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Android Programming with Kotlin for Beginners

You're reading from Android Programming with Kotlin for Beginners Build Android apps starting from zero programming experience with the new Kotlin programming language

Product type Paperback

Published in Apr 2019

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781789615401

Length 698 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

Kotlin

Tools

Android

Concepts

Android Development

Author (1):

John Horton

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Table of Contents (31) Chapters

Preface

1. Getting Started with Android and Kotlin FREE CHAPTER

2. Kotlin, XML, and the UI Designer

3. Exploring Android Studio and the Project Structure

4. Getting Started with Layouts and Material Design

5. Beautiful Layouts with CardView and ScrollView

6. The Android Lifecycle

7. Kotlin Variables, Operators, and Expressions

8. Kotlin Decisions and Loops

9. Kotlin Functions

10. Object-Oriented Programming

11. Inheritance in Kotlin

12. Connecting Our Kotlin to the UI and Nullability

13. Bringing Android Widgets to Life

14. Android Dialog Windows

15. Handling Data and Generating Random Numbers

16. Adapters and Recyclers

17. Data Persistence and Sharing

18. Localization

19. Animations and Interpolations

20. Drawing Graphics

21. Threads and Starting the Live Drawing App

22. Particle Systems and Handling Screen Touches

23. Android Sound Effects and the Spinner Widget

24. Design Patterns, Multiple Layouts, and Fragments

25. Advanced UI with Paging and Swiping

26. Advanced UI with Navigation Drawer and Fragment

27. Android Databases

28. A Quick Chat Before You Go

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Index

Running the app

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Running the app

You can see that we now have a real-time system created with our game loop and a thread. If you run this on a real device, you will easily achieve 60 frames per second at this stage.

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Authors (1)

John Horton

John Horton

John Horton is a programming and gaming enthusiast based in the UK. He has a passion for writing apps, games, books, and blog articles. He is the founder of Game Code School.

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