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Android Development Masterclass
Gain insights into creating efficient Android apps. Learn about layouts, UI components, lifecycle management, and Firebase integration. Delve into practical coding challenges and quizzes to solidify your skills.
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66 lessons
15h
Created by Vivek Maskara
What's included
- 66 lessons across 15 modules
- 12 quizzes with instant feedback
- AI Tutor on every lesson
Who wrote it
Vivek Maskara
SDE @ Remitly | Ex-JPMC, Amazon, Zeta
Vivek Maskara recently completed his Masters in Computer Science from Arizona State University. He loves writing code, developing apps, creating websites, and writing technical blogs about his experiences. Prior to joining ASU, he worked as an SDE at Zeta, India, and volunteered for the Wikimedia Foundation in his free time.
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What You'll Learn
- Understanding of Android layouts and UI
- Familiarity with intents, notifications and services
- Working knowledge of leveraging in-app permissions in your Android application
- The ability to integrate firebase services in an Android application
- The ability to correctly use dependency injection frameworks such as Dagger
- Hands-on experience with various jetpack components to speed up your development
- Familiarity threading and memory management to optimize your application
- Working knowledge of networking, including using Retrofit for REST API calls and Kotlin coroutines
Learning Roadmap
2.
Android Layouts and UI Components
Android Layouts and UI Components
Get started with Android layouts, fragments, custom views, and activity lifecycle management.
3.
Android UI Components
Android UI Components
7 Lessons
7 Lessons
Examine Android UI components, including navigation bars, dialogs, image handling, menus, RecyclerViews, and WebViews.
4.
Intents, Notifications, Threading & Services
Intents, Notifications, Threading & Services
5 Lessons
5 Lessons
Apply your skills to work with intents, broadcast receivers, threads, services, and work managers.
5.
App Permissions & User Location
App Permissions & User Location
5 Lessons
5 Lessons
Solve problems in handling Android permissions and retrieving user location efficiently.
6.
Utilizing Firebase Services in Android
Utilizing Firebase Services in Android
6 Lessons
6 Lessons
Tackle Firebase integration for authentication, real-time databases, storage, and cloud messaging in Android.
7.
Lifecycle Aware Components
Lifecycle Aware Components
4 Lessons
4 Lessons
Build on lifecycle-aware components to manage UI data and handle lifecycle events.
8.
Android Jetpack Components
Android Jetpack Components
5 Lessons
5 Lessons
Step through managing background tasks, camera integration, navigation, and data pagination with Android Jetpack.
9.
Data Persistence
Data Persistence
8 Lessons
8 Lessons
Get started with Room Library for efficient Android database management and migrations.
10.
Networking
Networking
4 Lessons
4 Lessons
Go hands-on with Retrofit, Kotlin coroutines, and efficient asynchronous network programming.
11.
Dependency Injection
Dependency Injection
4 Lessons
4 Lessons
Enhance your skills in using Hilt for efficient dependency injection and streamlined Android development.
12.
Performance & Optimization
Performance & Optimization
4 Lessons
4 Lessons
Solve problems in performance, battery optimization, and memory management for robust Android apps.
13.
Android App Testing
Android App Testing
4 Lessons
4 Lessons
Tackle Android app testing, including unit and instrumentation tests, using JUnit and Espresso frameworks.
15.
Appendix
Appendix
3 Lessons
3 Lessons
Get familiar with setting up the environment, ADB debugging, and creating a new Android project.
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About this course
WHY I WROTE THIS COURSE
This course covers various aspects of building Android applications, focusing on creating robust and efficient apps. The course is divided into several modules, accompanied by quizzes and coding challenges that will test your understanding of the course.
You’ll start with an overview, which introduces the Android platform and its key features. Then, you will learn the various Android layouts and UI components—how to create and use different layouts, fragments, and custom views. Moreover, you’ll practically learn about activity and lifecycle management, and how to handle images and work with RecyclerViews.
Next, the course covers Android UI components such as bottom navigation bars, alert dialogs, and web views. You’ll learn about intents, notifications, threading, services, app permissions, user location, and Firebase services—including authentication, real-time databases, storage, and cloud messaging.
By the end of the course, you will be able to create functional and well-performing Android applications.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Vivek Maskara
SDE @ Remitly | Ex-JPMC, Amazon, Zeta
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