Android Studio Arctic Fox Essentials - Kotlin Edition

Android Studio is an Integrated Development Environment based on the JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA. It offers developers a unique platform to design and develop Android apps using various developer tools. Fully updated for Android Studio Arctic Fox, the goal of this book is to teach the skills necessary to develop Android-based applications using the Kotlin programming language.

This book begins with an outline of the steps necessary to set up an Android development and testing environment, followed by an introduction to programming in Kotlin which includes data types, control flow, functions, lambdas, and object-oriented programming. An overview of Android Studio covers areas such as tool windows, the code editor, and the layout editor tool. An introduction to the architecture of Android is followed by an in-depth look at the design of Android applications and user interfaces using the Android Studio environment.

Early chapters detail Android architecture components such as view models, lifecycle management, Room database access, the Database Inspector, app navigation, live data, and data binding. More advanced topics such as intents are also covered, as are touch screen handling, gesture recognition, and the recording and playback of audio. This edition of the book also covers printing, transitions, cloud-based file storage, and foldable device support.

The concepts of material design are also discussed in detail, including the use of floating action buttons, Snackbars, tabbed interfaces, card views, navigation drawers, and collapsing toolbars. Other key features of Android Studio Arctic Fox and Android taught in this book include the Layout Editor, the ConstraintLayout and ConstraintSet classes, MotionLayout Editor, view binding, constraint chains, barriers, and direct reply to notifications. Chapters also explore more advanced features of Android Studio such as app links, dynamic delivery, Gradle build configuration, and submitting apps to the Google Play developer console.

Type
ebook
Category
Mobile
publication date
2021-10-18
what you will learn

Install and configure Android Studio on Windows, macOS, and Linux
Design complex, responsive user interface layouts
Understand Android architecture and app lifecycle
Integrate SQLite databases and the Android Room persistence library
Divide large apps into dynamic feature modules
Monitor app performances using the Android studio profiler tool

no of pages
790
duration
1580
key features
The latest Material Design components to build modern user interface designs * Step-by-step instruction to building view model-based apps and modern user interface designs using the Jetpack architecture and the latest material design components * Coding practice with the Kotlin programming language, including multi-threaded Kotlin code using Coroutines
approach
Android Studio Arctic Fox Essentials - Kotlin Edition takes a modular approach to teaching Android app development. Each topic is covered with an in-depth description, followed by a detailed, step-by-step tutorial designed to put theory into practice.
audience
This book is for anyone who wants to learn Android application development, such as existing Android developers who want to upgrade their skills and step into the Kotlin ecosystem. To get the most from this book, you should have some previous programming experience. You will be required to download Android Studio and the Android SDK for this course, so make sure you have access to a Windows, Mac, or Linux system and some creative app ideas to develop.
meta description
A simple approach to developing Android applications using Android Studio Arctic Fox Essentials and Kotlin
short description
Through practical guidance and theory, this book will provide you with the skills necessary to develop Android applications using the Android Studio integrated development environment and the Kotlin programming language.
subtitle
Develop Android apps with Android Studio Arctic Fox in Kotlin
keywords
Android, Android Studio, Kotlin, Android apps, Mobile development, Android Studio Arctic Fox
Product ISBN
9781803247458