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How to Build Android Apps with Kotlin - Second Edition: A practical guide to developing, testing, and publishing your first Android apps
Alex Forrester
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Eran Boudjnah
(Author)
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Alexandru Dumbravan
(Author)
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Packt Publishing
· Paperback
How to Build Android Apps with Kotlin - Second Edition: A practical guide to developing, testing, and publishing your first Android apps - Forrester, Alex ; Boudjnah, Eran ; Dumbravan, Alexandru
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Synopsis "How to Build Android Apps with Kotlin - Second Edition: A practical guide to developing, testing, and publishing your first Android apps"
Unleash the power of Android programming to build scalable and reliable apps using industry best practicesPurchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBookKey Features: Build apps with Kotlin, Google's preferred programming language for Android developmentUnlock solutions to development challenges with guidance from experienced Android professionalsImprove your apps by adding valuable features that make use of advanced functionalityBook Description: Looking to kick-start your app development journey with Android 13, but don't know where to start? How to Build Android Apps with Kotlin is a comprehensive guide that will help jump-start your Android development practice.This book starts with the fundamentals of app development, enabling you to utilize Android Studio and Kotlin to get started with building Android projects. You'll learn how to create apps and run them on virtual devices through guided exercises. Progressing through the chapters, you'll delve into Android's RecyclerView to make the most of lists, images, and maps, and see how to fetch data from a web service.You'll also get to grips with testing, learning how to keep your architecture clean, understanding how to persist data, and gaining basic knowledge of the dependency injection pattern. Finally, you'll see how to publish your apps on the Google Play store.You'll work on realistic projects that are split up into bitesize exercises and activities, allowing you to challenge yourself in an enjoyable and attainable way. You'll build apps to create quizzes, read news articles, check weather reports, store recipes, retrieve movie information, and remind you where you parked your car.By the end of this book, you'll have the skills and confidence to build your own creative Android applications using Kotlin.What You Will Learn: Create maintainable and scalable apps using KotlinUnderstand the Android app development lifecycleSimplify app development with Google architecture componentsUse standard libraries for dependency injection and data parsingApply the repository pattern to retrieve data from outside sourcesBuild user interfaces using Jetpack ComposeExplore Android asynchronous programming with Coroutines and the Flow APIPublish your app on the Google Play storeWho this book is for: If you want to build Android applications using Kotlin but are unsure of how and where to begin, then this book is for you. To easily grasp the concepts in this book, a basic understanding of Kotlin, or experience in a similar programming language is a must.
