Gain insights into MVVM architecture in Android with Kotlin. Learn about networking with Retrofit, local storage with Room, and pagination. Discover how to build scalable, maintainable apps.

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The course focuses on the MVVM (Model-View-ViewModel) architecture in Android development using Kotlin. The MVVM is widely recommended due to its robustness, scalability, and ease of maintenance. It is a valuable skill to have for building high-performance Android applications.

Firstly, you will learn the basics of MVVM architecture and its advantages over other approaches to Android development. Then, you'll start from scratch and create layouts for a news application. Next, you'll use the Retrofit and OkHttp networking libraries and get to familiarize yourself with APIs. You'll get hands-on experience in storing data locally via the Room library. Finally, you'll be introduced to both the repository and ViewModel patterns, as well as how to work with the Paging library and deliver data to our fragments.

By the time you’re done with the course, you’ll be able to use MVVM in your Android projects, interact with APIs, store data locally, and implement pagination.

Mastering MVVM Architecture in Android Development using Kotlin

## Understanding the breaking news fragment
In this fragment, a list of articles is loaded into a `RecyclerView`. The adapter has an `onClick` listener set on the articles so that when an item is clicked, a `WebView` is opened within the application where the user can read the article.

The fragment has been optimized with various features to improve the application’s data handling, performance, and efficiency. These features include using `ViewBinding` and coroutines. These technologies help to improve the structure and organization of the code, as well as the efficiency and speed of the application. Let’s break it down for better comprehension.

# Understanding the breaking news fragment
In this fragment, a list of articles is loaded into a `RecyclerView`. The adapter has an `onClick` listener set on the articles so that when an item is clicked, a `WebView` is opened within the application where the user can read the article.

The fragment has been optimized with various features to improve the application’s data handling, performance, and efficiency. These features include using `ViewBinding` and coroutines. These technologies help to improve the structure and organization of the code, as well as the efficiency and speed of the application. Let’s break it down for better comprehension.

Learn how to load data to our fragments from the ViewModel

Introduction

MVVM Architecture

Layouts

Layout Design Assessment

API

Android Web Services Assessment

Utility Classes

Repository Pattern

ViewModel Pattern

Android Business Logic Assessment

Views

Conclusion

Appendix

Breaking News Fragment

Understanding the breaking news fragment