Android Kotlin Fundamentals Course

Android Kotlin Fundamentals leads you through a series of codelabs that teach you the fundamentals of building Android apps in Kotlin. You'll also learn to use Android Jetpack components such as Room for databases, Work Manager for background processing, the new Navigation component, and more. To take this course, we recommend having some familiarity with the basics of the Kotlin programming language and at least two years of experience in an object-oriented programming language.

Codelab

Table of Content

Lesson 1: Build your first app

• 1.0 Install Android Studio
• 1.1 Get started
• 1.2 Basic app anatomy
• 1.3 Image resources and compatibility
• 1.4 Learn to help yourself

Lesson 2: Layouts

• 2.1 Linear layout using the Layout Editor
• 2.2 Add user interactivity
• 2.3 Constraint layout using the Layout Editor
• 2.4 Data-binding basics

Lesson 3: Navigation

• 3.1 Create a fragment
• 3.2 Define navigation paths
• 3.3 Start an external activity

Lesson 4: Activity and fragment lifecycles

• 4.1 Lifecycles and logging
• 4.2 Complex lifecycle situations

Lesson 5: Architecture components

• 5.1 ViewModel and ViewModelProvider
• 5.2 LiveData and LiveData observers
• 5.3 DataBinding with ViewModel and LiveData
• 5.4 LiveData transformations

Lesson 6: Room database and coroutines

• 6.1 Create a Room database
• 6.2 Coroutines and Room
• 6.3 Record quality and button states

Lesson 7: RecyclerView

• 7.1 RecyclerView fundamentals
• 7.2 DiffUtil and data binding with RecyclerView
• 7.3 GridLayout with RecyclerView
• 7.4 Interacting with RecyclerView items
• 7.5 Headers in RecyclerView

Lesson 8: Connecting to the internet

• 8.1 Getting data from the internet
• 8.2 Loading and displaying images from the internet
• 8.3 Filtering and detail views with internet data

Lesson 9: Repository

• 9.1 Repository
• 9.2 WorkManager

Lesson 10: Designing for everyone

• 10.1 Styles and themes
• 10.2 Material Design, dimens, and colors
• 10.3 Design for everyone