Android Programming with Kotlin for Beginners

Build Android apps starting from zero programming experience with the new Kotlin programming language

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Author: John Horton ISBN: 9781789800883
Publisher: Packt Publishing Publication: April 30, 2019
Imprint: Packt Publishing Language: English
Author: John Horton
ISBN: 9781789800883
Publisher: Packt Publishing
Publication: April 30, 2019
Imprint: Packt Publishing
Language: English

Build smart looking Kotlin apps with UI and functionality for the Android platform

Key Features

  • Start your Android programming career, or just have fun publishing apps on Google Play marketplace
  • The first-principle introduction to Kotlin through Android, to start building easy-to-use apps
  • Learn by example and build four real-world apps and dozens of mini-apps

Book Description

Android is the most popular mobile operating system in the world and Kotlin has been declared by Google as a first-class programming language to build Android apps. With the imminent arrival of the most anticipated Android update, Android 10 (Q), this book gets you started building apps compatible with the latest version of Android.

It adopts a project-style approach, where we focus on teaching the fundamentals of Android app development and the essentials of Kotlin by building three real-world apps and more than a dozen mini-apps. The book begins by giving you a strong grasp of how Kotlin and Android work together before gradually moving onto exploring the various Android APIs for building stunning apps for Android with ease. You will learn to make your apps more presentable using different layouts. You will dive deep into Kotlin programming concepts such as variables, functions, data structures, Object-Oriented code, and how to connect your Kotlin code to the UI. You will learn to add multilingual text so that your app is accessible to millions of more potential users. You will learn how animation, graphics, and sound effects work and are implemented in your Android app.

By the end of the book, you will have sound knowledge about significant Kotlin programming concepts and start building your own fully featured Android apps.

What you will learn

  • Learn how Kotlin and Android work together
  • Build a graphical drawing app using Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) principles
  • Build beautiful, practical layouts using ScrollView, RecyclerView, NavigationView, ViewPager and CardView
  • Write Kotlin code to manage an apps' data using different strategies including JSON and the built-in Android SQLite database
  • Add user interaction, data captures, sound, and animation to your apps
  • Implement dialog boxes to capture input from the user
  • Build a simple database app that sorts and stores the user's data

Who this book is for

This book is for people who are new to Kotlin, Android and want to develop Android apps.It also acts as a refresher for those who have some experience in programming with Android and Kotlin.

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Build smart looking Kotlin apps with UI and functionality for the Android platform

Key Features

Book Description

Android is the most popular mobile operating system in the world and Kotlin has been declared by Google as a first-class programming language to build Android apps. With the imminent arrival of the most anticipated Android update, Android 10 (Q), this book gets you started building apps compatible with the latest version of Android.

It adopts a project-style approach, where we focus on teaching the fundamentals of Android app development and the essentials of Kotlin by building three real-world apps and more than a dozen mini-apps. The book begins by giving you a strong grasp of how Kotlin and Android work together before gradually moving onto exploring the various Android APIs for building stunning apps for Android with ease. You will learn to make your apps more presentable using different layouts. You will dive deep into Kotlin programming concepts such as variables, functions, data structures, Object-Oriented code, and how to connect your Kotlin code to the UI. You will learn to add multilingual text so that your app is accessible to millions of more potential users. You will learn how animation, graphics, and sound effects work and are implemented in your Android app.

By the end of the book, you will have sound knowledge about significant Kotlin programming concepts and start building your own fully featured Android apps.

What you will learn

Who this book is for

This book is for people who are new to Kotlin, Android and want to develop Android apps.It also acts as a refresher for those who have some experience in programming with Android and Kotlin.

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