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Android Programming with Kotlin for Beginners

By : John Horton
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Book Image

Android Programming with Kotlin for Beginners

5 (1)
By: John Horton

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
Index

Appendix A. Other Book You May Enjoy

If you enjoyed this book, you may be interested in these other books by Packt:

Android 9 Development Cookbook – Third Edition

Rick Boyer

ISBN: 978-1-78899-121-6

  • Develop applications using the latest Android framework while maintaining backward-compatibility with the support library

  • Create engaging applications using knowledge gained from recipes on graphics, animations, and multimedia

  • Work through succinct steps on specifics that will help you complete your project faster

  • Add location awareness to your own app with examples using the latest Google Play services API

  • Utilize Google Speech Recognition APIs for your app

Kotlin Programming Cookbook

Aanand Shekhar Roy, Rashi Karanpuria

ISBN: 978-1-78847-214-2

  • Understand the basics and object-oriented concepts of Kotlin Programming

  • Explore the full potential of collection frameworks in Kotlin

  • Work with SQLite databases in Android, make network calls, and fetch data over a network

  • Use Kotlin's Anko library for efficient and quick Android development

  • Uncover some of the best features of Kotlin: Lambdas and Delegates

  • Set up web service development environments, write servlets, and build RESTful services with Kotlin

  • Learn how to write unit tests, integration tests, and instrumentation/acceptance tests