Master Android Development With Kotlin: A Complete Guide - GeeksforGeeks (2024)

Hey tech enthusiasts, are you ready to begin and explore a great learning journey towards becoming a skilled Android Developer with Kotlin language? Yes! No need to look around more. With GeeksforGeek’s extensive self-paced course on ‘Mastering Android Development with Kotlin’ begin and step ahead in your extensive learning journey.

With the rapid rise in the use of Android mobiles, the need to develop effective & useful Android apps too increases, increasing the demand for Android developers. Android & Kotlin are constantly evolving, building the complexity of modern app development. Many developers are struggling to move from Java to Kotlin, in spite of its advantages. But how to cope with these rapid changes? Don’t worry we are here with a solution.

From mastering Kotlin fundaments for Android development to deploying Android apps to Google Store, we will help you get all covered! to make your master Android development journey interesting. Here you go, tech geeks!

Mastering Android Development with Kotlin from Beginner to Pro- A Complete Course:

You might be wondering about Where to start. How to start this learning journey? Well, don’t worry! The GeeksforGeeks ‘Android Development with Kotlin‘– A complete self-paced comprehensive course will help you discover and master the in-depth learning of the Android Development process by integrating Kotlin fundamentals & Kotlin co-routines along with covering other essential topics like E-commerce app creation, MVVM in Android & Android Jetpack, Twitter cloning, firebase, Android Testing & Android App deployment.

This 8-week, beginner to advanced course is ultimately designed to build real-world projects, preparing you to excel in Android development roles. The course will be taught by industry expert mentors providing interactive teaching with a student-friendly approach, clearing all your doubts. The course helps you build your own Android app & thoroughly understand modern Android development techniques by giving hands-on training experience by building real-life diverse projects like E-commerce, Twitter clone, Netflix UI clone & much more, along with several practice contests and assessments to test your learning. So, why wait? Join the course now and become an Android developer expert in order to stand out in the competition.

Course Link: Mastering Android Development with Kotlin from Beginner to Pro

Key features:

Some of the key features of this course include-

• Master Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, and MVVM architecture.
• Sharpen skills with 10+ contests and 100+ MCQs.
• Create your own Android app and learn professional tools.
• Build diverse projects like:
  • E-commerce
  • Twitter Clone
  • Netflix UI Clone
  • Weather App
  • Note-taking apps and many more
• Understand modern Android development techniques.
• Become a proficient Android developer ready for the job market.
• Gain a competitive edge with hands-on projects.
• Beginner-friendly course.
• A recognized professional certification to showcase your skills and boost your resume to open doors to endless opportunities and help you grow & advance in your career.

Course Syllabus

1. Introduction to Android Development

• What are Android development and its importance
• Introduction/Installing Android Studio.
• Android Studio overview, setting up emulator Android creating the very first app.

2. Kotlin fundamentals for Android Development

• Val & Var in Kotlin
• Data Types & Strings in Kotlin
• Operators in Kotlin – Arithmetic, Comparison & Logical
• If else and when statements in Kotlin
• Null safety in Kotlin
• Arrays and lists in Kotlin
• Loops and Functions in Kotlin
• Classes, Objects & Inheritance in Kotlin
• Data Class in Kotlin

3. Fundamentals of Android Development

• XML and different types of layouts in Android
• Text views, Buttons & Edit Text in Android
• Creating a Currency Converter App
• Image View & Grid View in Android
• Toast Messages, Snack Bar and Dialog Message

4. Activities and Intents

• Introduction to the activity and its importance
• Intents and Building Multiscreen apps
• Passing data between activities using intent
• Types of Intent
• Creating Media Sharing Application
• Activity life cycle
• Web Views in Android

5. List View and Recycler View.

• Introduction to List View
• More about List View
• Limitations of List View (List View Vs Recycler View)
• Recycler view
• Data Entry Application using Recycler View

