answer. And a bad decision would be to do the xml on the layout of the designer completely in ai for example? Or is it extra work? - iamtihonov
    • Yes, this is a very bad decision to do everything in ai, a good designer will take a penny from you for such a volume. And from all this layout you take 1 - 2 pictures. It is better to clarify exactly what you provide in the vectors, and what for the form and what to work. - Shwarz Andrei
    • I think it’s enough just to take cut - away images , the vectors are not necessary - iamtihonov