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Modern Android 13 Development Cookbook

Modern Android 13 Development Cookbook

By : Madona S. Wambua
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Modern Android 13 Development Cookbook

Modern Android 13 Development Cookbook

4.9 (19)
By: Madona S. Wambua

Overview of this book

Android is a powerful operating system widely used in various devices, phones, TVs, wearables, automobiles, and more. This Android cookbook will teach you how to leverage the latest Android development technologies for creating incredible applications while making effective use of popular Jetpack libraries. You’ll also learn which critical principles to consider when developing Android apps. The book begins with recipes to get you started with the declarative UI framework, Jetpack Compose, and help you with handling UI states, Navigation, Hilt, Room, Wear OS, and more as you learn what's new in modern Android development. Subsequent chapters will focus on developing apps for large screens, leveraging Jetpack’s WorkManager, managing graphic user interface alerts, and tips and tricks within Android studio. Throughout the book, you'll also see testing being implemented for enhancing Android development, and gain insights into harnessing the integrated development environment of Android studio. Finally, you’ll discover best practices for robust modern app development. By the end of this book, you’ll be able to build an Android application using the Kotlin programming language and the newest modern Android development technologies, resulting in highly efficient applications.
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Understanding the Android project structure

If this is your first time looking at the Android project folder, you might wonder where to add your code and what the packages mean. This recipe will walk through what each folder holds and what code goes where.

Getting ready

If you open your project, you will notice many folders. The main folders in your Android project are listed here:

  • The manifest folder
  • The java folder (test/androidTest)
  • The Res Resource folder
  • Gradle Scripts

How to do it…

Let’s navigate through each folder as we learn what is stored, where, and why:

  1. In Figure 1.14, you can see the Packages dropdown; click on that, and a window with Project, Packages, Project Files, and more will pop up.
  2. You can opt to view your project using the Android logo, via Project, or the Project highlighted section next to the drop-down menu. The Project view is best when you have many modules in your application and want to add specific...
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