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Mastering Android Development with Kotlin

You're reading from   Mastering Android Development with Kotlin Deep dive into the world of Android to create robust applications with Kotlin

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Product type Paperback
Published in Nov 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788473699
Length 378 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Miloš Vasić Miloš Vasić
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Preface 1. Starting with Android 2. Building and Running FREE CHAPTER 3. Screens 4. Connecting Screen Flow 5. Look and Feel 6. Permissions 7. Working with Databases 8. Android Preferences 9. Concurrency in Android 10. Android Services 11. Messaging 12. Backend and API 13. Tuning Up for High Performance 14. Testing 15. Migration to Kotlin 16. Deploying Your Application

Describing our database

First thing we will do is describe our database by defining its tables and columns with proper data types. We will also define simple models that will represent our data. To do so, create a new package called database:

     com.journaler.database 

Then, create a new Kotlin class called DbModel. The DbModel class will represent the matrix for all database models of our application and will contain only the ID, since the ID is a mandatory field and will be used as a primary key. Make sure your DbModel class looks like this:

    package com.journaler.database 
 
    abstract class DbModel { 
      abstract var id: Long 
    } 

Now, when we define our starting point, we will define data classes that will actually contain data. Inside our existing package called model, create new classes--DbEntry, Note, and Todo. Note and Todo will extend Entry, which extends...

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