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


# What we’ll be building
This will be a simple application from the standpoint of the user, but from the standpoint of the programmer, we’ll develop a functioning application from which you as a learner will learn a lot about architecture.

We’ll focus on the following in detail: 
- Building layouts using a constraint layout
- Building a bottom navigation menu
- Building a navigation drawer
- Setting up the `WebView` for our app
Working with fonts.

Take a look at the [Appendix](https://www.educative.io/courses/mastering-mvm-architecture-in-android-development-using-kotlin/project-structure) before beginning the next lesson because it contains the configuration settings to get you started on the project.
The following are the fragments that we’ll have as screens in our application.


 Learn to build layouts for the android apps from scratch. 


Overview of Layout Screens

Learn to build layouts for the android apps from scratch.

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

Overview of Layout Screens

What we’ll be building