Mastering Kotlin for Android 14

Accelerate your Android development journey by mastering the latest Kotlin techniques and libraries to build robust apps

Key FeaturesApply best practices and industry-essential skills used by Google Developer ExpertsFind out how to publish, monitor, and improve your app metrics on the Google Play StoreLearn how to debug issues, detect leaks, inspect network calls, and inspect your app's local databasePurchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBookBook DescriptionWritten with the best practices, this book will help you master Kotlin and use its powerful language features, libraries, tools, and APIs to elevate your Android apps.

As you progress, you'll use Jetpack Compose and Material Design 3 to build UIs for your app, explore how to architect and improve your app architecture, and use Jetpack Libraries like Room and DataStore to persist your data locally. Using a step-by-step approach, this book will teach you how to debug issues in your app, detect leaks, inspect network calls fired by your app, and inspect your Room database. You'll also add tests to your apps to detect and address code smells.

Toward the end, you'll learn how to publish apps to the Google Play Store and see how to automate the process of deploying consecutive releases using GitHub actions, as well as learn how to distribute test builds to Firebase App Distribution. Additionally, the book covers tips on how to increase user engagement.

By the end of this Kotlin book, you'll be able to develop market-ready apps, add tests to their codebase, address issues, and get them in front of the right audience.

What you will learnBuild beautiful, responsive, and accessible UIs with Jetpack ComposeExplore various app architectures and find out how you can improve themPerform code analysis and add unit and instrumentation tests to your appsPublish, monitor, and improve your apps in the Google Play StorePerform long-running operations with WorkManager and persist data in your appUse CI/CD with GitHub Actions and distribute test builds with Firebase App DistributionFind out how to add linting and static checks on CI/CD pipelinesWho this book is forIf you're an aspiring Android developer or an Android developer working with Java, then this book is for you. Basic Java programming skills are a must if you want to fully utilize the techniques and best practices showcased in this book.

Table of ContentsGet Started with Kotlin Android DevelopmentCreating Your First Android AppJetpack Compose Layout BasicsDesign with Material Design 3Architect Your appNetwork Calls with Kotlin CoroutinesNavigating within Your AppPersisting Data Locally and Doing Background WorkRuntime PermissionsDebugging Your AppEnhancing Code QualityTesting Your AppPublishing Your AppContinuous Integration and Continuous DeploymentImproving Your App