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Android Development with Kotlin

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Published in Aug 2017

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781787123687

Pages 440 pages

Edition 1st Edition

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Authors (2):

Igor Wojda

Marcin Moskala

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Table of Contents (16) Chapters

Title Page

Credits

About the Authors

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Preface

1. Beginning Your Kotlin Adventure

2. Laying a Foundation

3. Playing with Functions

4. Classes and Objects

5. Functions as First-Class Citizens

6. Generics Are Your Friends

7. Extension Functions and Properties

8. Delegates

9. Making Your Marvel Gallery Application

Summary

We've discussed how the Kotlin language fits into Android development and how we can incorporate Kotlin into new and existing projects. We have seen useful examples where Kotlin simplified the code and made it much safer. There are still many interesting things to discover.

In the next chapter, we will learn about Kotlin building blocks and lay a foundation to develop Android applications using Kotlin.

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Authors (2)

Igor Wojda

Igor Wojda is an experienced engineer with over 11 years of experience in software development. His adventure with Android started a few years ago, and he is currently working as a senior Android developer in the healthcare industry. Igor has been deeply interested in Kotlin development long before the 1.0 version was officially released, and he is an active member of the Kotlin community. He enjoys sharing his passion for coding with developers. To learn more about him, you can visit on Medium (@igorwojda) and follow him on Twitter (@igorwojda).

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Marcin Moskala

Marcin Moskala is an experienced Android developer who is always looking for ways to improve. He has been passionate about Kotlin since its early beta release. He writes articles for Trade press and speaks at programming conferences. Marcin is quite active in the programming and open source community and is also passionate about cognitive and data science. You can visit his website, or follow him on GitHub (MarcinMoskala) and on Twitter (@marcinmoskala).

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