Pro Android with Kotlin: Developing Modern Mobile Apps

✍ Scribed by Peter Späth

• Publisher: Apress
• Year: 2018
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 500
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Develop Android apps with Kotlin to create more elegant programs than the Java equivalent. This book covers the various aspects of a modern Android app that professionals are expected to encounter. There are chapters dealing with all the important aspects of the Android platform, including GUI design, file- and data-handling, coping with phone calls, multimedia apps, interaction with location and mapping services, monetizing apps, and much more.

Pro Android with Kotlin is an invaluable source for developers wanting to build real-world state-of-the-art apps for modern Android devices.

What You Will Learn

• Integrate activities, such as intents, services, toasts and more, into your Android apps
  
• Build UIs in Android using layouts, widgets, lists, menus, and action bars
  
• Deal with data in your Android apps using data persistence and cloud access
  
• Design for different Android devices
  
• Create multimedia apps in Android
  
• Secure, deploy, and monetize your Android apps
  

Who This Book Is For

Professional Android app developers.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter ....Pages i-xxvii
System (Peter Späth)....Pages 1-6
Application (Peter Späth)....Pages 7-11
Activities (Peter Späth)....Pages 13-25
Services (Peter Späth)....Pages 27-42
Broadcasts (Peter Späth)....Pages 43-59
Content Providers (Peter Späth)....Pages 61-101
Permissions (Peter Späth)....Pages 103-113
APIs (Peter Späth)....Pages 115-190
User Interface (Peter Späth)....Pages 191-260
Development (Peter Späth)....Pages 261-284
Building (Peter Späth)....Pages 285-295
Communication (Peter Späth)....Pages 297-335
Hardware (Peter Späth)....Pages 337-432
Testing (Peter Späth)....Pages 433-448
Troubleshooting (Peter Späth)....Pages 449-460
Distributing Apps (Peter Späth)....Pages 461-462
Instant Apps (Peter Späth)....Pages 463-467
CLI (Peter Späth)....Pages 469-477
Back Matter ....Pages 479-485

✦ Subjects

Computer Science; Mobile Computing; Programming Languages, Compilers, Interpreters; Wireless and Mobile Communication