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Android 9 Development Cookbook - Third Edition

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Product type Book
Published in Oct 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788991216
Pages 464 pages
Edition 3rd Edition
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Rick Boyer has been programming professionally for over 20 years. He has written apps on Windows, created websites, and coded for various mobile devices, including Windows CE, Windows Phone, and Android. Almost eight years ago, he took the plunge and started his own software consulting business, NightSky Development, focusing exclusively on Android development.
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Table of Contents (24) Chapters

Title Page
Copyright and Credits
Dedication
About Packt
Contributors
Preface
Activities Layouts Views, Widgets, and Styles Menus and Action Mode Fragments Home Screen Widgets, Search, and the System UI Data Storage Alerts and Notifications Using the Touchscreen and Sensors Graphics and Animation A First Look at OpenGL ES Multimedia Telephony, Networks, and the Web Location and Using Geofencing Getting Your App Ready for the Play Store Getting Started with Kotlin Other Books You May Enjoy Index

How to create an Android project with Kotlin

Developing in Kotlin couldn't be easier! As you'll see from the simple step here, full Kotlin support is already built into the Android Studio IDE.

Getting ready

Kotlin support requires Android Studio 3.0 or later, so there are no additional requirements needed for this recipe or any of the recipes in this chapter.

How to do it...

It's actually very simple to add Kotlin support to an Android project and you may have noticed the checkbox already. When creating a new project, Android Studio gives you an option. In fact, it's so obvious, you may not even notice it anymore so we'll start at the beginning and show a screenshot. To begin, launch Android Studio and click Start a new Android project:

  1. In the Create Android Project dialog, click the Include Kotlin support checkbox, as shown here:
  1. That's it! Click through the remaining dialogs and you'll have your first Kotlin project for Android.

How it works...

The IDE already handles everything you need to do...

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Authors (1)

Profile icon Rick Boyer
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Rick Boyer has been programming professionally for over 20 years. He has written apps on Windows, created websites, and coded for various mobile devices, including Windows CE, Windows Phone, and Android. Almost eight years ago, he took the plunge and started his own software consulting business, NightSky Development, focusing exclusively on Android development.
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