Android Programming with kotlin Training Course

Android Programming with kotlin

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5 days hands-on £2,425+VAT

This course can be delivered over the web

Next scheduled date:
Monday March 3^rd, 2025 Enrol Now!

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Covers the essentials of programming apps for Android devices using Kotlin, which is now Google's language of choice for Android.

Outline

Basics

Major Features of Android Studio

App structure overview

Creating new app projects

Building apps

Running apps on the emulator

Running apps on hardware

Kotin-specific features

Activities

The activity layout file

Layouts

Views

Resources

Android Studio layout editor

The activity class

Activity lifecycle

Event handlers

Explicit and implicit intents

Launching other activities

Passing data between activities

Using RecyclerView

Fragments

Benefits of using fragments

Creating fragments

Passing data between fragments and activities

Passing data between fragments

Persistence

ViewModels

State Bundles

Shared Preferences

The app sandbox

Assets

SQLite databases

The Room component library

LiveData

Configuration changes

Dialogs and Menus

AlertDialogs

Custom dialogs

Dialog fragments

Passing data into and out of dialogs

The app bar

Menus

Testing, Debugging and Publishing

The Android Studio debugger

Unit testing with JUnit

User interface testing with Espresso

Publishing on Google Playstore

Graphics and Multimedia

Touch events

Custom views and the onDraw event

Accessing the camera

Storing photos and videos

FileProviders

Scaling bitmaps for display

Checking availability of hardware features

Audio playback

SoundPools

Customisation

Styles

Themes

XML drawables

Localisation

Android Studio translation editor

Accessibility

TalkBack

Networking

HTTP networking with the Retrofit library

Network permissions

Sending web requests

Processing web responses

Implementing ReST clients

JSON data conversion

Legacy XML data converters

Background Tasks

Multi-Threading

Loopers

Handlers and HandlerThread

WorkManager and Workers

Broadcast receivers

Services

Overview

Potential Android programmers face a very steep learning curve. Not only is the operating system different to those found on static devices but it changes constantly and rapidly. One major new development is the increasing use of Kotlin as the programming language, now that Google has endorsed it as its preferred language for Android apps.

This course guides the potential Android programmer through the Android programming maze by providing solid, real-world examples that build a complete understanding of the system.

Objectives

On successful completion of this course, participants will be able to:

Write and build apps for Android using Kotlin in Android Studio
Deploy and run apps on the emulator and on real devices
Understand the major Android components
Access common hardware features like the camera
Interact with other useful components like the Contacts database
Perform unit tests and user-interface tests
Publish apps on Google Playstore

Audience

This course is aimed primarily at Kotlin programmers who wish to create or maintain Android apps. Other members of the development team may also find it useful.

Prerequisites

Participants are expected to have a working knowledge of Kotlin up to the level covered in the Kotlin Programming course. Familiarity with Gradle is helpful but not essential. No knowledge of either Android or Android Studio is assumed.

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Android Programming with kotlin

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