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Kickstart Modern Android Development with Jetpack and Kotlin

You're reading from   Kickstart Modern Android Development with Jetpack and Kotlin Enhance your applications by integrating Jetpack and applying modern app architectural concepts

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Product type Paperback
Published in May 2022
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781801811071
Length 472 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Preface 1. Part 1: Exploring the Core Jetpack Suite and Other Libraries
2. Chapter 1: Creating a Modern UI with Jetpack Compose FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Handling UI State with Jetpack ViewModel 4. Chapter 3: Displaying Data from REST APIs with Retrofit 5. Chapter 4: Handling Async Operations with Coroutines 6. Chapter 5: Adding Navigation in Compose With Jetpack Navigation 7. Part 2: A Guide to Clean Application Architecture with Jetpack Libraries
8. Chapter 6: Adding Offline Capabilities with Jetpack Room 9. Chapter 7: Introducing Presentation Patterns in Android 10. Chapter 8: Getting Started with Clean Architecture in Android 11. Chapter 9: Implementing Dependency Injection with Jetpack Hilt 12. Chapter 10: Test Your App with UI and Unit Tests 13. Part 3: Diving into Other Jetpack Libraries
14. Chapter 11: Creating Infinite Lists with Jetpack Paging and Kotlin Flow 15. Chapter 12: Exploring the Jetpack Lifecycle Components 16. Other Books You May Enjoy

Creating a package structure

Our Restaurants app has come a long way. As we tried to separate responsibilities and concerns as much as possible, new classes emerged – quite a few actually.

If we have a look on the left of Android Studio, on the Project tab, we have an overview of the classes we've defined in our project.

Figure 8.5 – Project structure without any package structuring strategy

It's clear that our project has no folder structure at all – all files and classes are tossed around inside the restaurantsapp root package.

Note

The name of the root package might differ if you selected a different name for your app.

Because we've opted to throw any new class inside the root package, it's difficult to have clear visibility over the project. Our approach is similar to adding dozens of files and assets on the desktop of our PC – in time, it becomes impossible to find anything on the screen.

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