This edition of the book also covers printing, transitions, cloud-based file storage and foldable device support. More advanced topics such as intents are also covered, as are touch screen handling, gesture recognition and the playback and recording of audio. 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.Ĭhapters are also included covering the Android Architecture Components including view models, lifecycle management, Room databases, app navigation, live data and data binding.

Fully updated for Android Studio 3.6, Android 10 (Q), Android Jetpack and the modern architectural guidelines and components, the goal of this book is to teach the skills necessary to develop Android-based applications using the Kotlin programming language.īeginning with the basics, this book provides an outline of the steps necessary to set up an Android development and testing environment followed by an introduction to programming in Kotlin including data types, flow control, functions, lambdas, coroutines and object-oriented programming.Īn overview of Android Studio is included covering areas such as tool windows, the code editor and the Layout Editor tool.

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