Build exceptional Android applications and wearables with concise guided recipes and support the new foldable technology by using the latest Jetpack libraries
Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBook
Key Features
Leverage the power of the latest Jetpack libraries in your day-to-day Android development tasks
Explore Wear OS and build large screens to support the foldable world using the declarative approach
Write tests and debug your code as you discover the most useful tips, tricks, and best practices
Book Description
Android is a powerful operating system widely used in various devices, phones, TVs, wearables, automobiles, and more. This Android cookbook will teach you how to leverage the latest Android development technologies for creating incredible applications while making effective use of popular Jetpack libraries. You'll also learn which critical principles to consider when developing Android apps.
The book begins with recipes to get you started with the declarative UI framework, Jetpack Compose, and help you with handling UI states, Navigation, Hilt, Room, Wear OS, and more as you learn what's new in modern Android development. Subsequent chapters will focus on developing apps for large screens, leveraging Jetpack's WorkManager, managing graphic user interface alerts, and tips and tricks within Android studio. Throughout the book, you'll also see testing being implemented for enhancing Android development, and gain insights into harnessing the integrated development environment of Android studio. Finally, you'll discover best practices for robust modern app development.
By the end of this book, you'll be able to build an Android application using the Kotlin programming language and the newest modern Android development technologies, resulting in highly efficient applications.
What you will learn
Use Kotlin programming to build your Android applications
Leverage modern Android development (MAD) libraries to create exceptional apps
Explore modern app architecture concepts such as model-view-viewmodel (MVVM)
Utilize dependency injection, clean architecture, and module organization
Discover how to write UI and unit tests for your applications
Get to grips with paging, data binding, and datastore
Build large screens to support the new foldable world
Explore principles of Wear OS in modern Android development
Who this book is for
This book is for active junior-to-mid-level Android developers with one to two years of professional experience in developing Android applications who are interested in advancing their knowledge of Android development. The recipes in this book use Kotlin and not Java.
Table of Contents
Getting Started with Modern Android Development Skills
Creating Screens Using a Declarative UI and Exploring Compose Principles
Handling the UI State in Jetpack Compose and Using Hilt
Navigation in Modern Android Development
Using Datastore to Store Data and Testing
Using the Room Database and Testing
Getting Started with WorkManager
Getting Started with Paging
Building for Large Screens
Implementing Your First Wear OS Using Jetpack Compose
GUI Alerts – What's New in Menus, Dialog, Toast, Snackbars, and More in Modern Android Development
Android Studio Tips and Tricks to Help You during Development
About the Author
Madona S. Wambua is a Google Developer Expert in the Android category, an Android Engineer programming in Kotlin, and founder of Budgeting Buddy, a free budgeting tool. She is also a Women Tech Makers Ambassador and Women Who Code Mobile Global Lead. She has over seven years of experience in the field and has worked on both consumer-facing applications and building software development kits for developers. She has also worked on the famous Google Glass during her tenure at a startup and got an opportunity to work on interactive AR videos to transform lives through machine learning and computer vision. Madona continues to broaden her development skills while working remotely as an Android Engineer as she continues her education at Samuel Ginn College of Engineering.
Build exceptional Android applications and wearables with concise guided recipes and support the new foldable technology by using the latest Jetpack libraries
Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBook
Key Features
Book Description
Android is a powerful operating system widely used in various devices, phones, TVs, wearables, automobiles, and more. This Android cookbook will teach you how to leverage the latest Android development technologies for creating incredible applications while making effective use of popular Jetpack libraries. You'll also learn which critical principles to consider when developing Android apps.
The book begins with recipes to get you started with the declarative UI framework, Jetpack Compose, and help you with handling UI states, Navigation, Hilt, Room, Wear OS, and more as you learn what's new in modern Android development. Subsequent chapters will focus on developing apps for large screens, leveraging Jetpack's WorkManager, managing graphic user interface alerts, and tips and tricks within Android studio. Throughout the book, you'll also see testing being implemented for enhancing Android development, and gain insights into harnessing the integrated development environment of Android studio. Finally, you'll discover best practices for robust modern app development.
By the end of this book, you'll be able to build an Android application using the Kotlin programming language and the newest modern Android development technologies, resulting in highly efficient applications.
What you will learn
Who this book is for
This book is for active junior-to-mid-level Android developers with one to two years of professional experience in developing Android applications who are interested in advancing their knowledge of Android development. The recipes in this book use Kotlin and not Java.
Table of Contents
About the Author
Madona S. Wambua is a Google Developer Expert in the Android category, an Android Engineer programming in Kotlin, and founder of Budgeting Buddy, a free budgeting tool. She is also a Women Tech Makers Ambassador and Women Who Code Mobile Global Lead. She has over seven years of experience in the field and has worked on both consumer-facing applications and building software development kits for developers. She has also worked on the famous Google Glass during her tenure at a startup and got an opportunity to work on interactive AR videos to transform lives through machine learning and computer vision. Madona continues to broaden her development skills while working remotely as an Android Engineer as she continues her education at Samuel Ginn College of Engineering.