Developing Android Apps with Kotlin

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Udacity

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Developing Android Apps with Kotlin

The course Developing Android Apps with Kotlin is an online class provided by Udacity. The skill level of the course is Intermediate. It may be possible to receive a verified certification or use the course to prepare for a degree.

Learn to architect and develop Android apps in the Kotlin programming language using industry-proven tools and libraries. With these techniques you’ll create apps in less time, writing less code, and with fewer errors.

Course description

Developing Android Apps with Kotlin
2 months

Create concise, secure and performant apps with Kotlin
This course was developed by Google together with Udacity. The course gives you hands on experience as you build real Android apps using industry best practices, with modern app architecture. You’ll learn to use Android Jetpack components such as Room for databases, Work Manager for background processing, the new Navigation component, and more. You’ll use key Kotlin features to write your app code more quickly and concisely.

Build Your First App
Layouts
App Navigation
Activity & Fragment Lifecycle
App Architecture (UI Layer)
App Architecture (Data Layer)
RecyclerView
Connect to the Internet
Behind the Scenes
Designing for Everyone

Explore the basics of Android, such as creating text, images, and interactive buttons
Set up the development environment and create a Dice Roller Android app
Navigate the Main Map Anatomy of an Android app
Learn different kinds of views and resources
Explore arranging elements with the Android Studio’s Layout Editor
Connect views with data through data binding
Learn how to build apps that contain multiple screens known as destinations
Use Android Studio tools to create and visualize a map, or graph, of destinations that show navigation paths in your app
Learn the navigation patterns and user interface that Android users expect to see, so that your app will be intuitive and familiar
Learn all about the Android Activity Lifecycle
Create a one-screen app called Dessert pusher
Debug common issues through an understanding of lifecycles
Learn one way to structure an Android app and the benefits that come with this design
Learn about two classes in the lifecycle library: ViewModel and LiveData
Build a Sleep Quality Tracker app and use a database to store the data over time
Use SQLite to manage your database
Use RecyclerView to make significant improvements in the UI of your app
Build an application that connects to an internet server to retrieve and display live data
Simplify fetching data and images, to make sure the app reasonably conforms to networking and image loading best practices
Learn how to implement offline caching by building an app that lets users watch DevByte videos
Take an online-only app and transform it to work offline by adding offline caching
Improve your app design to support multiple languages as well as support multiple device sizes and orientations

To succeed in this course, you should have experience navigating GitHub, and be comfortable using a Modern IDE, and the OOP language. You should be familiar with threads and concurrency, and with modular app architectures.Some Kotlin experience is also recommended. You should be comfortable with Kotlin syntax including: nullable and non-nullable variables, methods with default and variable arguments, data classes, object expressions, lambdas and extensions.Finally, you’ll need: Reliable internet connection to download required software and libraries Android Studio 3.2 or higher A GitHub account and understanding on how to use GitHub
Some Kotlin experience is also recommended. You should be comfortable with Kotlin syntax including: nullable and non-nullable variables, methods with default and variable arguments, data classes, object expressions, lambdas and extensions.Finally, you’ll need: Reliable internet connection to download required software and libraries Android Studio 3.2 or higher A GitHub account and understanding on how to use GitHub
Some Kotlin experience is also recommended. You should be comfortable with Kotlin syntax including: nullable and non-nullable variables, methods with default and variable arguments, data classes, object expressions, lambdas and extensions.
Finally, you’ll need: Reliable internet connection to download required software and libraries Android Studio 3.2 or higher A GitHub account and understanding on how to use GitHub
See the Technology Requirements for using Udacity.

In this free course—developed by experts at Google—you will learn the fundamentals of building Android applications using Kotlin. The course covers architecture components, multi-screen navigation, data persistence, RESTful APIs and Material Design. By the end of the course, you’ll be able to create well-designed Android applications using Kotlin that can connect to the internet, store data and navigate between screens.
Kotlin is an open-source, modern programming language that lets developers use both object-oriented and functional programming techniques. It is concise, safe, and fully interoperable with Java. Kotlin is an official language for Android development and the community of Kotlin developers is growing rapidly, with major companies like Netflix, Pinterest, and Google using Kotlin.

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Prerequisites & Facts

Developing Android Apps with Kotlin

Course Topic

Personal Development, Personal Transformation

University, College, Institution

Udacity

Course Skill Level

Intermediate

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Course Language

English

Place of class

Online, self-paced (see curriculum for more information)

Degree

Certificate

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Developing Android Apps with Kotlin

To obtain a verified certificate from Udacity you have to finish this course or the latest version of it, if there is a new edition. The class may be free of charge, but there could be some cost to receive a verified certificate or to access the learning materials. The specifics of the course may have been changed, please consult the provider to get the latest quotes and news.

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