Mastering Android Development with Kotlin

Deep dive into the world of Android to create robust applications with Kotlin

Publisher:Packt Publishing Limited

Paid access

|Jul 2025

E-Book €28.99Institutions €128.95

Description

Master Android development using a variety of Kotlin features

Key Features

Leverage specific features of Kotlin to ease Android application development
An illustrative guide that will help you write code based Kotlin language to build robust Android applications
Filled with various practical examples build amazing Android project using Kotlin so you can easily apply your knowledge to real world scenarios

Book Description

Kotlin is a programming language intended to be a better Java, and it's designed to be usable and readable across large teams with different levels of knowledge. As a language, it helps developers build amazing Android applications in an easy and effective way.

This book begins by giving you a strong grasp of Kotlin's features in the context of Android development and its APIs. Moving on, you'll take steps towards building stunning applications for Android. The book will show you how to set up the environment, and the difficulty level will grow steadily with the applications covered in the upcoming chapters.

Later on, the book will introduce you to the Android Studio IDE, which plays an integral role in Android development. We'll use Kotlin's basic programming concepts such as functions, lambdas, properties, object-oriented code, safety aspects, type parameterization, testing, and concurrency, which will guide you through writing Kotlin code in production. We'll also show you how to integrate Kotlin
into any existing Android project.

What you will learn

Understand the basics of Android development with Kotlin
Get to know the key concepts in Android development
See how to create modern mobile applications for the Android platform
Adjust your application s look and feel
Know how to persist and share application database
Work with services and other concurrency mechanisms
Write effective tests
Migrate an existing Java-based project to Kotlin

Who this book is for

The book is for developers who want to build amazing Android applications in an easy and effective way. Basic knowledge of Kotlin is assumed, but you do not need any familiarity with Android development.