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Android Studio 3.5 Development Essentials - Kotlin Edition. Developing Android 10 (Q) Apps Using Android Studio 3.5, Kotlin and Android Jetpack

Android Studio 3.5 Development Essentials - Kotlin Edition. Developing Android 10 (Q) Apps Using Android Studio 3.5, Kotlin and Android Jetpack

Neil Smyth

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Popularity of Kotlin as an Android-compatible language keeps growing every day. This book will help you to build your own Android applications using Kotlin.

Android Studio 3.5 Development Essentials Kotlin Edition first teaches you to install Android development and test environment on different operating systems. Next, you will create an Android app and a virtual device in Android studio, and install an Android application on emulators. You will test apps on physical android devices, then study Android Studio code editor, Android architecture, and the anatomy of an Android app. The focus then shifts to Kotlin language. You’ll get an overview of Kotlin language and practice converting code from Java to Kotlin. You’ll also explore Kotlin data types, operators, expressions, loops, functions, and the basics of OOP concept in Kotlin. This book will then cover Android Jetpack and how to create an example app project using ViewModel component, as well as advanced topics such as views and widgets implementation, multi-window support integration, and biometric authentication. Finally, you will learn to upload your app to the Google Play Console and handle the build process with Gradle.
By the end of this book, you will have gained enough knowledge to develop powerful Android applications using Kotlin.
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Setting up an Android Studio Development Environment
  • 3. Creating an Example Android App in Android Studio
  • 4. Creating an Android Virtual Device (AVD) in Android Studio
  • 5. Using and Conyguring the Android Studio AVD Emulator
  • 6. A Tour of the Android Studio User Interface
  • 7. Testing Android Studio Apps on a Physical Android Device
  • 8. The Basics of the Android Studio Code Editor
  • 9. An Overview of the Android Architecture
  • 10. The anatomy of an Android Application
  • 11. An Introduction to Kotlin
  • 12. Kotlin Data Types,Variables and Nullability
  • 13. Kotlin Operators and Expressions
  • 14. Kotlin Flow Control
  • 15. An Overview of Kotlin Functions and Lambdas
  • 16. The Basics of Object Oriented Programming in Kotlin
  • 17. An Introduction to Kotlin Inheritance and Subclassing
  • 18. Understanding Android Application and Activity Lifecycles
  • 19. Handling Android Activity State Changes
  • 20. Android Activity State Changes by Example
  • 21. Saving and Restoring the State of an Android Activity
  • 22. Understanding Android Views, View Groups and Layouts
  • 23. A Guide to the Android Studio Layout Editor Tool
  • 24. A Guide to the Android ConstraintLayout
  • 25. A Guide to using ConstraintLayout in Android Studio
  • 26. Working with ConstraintLayout Chains and Ratios in Android Studio
  • 27. An Android Studio Layout Editor ConstraintLayout Tutorial
  • 28. Manual XML Layout Design in Android Studio
  • 29. Managing Constraints using Constraint Sets
  • 30. An Android ConstraintSet Tutorial
  • 31. A Guide to using Apply Changes in Android Studio
  • 32. An Overview and Example of Android Event Handling
  • 33. Android Touch and Multi-touch Event Handling
  • 34. Detecting Common Gestures using the Android Gesture Detector Class
  • 35. Implementing Custom Gesture and Pinch Recognition on Android
  • 36. An Introduction to Android Fragments
  • 37. Using Fragments in Android Studio - An Example
  • 38. Modern Android App Architecture with Jetpack
  • 39. An Android Jetpack ViewModel Tutorial
  • 40. An Android Jetpack LiveData Tutorial
  • 41. An Overview of Android Jetpack Data Binding
  • 42. An Android Jetpack Data Binding Tutorial
  • 43. Working with Android Lifecycle-Aware Components
  • 44. An Android Jetpack Lifecycle Awareness Tutorial
  • 45. An Overview of the Navigation Architecture Component
  • 46. An Android Jetpack Navigation Component Tutorial
  • 47. Creating and Managing Over|ow Menus on Android
  • 48. Animating User Interfaces with the Android Transitions Framework
  • 49. An Android Transition Tutorial using beginDelayedTransition
  • 50. Implementing Android Scene Transitions – A Tutorial
  • 51. Working with the Floating Action Button and Snackbar
  • 52. Creating a Tabbed Interface using the TabLayout Component
  • 53. Working with the RecyclerView and CardView Widgets
  • 54. An Android RecyclerView and CardView Tutorial
  • 55. A Layout Editor Sample Data Tutorial
  • 56. Working with the AppBar and Collapsing Toolbar Layouts
  • 57. An Android Studio Master/Detail Flow Tutorial
  • 58. An Overview of Android Intents
  • 59. Android Explicit Intents – A Worked Example
  • 60. Android Implicit Intents – A Worked Example
  • 61. Android Broadcast Intents and Broadcast Receivers
  • 62. A Basic Overview of
  • 63. An Overview of Android Started and Bound Services
  • 64. Implementing an Android Started Service – A Worked Example
  • 65. Android Local Bound Services – A Worked Example
  • 66. Android Remote Bound Services – A Worked Example
  • 67. An Android Notiycations Tutorial
  • 68. An Android Direct Reply Notiycation Tutorial
  • 69. Foldable Devices and Multi-Window Support
  • 70. An Overview of Android SQLite Databases
  • 71. The Android Room Persistence Library
  • 72. An Android TableLayout and TableRow Tutorial
  • 73. An Android Room Database and Repository Tutorial
  • 74. Accessing Cloud Storage using the Android Storage Access Framework
  • 75. An Android Storage Access Framework Example
  • 76. Implementing Video Playback on Android using the VideoView and MediaController Classes
  • 77. Android Picture-in-Picture Mode
  • 78. An Android Picture-in-Picture Tutorial
  • 79. Making Runtime Permission Requests in Android
  • 80. Android Audio Recording and Playback using MediaPlayer and MediaRecorder
  • 81. Working with the Google Maps Android API in Android Studio
  • 82. Printing with the Android Printing Framework
  • 83. An Android HTML and Web Content Printing Example
  • 84. A Guide to Android Custom Document Printing
  • 85. An Introduction to Android App Links
  • 86. An Android Studio App Links Tutorial
  • 87. A Guide to the Android Studio Proyler
  • 88. An Android Biometric Authentication Tutorial
  • 89. Creating, Testing and Uploading an Android App Bundle
  • 90. An Overview of Android Dynamic Feature Modules
  • 91. An Android Studio Dynamic Feature Tutorial
  • 92. An Overview of Gradle in Android Studio
  • Title: Android Studio 3.5 Development Essentials - Kotlin Edition. Developing Android 10 (Q) Apps Using Android Studio 3.5, Kotlin and Android Jetpack
  • Author: Neil Smyth
  • Original title: Android Studio 3.5 Development Essentials - Kotlin Edition. Developing Android 10 (Q) Apps Using Android Studio 3.5, Kotlin and Android Jetpack
  • ISBN: 9781951442026, 9781951442026
  • Date of issue: 2019-05-17
  • Format: Ebook
  • Item ID: e_3avw
  • Publisher: Packt Publishing