Building Android Apps with Kotlin: Getting Started

By Alex Dunn
Dive into the language set to replace Java while building Android applications. This course will give you a foundation of both Kotlin and Android skills to allow you to build apps faster and cleaner than ever before.
Course info
Level
Beginner
Updated
Jan 22, 2018
Duration
3h 44m
Table of contents
Getting Started
Course Introduction 1m What You'll Learn 3m The App 3m Creating Approach 2m Setting up the Environment 7m Module Summary 1m
Creating and Managing Views and Activities
Module Overview 1m What Goes into an Android App? 3m Android Activities 5m Android Views 7m Android Resources 1m Demo - Creating Activities 16m Demo - Updating Views and Layouts 5m Module Summary 1m
Creating and Managing Fragments
Module Overview 1m Fragments and Their Lifecycle 3m When to Use Fragments 3m Demo: Creating Fragments 8m Demo: Using the Bottom Navigation View with Fragments 12m Demo: Recycler Views and Finished Fragments 12m Module Summary 1m
Getting Started with the Wikipedia API and Kotlin Models
Module Overview 1m Kotlin Models 3m Mapping Remote Data to Kotlin Models 1m An Introduction to the Wikipedia API 6m Demo: Creating Wikipedia Models 11m Module Summary 1m
Accessing External Data from Wikipedia
Module Overview 1m Connecting to the Internet 4m Making HTTP Requests in Java 3m Making HTTP Requests in Kotlin 2m Going from JSON Strings to Objects 2m Helpful HTTP/JSON Libraries 4m Demo: Creating a Wikipedia Data Provider 9m Module Summary 1m
Adding Functionality and Data to the View
Module Overview 1m Communicating Between Activities 4m Data-driven Controls 4m Demo: Adding Functionality to the App 13m Module Summary 1m
Storing Local Data
Module Overview 1m What Does Storing Data Mean? 2m How to Store Data in Android 6m Database Libraries 5m Demo: Create Favorites and History Repositories Using Anko 8m Demo: Separate Business from Data Logic 9m Module Summary 1m
Updating Views with Offline Data and Future Steps
Module Overview 1m Demo: Wiring up the UI with Offline Data 8m Demo: Smoke Testing and Bug Fixing 7m Future Research Topics 4m Course Summary 5m
Course Overview
Course Overview 2m
Description
Course info
Level
Beginner
Updated
Jan 22, 2018
Duration
3h 44m
Description

Building Android apps has traditionally been bogged down by the limitations of Java. In this course, Building Android Apps with Kotlin: Getting Started, you will learn foundational knowledge of both Kotlin as a language and using it to build Android apps while building a real world app along the way. First, you will learn some of the basics that go into building Android apps while using Kotlin. Next, you will discover ways to access remote data over HTTP. Finally, you will explore how to store data locally on the device. When you’re finished with this course, you will have the skills and knowledge of Android and Kotlin together needed to build better apps with cleaner code.

About the author
Alex Dunn
About the author

Alex Dunn is an application architect and instructor that has shipped dozens of native mobile applications. He's received both Xamarin and Microsoft MVP awards for his involvement in the development community with a focus on scaling applications with the latest tools and resources.

Section Introduction Transcripts
Section Introduction Transcripts

Course Overview
Hi everyone! My name's Alex Dunn, and welcome to my course on Building Android Apps with Kotlin: Getting Started. I'm an application architect and instructor that's shipped dozens of production mobile apps. I've received MVP awards from Xamarin and Microsoft for my involvement in the mobile app development community and can be found speaking at mobile development events all around Boston. The popularity of Android development is growing quickly, and since Google announced Kotlin's official support within the Android platform, development just got even easier. Kotlin's strengths alongside Android's flexibility give us an environment with fewer hassles and even more fun. This course is going to provide you with a foundation of both Android and Kotlin skills to bring to your own applications, as well as a real-world example app to reference. Some of the major topics we'll cover include the foundation of Android applications, using remote data over HTTP, storing data locally on the device, useful libraries and tools, and, of course, Kotlin as the language to write it all in. By the end of this course, you'll know how to build your own native Android apps from scratch using Kotlin instead of Java. But before beginning the course, you should be familiar with some basic object-oriented concepts with other languages like Java or C# or Ruby or really any others. But no prior knowledge of Android or Kotlin is required. I hope you'll join me on this journey to learn about both Android and Kotlin with the Building Android Apps with Kotlin: Getting Started course at Pluralsight.

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