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How to Build Android Applications with Kotlin

You're reading from How to Build Android Applications with Kotlin A hands-on guide to developing, testing, and publishing production-grade Android 16 apps

Product type Paperback

Published in Sep 2025

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781835882764

Length 654 pages

Edition 3rd Edition

Languages

Kotlin

Tools

Android

Concepts

Cross Platform Game Development

Authors (4):

Alex Forrester

Eran Boudjnah

Alexandru Dumbravan

Jomar Tigcal

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Table of Contents (24) Chapters

Preface

1. Android Foundation

2. Creating Your First App FREE CHAPTER

3. Building User Screen Flows

4. Developing the UI with Jetpack Compose

5. Building App Navigation

6. App Components

7. Essential Libraries – Ktor, Kotlin Serialization, and Coil

8. Building Lists with Jetpack Compose

9. Android Permissions and Google Maps

10. Services, WorkManager, and Notifications

11. Code Structure

12. Testing with JUnit, Mockito, MockK, and Compose

13. Coroutines and Flow

14. Android Architecture Components

15. Persisting Data

16. Dependency Injection with Dagger, Hilt, and Koin

17. Polishing and Publishing an App

18. Architecture Patterns

19. Advanced Jetpack Compose

20. Launching Your App on Google Play

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23. Index

Summary

This chapter focused on architectural patterns for Android. You started with the MVVM architectural pattern. You learned about its three components: the model, the view, and the ViewModel. Next, you learned about how the Repository pattern can be used to cache data.

In the next chapter, you will learn about advanced Jetpack Compose topics such as effects. You will also learn how to improve the look and design of your apps using Jetpack Compose animations.

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Authors (4)

Alex Forrester

Alex Forrester

Alex Forrester is an experienced software developer with more than 20 years of experience in mobile and web development and content management systems. He has worked with Android since 2010, creating flagship apps for blue-chip companies across a broad range of industries at Sky, The Automobile Association, HSBC, Discovery Channel, NatWest, and O2. Alex lives in Hertfordshire with his wife and daughter. When he's not developing, he likes playing touch rugby and running in the Chiltern Hills.

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Eran Boudjnah

Eran Boudjnah

Eran Boudjnah has been developing apps and leading mobile teams for a wide range of clients, from start-ups (Just Eat and Plume Design) to large-scale companies (Sky and HSBC) and conglomerates, since 1997. He has been working with Android since around 2013. Eran is a developer with almost three decades of experience in developing mobile applications, websites, desktop applications, and interactive attractions. He is passionate about board games and has a 1990s Transformers collection that he's quite proud of. Eran lives in Brentwood, Essex, in the United Kingdom, with Lea, his incredibly supportive wife.

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Alexandru Dumbravan

Alexandru Dumbravan

Alexandru Dumbravan is an Android developer with more than 10 years of experience in building Android apps, focusing on fintech applications since 2016 when he moved to London. In his spare time, Alex enjoys playing video games, watching movies, and occasionally visiting the gym.

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Jomar Tigcal

Jomar Tigcal

Jomar Tigcal is an Android developer with over 15 years of experience in mobile and software development. He has worked on various stages of Android app development for small start-ups and large companies since 2012. Jomar has also given talks and conducted training and workshops on Android. In his free time, he likes running and reading. He lives in Vancouver, BC, Canada, with his wife, Celine.

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