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Android Studio 4.0 Development Essentials - Kotlin Edition

By : Neil Smyth
Book Image

Android Studio 4.0 Development Essentials - Kotlin Edition

By: Neil Smyth

Overview of this book

Kotlin as an Android-compatible programming language is becoming increasingly popular. Fully updated for Android Studio 4.0, this book will teach you the skills necessary to develop Android-based applications using Kotlin. Starting with the basics, this book outlines the steps necessary to set up Android development and testing environments, and goes on to introduce you to programming in Kotlin. You’ll practice Java to Kotlin code conversion and explore data types, operators, expressions, loops, functions, as well as the basics of OOP in Kotlin. You’ll then learn about Android architecture components and advanced topics, such as intents, touchscreen handling, gesture recognition, multi-window support integration, and biometric authentication. As you make progress, you’ll explore Android Studio 4.0’s key features, including layout editor, direct reply notifications, and dynamic delivery. You’ll also delve into Android Jetpack and create a sample app project using ViewModel, the Android Jetpack component. Finally, you will upload your app to Google Play Console and model the build process using Gradle. By the end of this Android book, you’ll be fully prepared to develop applications using Android Studio 4.0 and Kotlin.
Table of Contents (97 chapters)
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77.5 Adding the Room Database

The last task before adding the repository to the project is to implement the Room Database instance. Add a new class to the project named ProductRoomDatabase, this time with the Class option selected.

Once the file has been generated, modify it as follows using the steps outlined in the “The Android Room Persistence Library” chapter:

package com.ebookfrenzy.roomdemo

 

import android.content.Context

import androidx.room.Database

import androidx.room.Room

import androidx.room.RoomDatabase

import com.ebookfrenzy.roomdemo.Product

import com.ebookfrenzy.roomdemo.ProductDao

 

@Database(entities = [(Product::class)], version = 1)

abstract class ProductRoomDatabase: RoomDatabase() {

 

    abstract fun productDao(): ProductDao

 

    companion object {

 

        private var INSTANCE: ProductRoomDatabase...