How to Build Android Apps with Kotlin: A hands-on guide to developing, testing, and publishing your first apps with Android Paperback – 9 Mar. 2021

Book had all I needed to get up and running building Android Apps and learn more advanced stuff. I liked the practical approach with examples. Would recommend and will be good reference.

Really Comprehensive, up to date and easy to follow.. chapters are well laid out and structured.. I'm working through it, so glad I got this guide to Android

This book is very easy to follow and can take you from building your first "Hello World" app all the way to publishing in the Google store.It is a must for anyone that wants to start in the Android world or has some experience with Android Java applications and is looking to migrate to Kotlin. For the newcomers, it will give you a big head start and introduce you to techniques to write modular code that is normally used in big companies (Chapter 14). It explains complex concepts like Dependency Injection and how to use threads to do background tasks using RxJava and/or Coroutines (Chapter 12).It also explains how to do tests and prepare your app to be test friendly, something that a lot of projects lack and can solve many many headaches (Chapter 9).This is the book I would have liked to have when I started developing in Kotlin.

The subtitle suggests that the book is aimed at those starting off their journey of becoming Android developers and the book very much caters for that audience (although some basic Kotlin knowledge will come handy). You will find lots of hands-on exercises with screenshots and code listings with explanations that are easy to follow. So is that what makes this book nearly 800 pages long? Not quite. There are a good few advanced topics, things I wouldn't necessarily expect from a beginner/junior developer to know much about. Unit and UI testing, Test Driven Development (TDD), Dependency Injection (DI), RxJava and Coroutines and Animations mixed with many of the latest Jetpack libraries - WorkManager, Navigation and the Android Architecture Components - a great resource for more experienced folks too.Money and time will be well spent on this book, becoming a strong, mid-level Android developer by the end.

Great book to use as an introduction to modern Android development but also will be a good reference book to dip back into.The detail is very good, its easy to understand and follow along at a good pace.Very useful to have all this information packed in to one book!

Great book for Android beginners and experts! I love the hand-on approach, with easy to follow step-by-step examples, and explanatory images.Although the book is practical and beginners focused, there are several advanced topics: Dependency Injection (with Dagger and Koin), RxJava and Coroutines, even the brand new MotionLayout!

Really enjoyed reading this book. Very useful not only for beginners but also for professionals who want to revisit the various topics. Highly recommended!

An excellent introduction to writing Android apps using the latest technologies.Also a great reference source, where official documentation is sparse.

Already answered a lot of questions about app testing. Well written

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This book is perfect for people like me (who know the basics).Everything is explained in concise manner and should make anybody an intermediate developer.I highly recommend it as it uses all the latest libraries including Rxjava, Dagger,Hilt,Kodein, MVVM, ViewModel, Navigation Graph, Glide, etc. The author tried his best to incorporate everything that is stable for production.I’m happy that I found this gem.

A explicação dá alguns saltos que, se a pessoa não consultar o código de exemplo, fica difícil de entender. Sem falar que algumas explicações são muito rasas.Não é um livro ruim, de forma alguma, só não recomendo para iniciantes.

This book is based on XML and Kotlin language. I studied the Koltin part only because nowadays I do development with Jetpack Compose. Overall the information given in the book is insightful.