Android
Development
with Kotlin
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About this course
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Prerequisites
● Experience in an object-oriented programming
language
● Comfortable using an IDE
● Familiar with using GitHub
● Access to a computer and internet connection
● (Optional) Android device and USB cable
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What you'll learn
● How to build a variety of
Android apps in Kotlin
● Kotlin language essentials
● Best practices for app
development
● Resources to keep learning
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The opportunity
● Mobile devices are becoming
increasingly commonplace
● Mobile apps connect users to
information and services that can
improve their quality of life
● Many industries have yet to be
revolutionized through mobile, and
offer great opportunities for new
businesses and solutions
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Android
● Open-source mobile platform
● 11 major platform releases so far
● 2.5 billion monthly active Android
devices
● 2+ billion monthly active Google Play
users
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Available across different form
factors
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Build Android apps in Kotlin
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Kotlin
A modern programming
language that helps
developers be more
productive.
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Benefits of Kotlin
● Expressive and concise
● Safer code
● Interoperable
● Structured Concurrency
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Idiomatic Kotlin
● Kotlin is at its best when used idiomatically
● Avoid just translating Java into Kotlin
● As you learn more Kotlin, you'll find easier, more
concise ways to do things
● For a list of common Kotlin idioms, refer to the Kotlin
Language Guide on Idioms
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Compare Kotlin with Java
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Learning experience
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Course structure
4 units with a total of 13 lessons across 13 weeks
Unit 1 (3 weeks) Unit 2 (3 weeks) Unit 3 (6 weeks) Unit 4 (1 week)
App Design
Android App
Get Started with Introduction to Architecture
Kotlin Android
App UI Design
App Architecture, Data
Basics, Functions, Persistence, Display
First App, Layouts,
Classes & Objects, Lists, Connect to
Navigation
Extensions Internet, Background
Work
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Lectures
We’ll cover important topics together as a class.
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Learning pathways
After each class,
complete the
corresponding learning
pathway with articles
and codelabs to practice
what you learned.
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Accessing the pathways
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Pathway
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Codelab
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Earn badges for your developer
profile
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What you need
To work through the Kotlin and Android examples in the Android
Development with Kotlin labs you'll need to install the following
software on your computer:
● Java Development Kit
● Java Runtime Engine (Windows only)
● IntelliJ IDEA
● Android Studio
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Resources
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Kotlin resources
● Learn Kotlin for a list of official reference materials
● Kotlin Language Documentation (downloadable PDF)
● Kotlin Koans for more snippets to practice with
● Coding Conventions for a coding style guide for the Kotlin
language
● Learn Kotlin by Example for a set of small and simple
annotated examples
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Android and other resources
● Official Android developer website
● Android Developers Blog
● Android Developers Medium blog
● Android Developers YouTube channel
● @AndroidDev on Twitter
● Android Developer Newsletter
● Stack Overflow
● Offline documentation through SDK Manager
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