English | 2022 | ISBN: ‎ 1801811075 | 472 pages | True PDF EPUB | 16.39 MB

Explore modern Android development in Kotlin 1.6.10 with this condensed hands-on guide to building reliable apps using libraries such as Compose, ViewModel, Hilt, Retrofit, Flow, and more

Key Features

Explore Jetpack libraries and other modern technologies for Android development

Improve the architectural design of your Android apps

Enhance the quality of your Android projects' code bases and applications using the latest libraries

Book Description

With Jetpack libraries, you can build and design high-quality, robust Android apps that have an improved architecture and work consistently across different versions and devices. This book will help you understand how Jetpack allows developers to follow best practices and architectural patterns when building Android apps while also eliminating boilerplate code.

Developers working with Android and Kotlin will be able to put their knowledge to work with this condensed practical guide to building apps with the most popular Jetpack libraries, including Jetpack Compose, ViewModel, Hilt, Room, Paging, Lifecycle, and Navigation. You'll get to grips with relevant libraries and architectural patterns, including popular libraries in the Android ecosystem such as Retrofit, Coroutines, and Flow while building modern applications with real-world data.

By the end of this Android app development book, you'll have learned how to leverage Jetpack libraries and your knowledge of architectural concepts for building, designing, and testing robust Android applications for various use cases.

What you will learn

Integrate popular Jetpack libraries such as Compose, ViewModel, Hilt, and Navigation into real Android apps with Kotlin

Apply modern app architecture concepts such as MVVM, dependency injection, and clean architecture

Explore Android libraries such as Retrofit, Coroutines, and Flow

Integrate Compose with the rest of the Jetpack libraries or other popular Android libraries

Work with other Jetpack libraries such as Paging and Room while integrating a real REST API that supports pagination

Test Compose UI and the application logic through unit tests

Who this book is for

This book is for junior and intermediate-level Android developers looking to level up their Android development skills to develop high-quality apps using Jetpack libraries and other cutting-edge technologies. Bners with knowledge of Android development fundamentals will also find this book useful. Familiarity with Kotlin is assumed.

Table of Contents

Creating Modern UIs with Jetpack Compose

Handling UI state with Jetpack ViewModel

Displaying Real Data from a REST API with Retrofit

Handling Async Operations with Coroutines

Adding Navigation in Compose with Jetpack Navigation

Adding Offline Capabilities with Jetpack Room

Introducing Presentation Patterns in Android

Getting Started with Clean Architecture in Android

Implementing Dependency Injection with Jetpack Hilt

Test your app with UI and Unit tests

Creating Infinite Lists with Jetpack Paging and Kotlin Flow

Exploring the Jetpack Lifecycle Components