Part 7: Android Foundations

Build your first Android apps with Kotlin and Jetpack Compose.

What You’ll Learn

• Creating and running an app in Android Studio
• The Activity lifecycle and configuration changes
• Android UI with the View system and Jetpack Compose
• Kotlin idioms for Android and platform-type null safety
• Using coroutines and Flow with lifecycle-aware scopes

Chapters

Chapter	Description
Android Setup & App Anatomy	Android Studio, project anatomy, run on emulator
Activity Lifecycle	Activity lifecycle, config changes, state
UI & Jetpack Compose	Views overview + Jetpack Compose basics
Kotlin Idioms for Android	Platform types, null safety, idioms
Coroutines on Android	viewModelScope, lifecycle-aware Flow

Android chapters require Android Studio and an emulator or device. Each chapter notes its hardware/emulator requirements.

Chapters for this part are being written. Check back soon.

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Table of contents

• Android Setup & App Anatomy
• Activity Lifecycle
• UI & Jetpack Compose
• Kotlin Idioms for Android
• Coroutines on Android