Developing Android Apps with Kotlin
About this Course
Learn to architect and develop Android apps in the Kotlin programming language using industry-proven tools and libraries. With these techniques you'll create apps in less time, writing less code, and with fewer errors.
This course was developed by Google together with Udacity. The course gives you hands on experience as you build real Android apps using industry best practices, with modern app architecture. You'll learn to use Android Jetpack components such as Room for databases, Work Manager for background processing, the new Navigation component, and more. You'll use key Kotlin features to write your app code more quickly and concisely.
Learning to develop on Android is much more than learning APIs and shortcuts. It's training your brain to think like a mobile developer.
Learn the fundamentals of the Kotlin programming language from Kotlin experts at Google.
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In this free course—developed by experts at Google—you will learn the fundamentals of building Android applications using Kotlin. The course covers architecture components, multi-screen navigation, data persistence, RESTful APIs and Material Design. By the end of the course, you’ll be able to create well-designed Android applications using Kotlin that can connect to the internet, store data and navigate between screens.
,Kotlin is an open-source, modern programming language that lets developers use both object-oriented and functional programming techniques. It is concise, safe, and fully interoperable with Java. Kotlin is an official language for Android development and the community of Kotlin developers is growing rapidly, with major companies like Netflix, Pinterest, and Google using Kotlin.
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lesson 1
Build Your First App
Explore the basics of Android, such as creating text, images, and interactive buttons
Set up the development environment and create a Dice Roller Android app
Navigate the Main Map Anatomy of an Android app
lesson 2
Layouts
Learn different kinds of views and resources
Explore arranging elements with the Android Studio’s Layout Editor
Connect views with data through data binding
lesson 3
App Navigation
Learn how to build apps that contain multiple screens known as destinations
Use Android Studio tools to create and visualize a map, or graph, of destinations that show navigation paths in your app
Learn the navigation patterns and user interface that Android users expect to see, so that your app will be intuitive and familiar
lesson 4
Activity & Fragment Lifecycle
Learn all about the Android Activity Lifecycle
Create a one-screen app called Dessert pusher
Debug common issues through an understanding of lifecycles
lesson 5
App Architecture (UI Layer)
Learn one way to structure an Android app and the benefits that come with this design
Learn about two classes in the lifecycle library: ViewModel and LiveData
lesson 6
App Architecture (Data Layer)
Build a Sleep Quality Tracker app and use a database to store the data over time
Use SQLite to manage your database
lesson 7
RecyclerView
Use RecyclerView to make significant improvements in the UI of your app
lesson 8
Connect to the Internet
Build an application that connects to an internet server to retrieve and display live data
Simplify fetching data and images, to make sure the app reasonably conforms to networking and image loading best practices
lesson 9
Behind the Scenes
Learn how to implement offline caching by building an app that lets users watch DevByte videos
Take an online-only app and transform it to work offline by adding offline caching
lesson 10
Designing for Everyone
Improve your app design to support multiple languages as well as support multiple device sizes and orientations
Learn how to make your app accessible for users who might need assistance navigating, like supporting talkback and push button navigation
