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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)

Material Theming in Compose

Material Theming in Compose is a design system introduced by Google that provides guidelines and principles to design user interfaces. Material Theming helps designers create interfaces that are consistent, easy to use, and visually appealing. Some key features of Material Theming in Jetpack Compose include the following:

  • Color palettes: A set of predefined color palettes that can be used to create consistent and visually appealing interfaces. Jetpack Compose provides a MaterialTheme composable that allows you to apply a color palette to your entire app.
  • Typography: A set of typography styles that can create a consistent and easy-to-read interface. Jetpack Compose provides a Typography composable that allows you to apply a typography style to your text.
  • Shapes: A set of shapes that can create consistent and visually appealing components. Jetpack Compose provides a Shape composable that allows you to apply a shape to your components.
  • Icons...