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

It acts as an abstraction layer over the data access.

It allows us to use dependency injection.


It holds the business login for the view.


What is not a reason to use the repository pattern?

What is not a reason to use the repository pattern?

It is the only class that is in control of the data.


It centralizes data access into a single class.


It captures original data from the web and decides where to put it. It either caches it or provides it to the UI.


What is not the reason why the repository is known as the single source of truth (SSOT)?


What is not the reason why the repository is known as the single source of truth (SSOT)?

It dispatches data when the device is offline.


It connects directly to the `ViewModel` and emits values.


It checks if the cached values are sufficiently recent.


It updates the `Room` database with the latest data.


What is not the function of a network-bound resource file in Android?

What is not the function of a network-bound resource file in Android?

To gather data from different sources (cache, local storage, or REST API) and deliver it to the ViewModel.


To define database interactions that include a variety of query methods.

To act as a reference class for the database when `Room` generates its implementations.

To provide a CRUD interface to separate the business layer (fragment and activity) from the persistence layer (database).

What is not a responsibility of the `DAO` class in Android?

What is not a responsibility of the <code>DAO</code> class in Android?

Repository questions

Repository questions

Test what you’ve learned about repository patterns so far.

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

Quiz Yourself on Repository Patterns