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.

This chapter will cover how to create a blog details screen for our Travel Blog Application. You will learn how to:

- Create an HTTP client
- Load, parse and display text data from the internet
- Load images from the internet
- Handle errors and recover from them

This is the final output of the screen which we are going to build through this chapter.

This lesson provides a general outline of how we will create a blog detail activity for our travel blog.

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

Overview of Details Screen