Books / nonfiction

Head first Android development

Description

If you have an idea for a killer Android app, this fully revised and updated edition will get you up and running in a jiffy. You'll go beyond syntax and how-to manuals and learn how to think like a great Android developer. This hands-on book teaches you everything from designing user interfaces to building multi-screen apps that persist data in a database. It covers the latest features of Android Jetpack, including Jetpack Compose. If you have some Kotlin know-how, you're ready to get started.

Content

Latest edition,

1. Getting Started: Diving In; 2. Building Interactive Apps: Apps That Do Something; 3. Layouts: Being a layout; 4. Constraint Layouts: Draw Up a Blueprint; 5. The Activity Lifecycle: Being an Activity; 6. Fragments and Navigation: Finding Your Way; 7. Safe Args: Passing Information; 8. Navigation ui: Going Places; 9. Material Views: A Material World; 10. View Binding: Bound Together; 11. View Models: Model Behavior; 12. Live Data: Leaping into Action; 13. Data Binding: Building Smart Layouts; 14. Room Databases: Room with a View; 15. Recycler Views: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle; 16. Diffutil and Data Binding: Life in the Fast Lane; 17. Recycler View Navigation: Pick a Card; 18. Jetpack Compose: Compose Yourself; 19. Integrating Compose with views: Perfect Harmony