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Modern Android 13 Development Cookbook

By : Madona S. Wambua
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Book Image

Modern Android 13 Development Cookbook

5 (1)
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.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)

Android Studio Tips and Tricks to Help You during Development

As an Android developer, writing code should not just be the end goal; rather, understanding how to find issues in your applications, using formatting tips to navigate the code base faster, and other skills come in handy.

The programming process includes a lot of collaboration. This can be in peer code review, pair programming, or debugging issues. In these situations, it is handy if you can move fast, for instance, when debugging or formatting code before you submit your pull request. In this chapter, you will learn great Git and Android Studio tips and tricks to help in your day-to-day development.

In this chapter, we’ll be covering the following recipes:

  • The importance of profiling your Android applications
  • Quick Android shortcuts to make your development faster
  • JetBrains Toolbox and essential plugins to know
  • Debugging your code
  • How to extract methods and method parameters
  • Understanding...