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Learn Spring for Android Application Development

By : S. M. Mohi Us Sunnat, Igor Kucherenko
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Learn Spring for Android Application Development

By: S. M. Mohi Us Sunnat, Igor Kucherenko

Overview of this book

As the new official language for Android, Kotlin is attracting new as well as existing Android developers. As most developers are still working with Java and want to switch to Kotlin, they find a combination of these two appealing. This book addresses this interest by bringing together Spring, a widely used Java SE framework for building enterprise-grade applications, and Kotlin. Learn Spring for Android Application Development will guide you in leveraging some of the powerful modules of the Spring Framework to build lightweight and robust Android apps using Kotlin. You will work with various modules, such as Spring AOP, Dependency Injection, and Inversion of Control, to develop applications with better dependency management. You’ll also explore other modules of the Spring Framework, such as Spring MVC, Spring Boot, and Spring Security. Each chapter has practice exercises at the end for you to assess your learning. By the end of the book, you will be fully equipped to develop Android applications with Spring technologies.
Table of Contents (13 chapters)

Database of client-side application

Up to this point, you have learned about databases for the server-side. Now we are going to understand databases for the client-side. The Android application will be our client-side application. The demand for Android is now rapidly increasing, and it has also surpassed the PC-based operating systems. Even nowadays, hardware is also more powerful than a PC or laptop.

The database is the essential part for a smart device, and it is the best way to store and manage the data on a device. This data can be handled in two ways. One way is online based, which means all the data is handled by a server-side or cloud and mobile communicates with them through the network. Without the internet connection, this system is almost useless. The second option is to store all the data in the local database. This means that it can be used offline and is also less...