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Turn your passion for Android development into real-world, production-grade apps—with 45 fully functional projects, hands-on guidance, and a future-focused approach using Jetpack Compose and modern Kotlin best practices.
Whether you're a beginner eager to break into mobile development or an experienced coder seeking to modernize your Android skills, this book is your comprehensive, practical, and career-boosting roadmap. From your first “Hello World” app to full-stack mobile platforms, you’ll learn by doing—writing real apps, solving real problems, and building a portfolio that sets you apart.
Kotlin, developed by JetBrains, is a statically typed, modern programming language that runs on the Java Virtual Machine (JVM). Its design philosophy prioritizes conciseness, safety, and interoperability, making it a perfect fit for Android’s complex ecosystem. Unlike Java, which can feel cumbersome with its lengthy syntax, Kotlin allows you to express the same logic in fewer lines, often with cleaner, more readable code. For example, a simple data class in Java might require dozens of lines to define fields, getters, setters, and methods like toString or equals. In Kotlin, you can achieve the same functionality with a single line: data class Person(val name: String, val age: Int). This brevity isn’t just about saving keystrokes—it’s about reducing cognitive load, letting you focus on building features rather than wrestling with syntax.
What You’ll Learn Inside
Master modern Kotlin for Android, with clear explanations of syntax, object-oriented and functional paradigms, coroutines, and null safety
Build 45 Android apps, from basic utilities like calculators and to-do lists to complex systems like e-commerce, social networks, and chat platforms
Explore Jetpack Compose, Google's modern declarative UI toolkit, and seamlessly integrate it with legacy XML code
Harness architecture components, Room databases, Retrofit networking, Hilt for dependency injection, Firebase for backends, and more
Create monetizable, production-ready apps with features like in-app purchases, ads, and Play Store deployment
Push the boundaries with cross-platform Kotlin Multiplatform Mobile (KMM), advanced UI/UX, and AI-enhanced features
Introduction
Why Learn Kotlin for Android Development?
Who This Book Is For
How to Use This Book
Overview of the 45 Projects
Setting Up Your Development Environment