Overview
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Take the first step to building your own Android apps. Learn how to set up your development environment and build simple user interfaces using Kotlin and the Android SDK.
Syllabus
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Introduction
- Your first Android app
- What you should know
- Explore the history of Android
- Explore the Android framework
- Programming for Android with Kotlin
- Install Android Studio on Mac
- Install Android Studio on Windows
- Manage Android Studio updates
- Manage components in the SDK Manager
- Create your first Android app
- Upgrade the Kotlin plugin
- Explore Android Studio
- Create virtual devices for testing
- Install device drivers on Windows
- Set up debugging on a physical device
- Android command-line tools
- Find answers in the documentation
- Check out the exercise files on GitHub
- Explore the project structure
- Introduction to Gradle
- Manage Gradle build scripts
- Using dependencies
- Explore Jetpack components
- Troubleshoot Android Studio projects
- Challenge: Find the dependency
- Solution: Find the dependency
- Define screens with activities
- Implement designs in XML layouts
- Introduction to Views and ViewGroups
- Display Views in a ViewGroup
- Units of measurement in Android
- Challenge: App template
- Solution: App template
- Next steps
