In this chapter, we covered a lot of topics. We learned about backend communication, how to establish communication with the backend remote instance using Retrofit, and how to handle the data we obtain. The aim of this chapter was to work with content providers and content loaders. We hope you realized their importance and what their benefits are. Finally, we demonstrated data binding; noted the importance of our data view containers, such as ListView
and GridView
; and showed you how to carry out the drag and drop operation. In the next chapter, we will start testing our code. Be ready for the performance optimization since that is what we will do in the next chapter!
Mastering Android Development with Kotlin
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Mastering Android Development with Kotlin
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Overview of this book
Kotlin is a programming language intended to be a better Java, and it's designed to be usable and readable across large teams with different levels of knowledge. As a language, it helps developers build amazing Android applications in an easy and effective way.
This book begins by giving you a strong grasp of Kotlin's features in the context of Android development and its APIs. Moving on, you'll take steps towards building stunning applications for Android. The book will show you how to set up the environment, and the difficulty level will grow steadily with the applications covered in the upcoming chapters.
Later on, the book will introduce you to the Android Studio IDE, which plays an integral role in Android development. We'll use Kotlin's basic programming concepts such as functions, lambdas, properties, object-oriented code, safety aspects, type parameterization, testing, and concurrency, which will guide you through writing Kotlin code in production. We'll also show you how to integrate Kotlin
into any existing Android project.
Table of Contents (24 chapters)
Title Page
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgments
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Customer Feedback
Preface
Free Chapter
Starting with Android
Building and Running
Screens
Connecting Screen Flow
Look and Feel
Permissions
Working with Databases
Android Preferences
Concurrency in Android
Android Services
Messaging
Backend and API
Tuning Up for High Performance
Testing
Migration to Kotlin
Deploying Your Application
Customer Reviews