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Android Development with Kotlin

6 courses
20 hours
Skill IQ

This learning path provides a guide to developing Android applications using Kotlin, aimed at learners from beginner to advanced levels. You will start with understanding the overall picture of Android app development and get hands-on experience by building your first Android app with Kotlin. The journey continues through testing and debugging techniques, UI customization, and high-quality UX creation using AndroidX libraries. It further delves into advanced topics such as managing lifecycle and ViewModel data, database management with SQLite and Room, performing background tasks with WorkManager and Coroutines, creating custom views, and ensuring accessibility compliance. Each course offers step-by-step guidance and practical examples to equip you with the skills necessary to build robust, scalable, and user-friendly Android applications.

Courses in this path

Fundamentals

Build a solid foundation with Kotlin and learn how to employ it in Android development.

Android with Kotlin: Fundamentals

by Kevin Jones
5h 44m 6s
4.7 (10)

Kotlin Fundamentals

by Kevin Jones
5h 5m 21s
4.8 (44)

Core Android Development

Write robust, bug-free apps with comprehensive testing strategies, implement reliable data storage and retrieval systems, and create accessible apps that work for users with diverse needs.

Android UI with Jetpack Compose

by Kevin Jones
3h 50m 19s

Android: Data Persistence

by Mike VanSickle
1h 31m 11s

Android: Testing

by Mike VanSickle
2h 18m 59s

Android: Accessibility

by Dr Ali Feizollah
1h 9m 38s

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What you will learn

Basics of Android Development with Kotlin: Understand the benefits of native Android development and how Kotlin enhances this process. You'll learn to build your first Android application using Android Studio.
Testing and Debugging: Gain the skills to efficiently use Android Studio and Gradle for debugging and testing, learn to create and manage build variants, and add automated tests to catch bugs early.
UI Customization: Learn to implement and optimize themes, styles, and dynamic resources, and understand how to create high-quality user experiences using AndroidX UI libraries.
Data Management: Acquire the ability to manage data using the Paging Library for efficient pagination and leverage SQLite, DAO, and Room for robust database management within your apps.
Lifecycle and ViewModel Management: Master the Android Architecture Components like ViewModel and Lifecycle to maintain consistent user experiences and manage activity state effectively.
Background Processing: Understand how to perform long-running background tasks using WorkManager and Kotlin coroutines, keeping the user interface responsive.
User Engagement: Develop skills to create and manage notifications and app widgets to keep users informed and engaged with your application.
Custom Views and Advanced UI Components: Learn to create custom views and components to offer unique and dynamic functionalities beyond standard Android widgets.
Building Accessibility-friendly Applications: Ensure your applications are accessible to all users, including those with disabilities, by implementing best practices in designing apps compatible with screen readers and incorporating other accessibility features.

Experience

Basic understanding of programming concepts.
Familiarity with Kotlin programming language is recommended, though not required, as foundational concepts will be introduced.

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Kevin Jones

A long time ago in a university far, far away Kevin fell in love with programming. Initially on the university's DEC20 computer doing BASIC and Pascal and a little bit of Fortran. His first job had him writing batch PL/1 on an IBM mainframe where he also discovered the arcane delights of JCL. He soon realized the multiuser systems were not for him after discovering the delights of dBase IV on IBM PCs. From here it was all downhill as he became addicted to C and the Windows API. Just missing out ... moreon coding for Windows 1, he did code for the other 16 bit versions of Windows, 2 and 3, including the various network-ready versions. He still remembers the awkwardness of having to carry an IBM Token Ring MAU with him wherever he went. After trying to pretend that Windows and C were really object oriented he decided that it would be better to learn C++. It was around this point that he realized that as well as writing code for a living he could be paid for telling people how to write code for a living. He taught Windows, MFC and C++ for a UK training company before his spirit was broken on the back of the OLE support in MFC when he finally stepped away from the nightmare of unmanaged code to the nirvana of the managed runtime called Java. It was at this time that he spoke at several JavaOne conferences usually on the subject of Servlets, JavaServer Pages and tag libraries. After buying the Sun employees copious amounts of Apple Martini Kevin was invited onto the expert groups for the Servlet and JSP specifications. Oh, how he laughed when .Net appeared and the same arguments raged about non-deterministic destruction and garbage collection that were now so old hat in the Java world. He finally got his hands dirty in C# and .Net about eight years ago, again working in the web tier and hating every minute of the using the monstrosity that was and is ASP.Net Web Forms. It wasn't until MVC appeared that he finally felt he had come home to Microsoft. Now of course MVC is so last year and Kevin is focusing more and more on rich clients using JavaScript and tools such as Knockout and AngularJS. He believes that JavaScript is the best thing since, well, JavaScript. He still retains his passion for developing and teaching; spending about a quarter of the year doing the latter and most of the time doing the former. When not stuck in front of a computer you can find him: with his nose in a book, a good one preferably, but almost any book would do; watching a film; walking; running; or annoying his wife by watching sports on television.

Mike VanSickle

Michael VanSickle is an application architect in Akron, Ohio. He started his career as a mechanical engineer, designing components for the automotive industry, before changing to software engineering. He is passionate about learning new programming languages and is comfortable working in Java, C#, JavaScript, PHP, and F#. Mike also loves learning about user experience design and is taking a lead role in his company's attempt to make applications that are elegant and simple. When he is not w... more

Dr Ali Feizollah

Hello, I'm Ali. I have a PhD in computer science. I am currently conducting research on natural language processing (NLP) using Python and machine learning. I have a YouTube channel, named Flutterware, that shares tutorial on Google's Flutter platform that is used to develop mobile applications for Android and iOS with one base code. I love research and exploring knowledge. I think acquiring knowledge without sharing it is useless. I hope that you find my classes helpful.