Overview
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Jump-start your Android development journey by learning how to design a simple user interface in a native Android application.
Syllabus
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Introduction
- Elements of an Android user interface
- What you should know
- Configure Android Studio for this course
- Load an XML layout file at runtime
- View and ViewGroup components
- Display View components in a ViewGroup
- Convert a project to AndroidX packages
- Units of measurement in Android
- Position views with LinearLayout
- Manage view positions with constraints
- Distribute views with constraint chains
- Display views programmatically
- Get view references with findViewById()
- Manage string values as resources
- Manage data entry with EditText
- Manage data entry with TextInputLayout
- Use string resources with placeholders
- Display Snackbar messages
- Display image resources
- Load image resources at runtime
- Reduce file size with WebP images
- Display images from the assets directory
- Use XML-based VectorDrawable images
- Create icons in Android Studio
- Define visual styles and themes
- Support styles on older devices
- Configure Material Design theme colors
- Create alternative resource directories
- Create alternative bitmap resources
- Next steps
