Android & Kotlin for Beginners

Your introduction to Android app development starts here! In this learning path, you’ll build your very first Android apps. Along the way, you’ll learn all about the Kotlin programming language.

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Android & Kotlin for Beginners

Learning path · 6 video courses (12 hrs, 55 mins)
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Your First Kotlin Android App: An App From Scratch Aug 15 2023 · Video Course (2 hrs, 31 mins)
Updated for 2023! Get started with Android by building your own game using Jetpack Compose and the Kotlin programming language. If you’re new to Android and development as a whole, then this course is for you.
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Your First Kotlin Android App: Polishing the App Aug 22 2023 · Video Course (1 hr, 52 mins)
This course is the sequel to “Your First Kotlin Android App: An App from Scratch.” In this Jetpack Compose course, we’ll finish off programming Bullseye to add some nice touches and features to make it look professional and polished.
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Programming in Kotlin: Fundamentals Aug 9 2022 · Video Course (2 hrs, 18 mins)
Learn the fundamental building blocks of Kotlin, through hands-on exercises and challenges! Explore the world of data types, comparison and logical operators, loops, control flow and functions and more.
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Programming in Kotlin: Collections & Lambdas Aug 16 2022 · Video Course (1 hr, 41 mins)
Learn how to create and work with collections of data using differenct collection types in Kotlin and explore lambdas, which is an integral part in many Kotlin codebases.
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Your Second Kotlin Android App Aug 29 2023 · Video Course (1 hr, 34 mins)
In this course, you’ll level up your Android skills by writing a task list managing app entirely in Kotlin and Jetpack Compose. In it, you’ll learn about Composables, LazyLayouts saving data, integrating navigation components in Compose, and Android Jetpack.
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Programming in Kotlin: Functions & Custom Types Apr 13 2023 · Video Course (2 hrs, 59 mins)
Take a deeper look at the Kotlin programming language! Explore the intricacies of functions, lambdas, classes, objects, interfaces, and more.

After completing this learning path…

…you’ll have created your first two Android apps, and learned how to use the Kotlin language to create the logic inside your apps. Check out the Android User Interfaces learning path next, to start learning about building smart and responsive user interfaces for your Android apps!

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Beginning Android Layouts Mar 17 2020 · Video Course (2 hrs, 10 mins)
Conquer the basics of creating Android user interfaces, starting with layouts such as LinearLayout, then switch to using the newer ConstraintLayout.