Modern Android App Development with Kotlin

Kotlin for Programmers

This module is for anyone who is looking to build their own Android applications. Ever since Google announced that Kotlin is the language of choice for Android development, Kotlin has become increasingly popular.

In this module, we’ll take a hands-on and project-based approach to develop Android applications. We’ll work with the most common tools that Android developers use every day, including Kotlin, Groovy, and XML. As we continue to learn, we’ll build a fully-functional Travel Blog Application that will be a great addition to our portfolio.

By the end of this module, we’ll have tangible experience in building an Android application and we’ll be ready to build even more complex projects.

## Android Studio IDE

Google provides great tooling to build Android applications, and the main one is the [Android Studio IDE](https://developer.android.com/studio). It’s based on IntelliJ IDEA and provides tons of features, like:

- [Visual layout editor](https://developer.android.com/studio/write/layout-editor)
- [Fast emulator](https://developer.android.com/studio/run/emulator)
- [Intelligent code editor](https://developer.android.com/studio/intro)
- [Realtime profilers](https://developer.android.com/studio/profile/android-profiler)
- [Flexible build system](https://developer.android.com/studio/build/build-variants)

With Android Studio, we can test applications either on an [emulator or directly on the device](https://developer.android.com/training/basics/firstapp/running-app).

Through this course, we will use Educative’s Android widget, which provides a pre-configured environment to build and launch Android applications in your browser so you don’t need to do any setup.

Here is Educative’s Android widget with a basic “Hello World” application. The actual code will be discussed in the coming lessons.


# Android Studio IDE

Google provides great tooling to build Android applications, and the main one is the [Android Studio IDE](https://developer.android.com/studio). It’s based on IntelliJ IDEA and provides tons of features, like:

- [Visual layout editor](https://developer.android.com/studio/write/layout-editor)
- [Fast emulator](https://developer.android.com/studio/run/emulator)
- [Intelligent code editor](https://developer.android.com/studio/intro)
- [Realtime profilers](https://developer.android.com/studio/profile/android-profiler)
- [Flexible build system](https://developer.android.com/studio/build/build-variants)

With Android Studio, we can test applications either on an [emulator or directly on the device](https://developer.android.com/training/basics/firstapp/running-app).

Through this course, we will use Educative’s Android widget, which provides a pre-configured environment to build and launch Android applications in your browser so you don’t need to do any setup.

Here is Educative’s Android widget with a basic “Hello World” application. The actual code will be discussed in the coming lessons.


In this lesson, you will learn how to set up  the development environment uses to create applications in Android.

Before We Begin

Android Ecosystem

Hello World

Travel Blog - Login Screen

Travel Blog - Details Screen

Travel Blog - List Screen

Travel Blog - Search & Sort

Travel Blog - Offline

Conclusion

Android Development

Android Studio IDE