Modern Android 13 Development Cookbook: Over 70 recipes to solve Android development issues and create better apps with Kotlin and Jetpack Compose

Name: Modern Android 13 Development Cookbook: Over 70 recipes to solve Android development issues and create better apps with Kotlin and Jetpack Compose
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Madona S. Wambua

Jul 2023 · Packt Publishing Ltd

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Save months of trial and error with concise guided recipes in this part-color guide and build exceptional Android applications and wearables and support the new foldable technology by using the latest Jetpack libraries Key Features

Leverage the power of the latest Jetpack libraries in your day-to-day Android development tasks
Explore Wear OS and build large screens to support the foldable world using the declarative approach
Write tests and debug your code as you discover the most useful tips, tricks, and best practices
Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBook

Book DescriptionAndroid is a powerful operating system widely used in various devices, phones, TVs, wearables, automobiles, and more. This Android cookbook will teach you how to leverage the latest Android development technologies for creating incredible applications while making effective use of popular Jetpack libraries. You’ll also learn which critical principles to consider when developing Android apps. The book begins with recipes to get you started with the declarative UI framework, Jetpack Compose, and help you with handling UI states, Navigation, Hilt, Room, Wear OS, and more as you learn what's new in modern Android development. Subsequent chapters will focus on developing apps for large screens, leveraging Jetpack’s WorkManager, managing graphic user interface alerts, and tips and tricks within Android studio. Throughout the book, you'll also see testing being implemented for enhancing Android development, and gain insights into harnessing the integrated development environment of Android studio. Finally, you’ll discover best practices for robust modern app development. By the end of this book, you’ll be able to build an Android application using the Kotlin programming language and the newest modern Android development technologies, resulting in highly efficient applications.What you will learn

Use Kotlin programming to build your Android applications
Leverage modern Android development (MAD) libraries to create exceptional apps
Explore modern app architecture concepts such as model-view-viewmodel (MVVM)
Utilize dependency injection, clean architecture, and module organization
Discover how to write UI and unit tests for your applications
Get to grips with paging, data binding, and datastore
Build large screens to support the new foldable world
Explore principles of Wear OS in modern Android development

Who this book is for

This book is for active junior-to-mid-level Android developers with one to two years of professional experience in developing Android applications who are interested in advancing their knowledge of Android development. The recipes in this book use Kotlin and not Java.

Ratings and reviews

5.0

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Marlon López

September 30, 2023

great book

About the author

Madona S. Wambua is a Google Developer Expert in the Android category, the founder of Jibu Labs, and the Chief Technology Officer. She is also a Women Tech Makers Ambassador & Co-Chair of AnitaB. She has over ten years of experience in the field and has worked on consumer-facing applications and built software development kits for developers. She has also worked on the famous Google Glass during her tenure at a startup and got an opportunity to work on interactive AR videos to transform lives through machine learning and computer vision. Madona is also a technical keynote speaker and the host of Tech Talks with Madona, a podcast geared towards supporting women and allies in tech.

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