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Android Development with Kotlin

By : Igor Wojda, Marcin Moskala
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Android Development with Kotlin

By: Igor Wojda, Marcin Moskala

Overview of this book

Nowadays, improved application development does not just mean building better performing applications. It has become crucial to find improved ways of writing code. Kotlin is a language that helps developers build amazing Android applications easily and effectively. This book discusses Kotlin features in context of Android development. It demonstrates how common examples that are typical for Android development, can be simplified using Kotlin. It also shows all the benefits, improvements and new possibilities provided by this language. The book is divided in three modules that show the power of Kotlin and teach you how to use it properly. Each module present features in different levels of advancement. The first module covers Kotlin basics. This module will lay a firm foundation for the rest of the chapters so you are able to read and understand most of the Kotlin code. The next module dives deeper into the building blocks of Kotlin, such as functions, classes, and function types. You will learn how Kotlin brings many improvements to the table by improving common Java concepts and decreasing code verbosity. The last module presents features that are not present in Java. You will learn how certain tasks can be achieved in simpler ways thanks to Kotlin. Through the book, you will learn how to use Kotlin for Android development. You will get to know and understand most important Kotlin features, and how they can be used. You will be ready to start your own adventure with Android development with Kotlin.
Table of Contents (16 chapters)
Title Page
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Customer Feedback
Preface
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Making Your Marvel Gallery Application

Type parameter naming convention


The official Java type parameter naming convention (https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/java/generics/types.html) defines the following guidelines for parameter naming:

"By convention, type parameter names are single, uppercase letters. This stands in sharp contrast to the variable naming conventions that you already know about, and with good reason. Without this convention, it would be difficult to tell the difference between a type variable and an ordinary class or interface name. The most commonly used type parameter names are:

  • E: Element (used extensively by the Java Collections Framework)
  • K: Key
  • N: Number
  • T: Type
  • V: Value
  • S,U,V, and so on: 2nd, 3rd, 4th types"

Many classes in the Kotlin standard library follow this convention. It works fine for popular kinds of classes such as common classes (List,Mat,Set, and so on) or classes that define a simple type parameter (the Box<T> class). However, with custom classes and multiple type parameters, we quickly...