This is the repository for How to Build Android Apps with Kotlin, published by Packt. It contains all the supporting project files necessary to work through the course from start to finish.
Each great journey begins with a humble step. Before we can do awesome things in Android, we need to be prepared with a productive environment. In this section, we will see how to do that.
For an optimal learning experience, we recommend the following hardware configuration:
- Processor: Intel Core i5 or equivalent or higher
- Memory: 4 GB RAM minimum; 8 GB RAM recommended
- Storage: 4 GB available space
You'll also need the following software installed in advance:
- OS: Windows 7 SP1 64-bit, Windows 8.1 64-bit or Windows 10 64-bit, macOS, or Linux
- Android Studio 4.1 or higher
How to Build Android Apps with Kotlin will equip you to create high-quality, visually appealing Android 11 apps from scratch with Kotlin. You’ll discover a wide range of real-world development challenges faced by developers and explore various techniques to overcome them.
- Create maintainable and scalable apps using Kotlin
- Understand the Android development lifecycle
- Simplify app development with Google architecture components
- Use standard libraries for dependency injection and data parsing
- Apply the repository pattern to retrieve data from outside sources
- Publish your app on the Google Play store