Android Programming with Kotlin for Beginners
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Android Programming with Kotlin for Beginners
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Overview of this book
Android is the most popular mobile operating system in the world and Kotlin has been declared by Google as a first-class programming language to build Android apps. With the imminent arrival of the most anticipated Android update, Android 10 (Q), this book gets you started building apps compatible with the latest version of Android.
It adopts a project-style approach, where we focus on teaching the fundamentals of Android app development and the essentials of Kotlin by building three real-world apps and more than a dozen mini-apps. The book begins by giving you a strong grasp of how Kotlin and Android work together before gradually moving onto exploring the various Android APIs for building stunning apps for Android with ease. You will learn to make your apps more presentable using different layouts. You will dive deep into Kotlin programming concepts such as variables, functions, data structures, Object-Oriented code, and how to connect your Kotlin code to the UI. You will learn to add multilingual text so that your app is accessible to millions of more potential users. You will learn how animation, graphics, and sound effects work and are implemented in your Android app.
By the end of the book, you will have sound knowledge about significant Kotlin programming concepts and start building your own fully featured Android apps.
Table of Contents (33 chapters)
Android Programming with Kotlin for Beginners
Contributors
Preface
Free Chapter
Getting Started with Android and Kotlin
Kotlin, XML, and the UI Designer
Exploring Android Studio and the Project Structure
Getting Started with Layouts and Material Design
Beautiful Layouts with CardView and ScrollView
The Android Lifecycle
Kotlin Variables, Operators, and Expressions
Kotlin Decisions and Loops
Kotlin Functions
Object-Oriented Programming
Inheritance in Kotlin
Connecting Our Kotlin to the UI and Nullability
Bringing Android Widgets to Life
Android Dialog Windows
Handling Data and Generating Random Numbers
Adapters and Recyclers
Data Persistence and Sharing
Localization
Animations and Interpolations
Drawing Graphics
Threads and Starting the Live Drawing App
Particle Systems and Handling Screen Touches
Android Sound Effects and the Spinner Widget
Design Patterns, Multiple Layouts, and Fragments
Advanced UI with Paging and Swiping
Advanced UI with Navigation Drawer and Fragment
Android Databases
A Quick Chat Before You Go
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Index
Customer Reviews