Android Development Training Course Bundle

Get the skills you need to build Android mobile applications and discover the tools you can use, including Android Studio. Learn how to develop a basic app, store data, talk to your end-user, connect to web services, and distribute your first mobile app.

• Explore Android Studio.
• Design an app's navigation and UI.
• Code, test, and distribute an Android app.

This bundle includes 6 courses:

1. Android Studio Essential Training 2020

Learning objectives

• Installing Android Studio on macOS and Windows
• Creating your first project
• Creating virtual devices for testing
• Version control with GitHub
• Customizing the Android Studio interface
• Managing dependencies
• Generating and editing Kotlin code
• Refactoring and inspecting code
• Using templates
• Analyzing and debugging code
• Managing bitmap and vector images

2. Your First App with Kotlin

Learning objectives

• Installing Android Studio
• Creating your first Android Studio project
• Managing configuration files, including Gradle scripts
• Defining screens with activities
• Implementing designs in XML layouts

3. The User Interface with Kotlin

Learning objectives

• Defining screens with layout files
• Using ViewGroup components
• Displaying views programmatically
• Defining and using string resources
• Displaying images
• Creating icons in Android Studio
• Defining visual styles and themes
• Supporting styles on older devices
• Supporting multiple devices and screens

4. Manage Data with Kotlin

Learning objectives

• Modeling an entity
• Reading files from resources and assets
• Parsing and mapping JSON data
• Getting data from a web service with Retrofit
• Creating a RecyclerView to display data
• Displaying images dynamically with Glide
• Publishing and data values with LiveData objects
• Displaying details with data binding
• Reading and writing files
• Managing SQLite databases with Room
• Persisting data in shared preferences

5. App Architecture with Kotlin

Learning objectives

• Handling lifecycle events
• Handling view events
• Updating display from new data
• Adding ViewModels to activities
• Subscribing to changes in LiveData values
• Adding a new launcher activity
• Starting activities with explicit intents
• Sharing data with implicit intents
• Adding a navigation drawer
• Adding a header to a navigation drawer
• Handling navigating drawer menu events

6. Distributing Apps with Java

Learning objectives

• Exploring the distribution options
• Cleaning up your code
• Building a signed APK file
• Configuring build types and variants
• Distributing through Google Play
• Adding app graphics
• Setting pricing
• Publishing the app in Google Play
• Submitting an app to Amazon
• Tracking app use in Google Play and Amazon