Android Apprentice: Beginning Android Development with Kotlin 1.2

Book Description

Learn Android programming with Kotlin!

Learning Android programming can be challenging. Sure, there is plenty of documentation, but the tools and libraries available today for Android are easily overwhelming for newcomers to Android and Kotlin.

Android Apprentice takes a different approach. From building a simple first app, all the way to a fully-featured podcast player app, this book walks you step-by-step, building on basic concepts to advanced techniques so you can build amazing apps worthy of the Google Play Store!

Who This Book Is For

This book is for anyone interested in writing mobile apps for Android. Though no previous mobile experience is necessary, this book is also a great resource for iPhone developers transitioning from iOS.

Topics Covered in Android Apprentice

• Getting Started: Learn how to set up Android Studio and the Android Emulator.
• Layouts: Create layouts that can be used for both Activities and Fragments
• Debugging: No one’s perfect! Learn how to dig down and troubleshoot bugs in your apps.
• Communication: Design separate Activites and communicate and send data between them using Intents.
• Scrolling Layouts: Learn how to use Recycler Views to make efficient, reusable views that scroll fluidly at a touch.
• Google Places: Integrate location APIs to bring the magic of maps into your Android apps. Networking: Learn how to access resouces on the internet and handle networked responses. Material Design: Make sure your apps conform to modern best practices by using Google’s standards of Material Design And much, much more!
• One thing you can count on: after reading this book, you’ll be prepared to write feature-rich apps from scratch and go all the way to submiting them to the Google Play Store!

中文：

书名：Android Apprentice: Beginning Android Development with Kotlin 1.2

跟Kotlin一起学习Android编程！

学习Android编程可能是具有挑战性的。当然，有大量的文档，但对于Android和Kotlin的新手来说，目前适用于Android的工具和库很容易让人应接不暇。

Android Apprentice采取了一种不同的方法。从构建一个简单的第一个应用程序，一直到一个功能齐全的播客播放器应用程序，这本书带你一步一步地，建立在基本概念到先进的技术，这样你就可以建立令人惊叹的应用程序配得上Google Play商店！

这本书是为谁写的

这本书适合任何对为Android编写移动应用程序感兴趣的人。虽然不需要之前的移动体验，但对于从iOS过渡的iPhone开发人员来说，这本书也是一个很好的资源。

Android Apprentice中涉及的主题

• 入门：了解如何设置Android Studio和Android模拟器。
• 布局：创建既可用于活动又可用于片段的布局
• 调试：人无完人！了解如何挖掘和解决应用程序中的错误。
• 通信：设计单独的活动，并使用意图在它们之间进行通信和发送数据。
• 滚动布局：了解如何使用回收器视图创建高效、可重复使用的视图，只需轻触即可流畅地滚动。
• Google Places：集成定位API，将地图的魔力带入您的Android应用程序。网络：学习如何访问互联网上的资源并处理网络响应。材料设计：确保你的应用程序符合现代最佳实践，使用谷歌的材料设计标准和更多更多的东西！
• 有一件事你可以相信：读完这本书后，你将准备从头开始编写功能丰富的应用程序，并一直提交到Google Play商店！