You're reading from How to Build Android Apps with Kotlin A practical guide to developing, testing, and publishing your first Android apps

Product type Paperback

Published in May 2023

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781837634934

Length 704 pages

Edition 2nd Edition

Languages

Kotlin

Tools

Android

Concepts

Cross Platform Mobile Development

Authors (4):

Alex Forrester

Jomar Tigcal

Eran Boudjnah

Alexandru Dumbravan

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Table of Contents (24) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1: Android Foundation

2. Chapter 1: Creating Your First App FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Building User Screen Flows

4. Chapter 3: Developing the UI with Fragments

5. Chapter 4: Building App Navigation

6. Part 2: Displaying Network Calls

7. Chapter 5: Essential Libraries: Retrofit, Moshi, and Glide

8. Chapter 6: Adding and Interacting with RecyclerView

9. Chapter 7: Android Permissions and Google Maps

10. Chapter 8: Services, WorkManager, and Notifications

11. Chapter 9: Building User Interfaces Using Jetpack Compose

12. Part 3: Testing and Code Structure

13. Chapter 10: Unit Tests and Integration Tests with JUnit, Mockito, and Espresso

14. Chapter 11: Android Architecture Components

15. Chapter 12: Persisting Data

16. Chapter 13: Dependency Injection with Dagger, Hilt, and Koin

17. Part 4: Polishing and Publishing an App

18. Chapter 14: Coroutines and Flow

19. Chapter 15: Architecture Patterns

20. Chapter 16: Animations and Transitions with CoordinatorLayout and MotionLayout

21. Chapter 17: Launching Your App on Google Play

22. Index

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To get the most out of this book

Each great journey begins with a humble step. Before we can do awesome things in Android, we need to be prepared with a productive environment. In this section, we will see how to do that.

Minimum hardware requirements

For an optimal learning experience, we recommend the following hardware configuration:

Processor: Intel Core i5 or equivalent or higher
Memory: 8 GB RAM or more
Storage: 8 GB available space minimum

Software requirements

You’ll also need the following software installed in advance:

OS: 64-bit Windows 8/10/11, macOS, or 64-bit Linux
Android Studio Electric Eel or higher

Installation and setup

Before you start this book, you will need to install Android Studio Electric Eel (or higher), which is the software you will be using throughout the chapters. You can download Android Studio from https://developer.android.com/studio.

On macOS, launch the DMG file and drag and drop Android Studio into the Applications folder. Once this is done, open Android Studio. On Windows, launch the EXE file. If you’re using Linux, unpack the ZIP file into your preferred location. Open your Terminal and navigate to the android-studio/bin/ directory and execute studio.sh.

Next, the Data Sharing dialog will pop up; click either the Send usage statistics to Google button or the Don’t send button to disable sending anonymous usage data to Google:

The Data Sharing dialog

In the Welcome dialog, click the Next button to start the setup:

The Welcome dialog

In the Install Type dialog, select Standard to install the recommended settings. Then, click the Next button:

The Install Type dialog

In the Select UI Theme dialog, choose your preferred IDE theme—either Light or Darcula (dark theme)—then click the Next button:

The Select UI Theme dialog

In the Verify Settings dialog, review your settings and then click the Finish button. The setup wizard downloads and installs additional components, including the Android SDK:

The Verify Settings dialog

Once the download finishes, you can click the Finish button. You are now ready to create your Android project.

If you are using the digital version of this book, we advise you to type the code yourself or access the code from the book’s GitHub repository (a link is available in the next section). Doing so will help you avoid any potential errors related to the copying and pasting of code.

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