6. Firebase (Will be creating E-Commerce Application)

• Introduction to Firebase
• Using Email Password Authentication using Firebase
• Using Phone Number OTP Verification using Firebase
• Writing a value to Firebase real-time database
• Reading a value from Firebase real-time database
• Storing media to cloud storage Firebase
• Retrieving media from cloud storage and glide
• Creating E-commerce App

7. MVVM and Android Jetpack

• Introduction to MVVM
• Architecture in Android development
• MVVM in Android
• MVVM example with simple application
• Recreating App following MVVM

8. Kotlin Coroutines

• Introduction to Kotlin coroutines and creating our first Coroutines
• Scopes, Dispatchers, and Builders
• A working demonstration of Coroutine using an app
• Switching between context/thread in coroutine
• Suspending functions in detail

9. Saving Data Locally (Room persistence library)

• Introduction to ROOM
• ROOM Entity Class
• ROOM Data Access Object Interface (DAO)
• ROOM Database class
• Creating Note-Taking App

10. Retrofit and Network calls

• Introduction to Rest Apis and Network Requests
• Network Response and JSON Parsing
• Working with Retrofit
• Creating Weather Application

11. Fragments with Navigation Component (Part of Android Jet Pack)

• Introduction to Fragment
• Creating the first Fragment, Fragment Container View, and Fragment Manager
• Fragment lifecycle
• Tab Layout and View Pager using Fragment
• Jet Pack Navigation Component (Single Activity Multiple Fragment Architecture)
• Activity vs Fragment

12. Learning how to create UI using Jetpack Compose.

• Introduction to Compose, Text, and Modifiers
• Rows and Columns in Compose
• Box in compose
• Image in Compose
• Compose Recycler view (Lazy Row and Lazy Columns)
• Creating Netflix UI Clone

13. Twitter Clone

• App Introduction and Setting up Firebase
• Creating Login Signup screen
• Creating menu and logout functionality
• Creating Profile Section
• Creating Upload Tweet screen
• Creating Suggested Account and All Tweet screen
• Creating Adapters
• Follow Account functionality
• Tweet screen with all tweets of accounts you follow

14. Testing in Android

• Introduction to Android Testing: Unit and UI Testing
• Setting Up project from Unit Testing
• Writing Unit test cases
• Writing UI test cases

15. Dependency Injection (DI)

• Introduction to Dependency Injection (DI)
• Module in Dependency Injection
• Application Components and Application Class

16. App Deployment in Android

• How to Deploy an Android App to the Google Store

Conclusion

Don’t let the rapidly evolving world of Android development leave you behind. Let’s make your first move towards becoming proficient & skilled Android developer. In this dynamic mobile app technology, learning ‘Android development with Kotlin‘ is not just remained merely an option but too becomes a necessity.

The course offers you an unique opportunity to unblock the full potential of Android App development and upboost your skills, providing you essential building blocks for your Android development success from mastering Kotlin fundamentals to app deployment in Android. So, are you ready to unlock your learning potential? Enroll & register now in this exclusive ‘Android development with Kotlin course‘ and enjoy your journey!

FAQ’s

1. What is the use of Kotlin in Android development?

The several important uses of Kotlin may includes-

• Seamless collusion with existing Java code
• Concise & clear code making programming easier to read & maintain
• Built-in features for null safety
• Enhanced safety helping catching errors more easily at compile time rather than runtime
• Performs synchronized programming and simplifies background tasks.

2. How much time will it take to learn Kotlin for Android app development?

Kotlin is typically a complex programming language to learn and takes around 4-5 weeks to get a good beginning of it.

3. Do we have doubt support in this course?

Yes we do provide 24*7 doubt support during the course. You can also get 6 months of free doubt support after purchasing the course.

4. How will the classes be conducted?

The classes will be held online( self paced) with recorded sessions providing flexibility and easy accessibility for the students.

5. Is prior programming experience is required for the course?

No, but having basic knowledge of programming will be quite beneficial for getting started with the Android development.