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.
This course covers various aspects of building Android applications, focusing on creating robust and efficient apps. The course ...Show More
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
Understanding of Android layouts and UI
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Content
1.
Overview
1 Lessons
Get familiar with Android's core concepts and components, progressing to advanced integration.
2.
Android Layouts and UI Components
5 Lessons
Get started with Android layouts, fragments, custom views, and activity lifecycle management.
3.
Android UI Components
7 Lessons
Examine Android UI components, including navigation bars, dialogs, image handling, menus, RecyclerViews, and WebViews.
4.
Intents, Notifications, Threading & Services
5 Lessons
Apply your skills to work with intents, broadcast receivers, threads, services, and work managers.
5.
App Permissions & User Location
5 Lessons
Solve problems in handling Android permissions and retrieving user location efficiently.
6.
Utilizing Firebase Services in Android
6 Lessons
Tackle Firebase integration for authentication, real-time databases, storage, and cloud messaging in Android.
7.
Lifecycle Aware Components
4 Lessons
Build on lifecycle-aware components to manage UI data and handle lifecycle events.
8.
Android Jetpack Components
5 Lessons
Step through managing background tasks, camera integration, navigation, and data pagination with Android Jetpack.
9.
Data Persistence
8 Lessons
Get started with Room Library for efficient Android database management and migrations.
10.
Networking
4 Lessons
Go hands-on with Retrofit, Kotlin coroutines, and efficient asynchronous network programming.
11.
Dependency Injection
4 Lessons
Enhance your skills in using Hilt for efficient dependency injection and streamlined Android development.
12.
Performance & Optimization
4 Lessons
Solve problems in performance, battery optimization, and memory management for robust Android apps.
13.
Android App Testing
4 Lessons
Tackle Android app testing, including unit and instrumentation tests, using JUnit and Espresso frameworks.
14.
Conclusion
1 Lessons
Build on creating functional Android apps, like an Instagram clone with key features.
15.
Appendix
3 Lessons
Get familiar with setting up the environment, ADB debugging, and creating a new Android project.
Certificate of Completion
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