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Published inApr 2024
Reading LevelIntermediate
PublisherPackt
ISBN-139781837631711
Edition1st Edition
Languages
Kotlin
Tools
Android Studio
Concepts
Android Development
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Harun Wangereka
Harun Wangereka
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Harun Wangereka

Harun Wangereka is a Google Developer Expert for Android and an Android engineer with over seven years of experience and currently working at Apollo Agriculture. Harun is passionate about Android development, never tired of learning, building the tech community, and helping other developers upscale their skills. He is a co-organizer at Droidcon Kenya and a former Kotlin Kenya and Android254 co-organizer. Through these communities, he has been able to impact thousands of developers. He is also an Android author at Kodeco where he has written 8 articles, published a book; Saving Data on Android, Second Edition, and is also a video course instructor. He has given numerous sessions on Android and Kotlin across different communities worldwide.
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Android Studio overview

Developed by Google, Android Studio is the official IDE for creating Android applications. Built upon JetBrains’ IntelliJ IDEA, it provides a comprehensive platform for Android app development. It has all the features to enable you to develop Android apps with ease.

Once you download Android Studio from the official site, you need to download SDKs and set everything up for it to be ready for use. Open your newly installed Android Studio. You will see the following welcome screen:

Figure 2.1 – Android Studio welcome screen

Figure 2.1 – Android Studio welcome screen

On the top right, we have these quick options:

  • New Project: We use this to create new projects in Android Studio.
  • Open: We use this when we want to open existing projects using Android Studio.
  • Get from VCS: VCS stands for version control system. Examples of VCSs are GitHub, GitLab, and Bitbucket. We can always link our accounts and easily import projects that are hosted on VCS...
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Harun Wangereka

Harun Wangereka is a Google Developer Expert for Android and an Android engineer with over seven years of experience and currently working at Apollo Agriculture. Harun is passionate about Android development, never tired of learning, building the tech community, and helping other developers upscale their skills. He is a co-organizer at Droidcon Kenya and a former Kotlin Kenya and Android254 co-organizer. Through these communities, he has been able to impact thousands of developers. He is also an Android author at Kodeco where he has written 8 articles, published a book; Saving Data on Android, Second Edition, and is also a video course instructor. He has given numerous sessions on Android and Kotlin across different communities worldwide.
Read more about Harun Wangereka