Kotlin Android Tutorial
Kotlin Android Tutorial
Kotlin Android
Kotlin is a programming language that can run on JVM. Google has announced Kotlin as one of its officially
supported programming languages in Android Studio; and the Android community is migrating at a pace from
Java to Kotlin. So, you may see Kotlin code snippets in the forums or online discussions here after.
Learning Android development is very easy, given that you know the right direction and correct steps. Of
Course Official Android Developer provides a rich documentation and examples which are helpful in easing the
Android App Development. We here help you and guide you in taking those first little steps and master in
developing your own Android Applications.
These Kotlin Android Tutorials are targeted for beginners who are enthusiastic and about to write their first
Android Application or just playing around the basics of Android using Kotlin language. We shall also present
you the capabilities and features provided by Android with examples and sample projects to make your Android
Application Development easy and fun.
Prerequisites
We should know Kotlin programming language, have expertise to use an Android Phone, Windows/Ubuntu/Mac
to follow the articles and examples for Android App Development using Kotlin language. If you would like to get a
quick overview of Kotlin, refer Kotlin Tutorial.
quick overview of Kotlin, refer Kotlin Tutorial.
Getting Started
To get started with Android Application Development, we have to setup the development environment. Download
Android Studio[https://developer.android.com/studio/index.html] for your Operating System and follow the below
topics to create an Android application with Kotlin Support. If you already know Java and started building
Android Applications with it, you may convert them to Kotlin using Android Studio. Also, we put forth some
differences between Java and Kotlin with development.
Understanding the terms and widgets used in an application is like learning a new spoken language in a new
geographical area. During the start, you may find some difficulty with the terms, Android community is
speaking. We shall take you through a step by step process, with the help of many examples and sections
created under Kotlin Android Tutorial.
Android Widgets
Android TextView
Android TextView is a basic user interface element that helps you display text to the user. Following Kotlin
Android Tutorials take you through : Implementation of a simple TextView to display Hello World; To create
TextView dynamically through programming and set a listener to it to respond for a click on the TextView; To get
acquainted with some of the properties of TextView like color, font size, background, layout options, etc.
Android TextView
Basic Android TextView Example
Create TextView programmatically in Android
Set OnClickListener for TextView in Android
TextView – Text Color
TextView – Italic Text
TextView – Bold Text
Text View – Justify Text
TextView – Selectable Text
TextView – Shadow Effect
TextView – Center Align Text
TextView – Left Align Text
TextView – Right Align Text
Rotate TextView 90, 180, 270 or another angle
Android Button
Buttons are present in most of the User Interface applications. Android provides Button as a User Interface
element wherein a user can tap on it or click for triggering an action. Following Kotlin Android Tutorials help to
get started with Android Button, create a Button dynamically through programming and add it to the user
interface layout, set an action listener to it to listen for clicks, change some of the default properties like text
color, text size, background, etc.
Android Toast
Toasts are helpful in showing some information about the operation the user has done or so for a moment and
disappear. There are two timing options Toast provides : SHORT and LONG. It does not obstruct the current
activity and wraps around the message being displayed as Toast. The current activity remains interactive and
visible.
Android EditText
Android EditText is the user interface element through which you may request user to provide text input.
Android EditText is the user interface element through which you may request user to provide text input.
Android ImageView
Android LinearLayout
Android LinearLayout displays a group of children one after another vertically or horizontally.
Android LinearLayout
Android LinearLayout – Vertical Orientation
Android LinearLayout – Horizontal Orientation
Android LinearLayout – Center Align
Android RadioButtons
Create new Android Radio Buttons pragmatically
Android SeekBar
Android SeekBar Example
Android SeekBar Set Custom Range
Android Snackbar
Android Snackbar is similar to Toast. In addition to displaying a message, an action could be set to Snackbar.
Android ListView
Android ListView Example
Android ListView – Refresh
Android RecyclerView
Android RecyclerView Tutorial
Android ActionBar
Android ActionBar – Set Background Color
Android Styling
Change background color of Application bar or Toolbar in Android Application
Change background color of Status bar in Android Application
Preview an Android Activity in Landscape and Portrait mode using Android Studio
Conclusion
Many examples and tutorials have been provided to learn Android Application Development using Kotlin
programming language. You might have many ideas in mind or problems that you would like to solve using an
Android Application. With the understanding of all the tutorials provided, you are good to start with the
development of a nice Android Application of your own.
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Android TextView
✦ Android TextView
Android Button
Android Toast
Android EditText
Android ImageView
Android SeekBar
Android Intent
Android AlertDialog
Android WebView
Android ProgressBar
Android Snackbar
Android ListView
Android Canvas
✦ Android runOnUiThread
Fix Errors
✦ Android - All support libraries must use the exact same version specification
Example Applications
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