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Android Application Development: From First App to Professional

by Shriira Press

A comprehensive, modern guide to building Android applications — the apps that run on billions of phones, tablets, watches, and TVs. It teaches the contemporary Android stack: Kotlin, declarative UI with Jetpack Compose, sound app architecture (MVVM / Clean), coroutines and Flow for concurrency, local data with Room, networking with Retrofit, dependency injection with Hilt, background work, testing, and publishing on Google Play — carrying you from your first screen to the skills of a working professional.

Contents

1. 1Preface
2. 2Chapter 1 — What Is Android Application Development?
3. 3Chapter 2 — Kotlin for Android
4. 4Chapter 3 — The Android Platform and App Anatomy
5. 5Chapter 4 — UI with Jetpack Compose
6. 6Chapter 5 — State, Navigation, and UI Structure
7. 7Chapter 6 — Lists, Input, and Common UI Patterns
8. 8Chapter 7 — App Architecture: MVVM and Clean Architecture
9. 9Chapter 8 — Concurrency: Coroutines and Flow
10. 10Chapter 9 — Data Persistence: Room, DataStore, and Files
11. 11Chapter 10 — Networking and APIs
12. 12Chapter 11 — Dependency Injection, Background Work, and Platform Integration
13. 13Chapter 12 — Testing, Performance, and Quality
14. 14Chapter 13 — Publishing, Distribution, and the Profession
15. 15Appendix A — Glossary and Notation
16. 16Appendix B — Further Reading and Resources