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Learn Kotlin for Android Development

The Next Generation Language for Modern Android Apps Programming

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  • © 2019

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Authors:
  1. Peter Späth

    1. Leipzig, Germany

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  • A comprehensive, modern introduction to Android app programming using only Kotlin
  • Addresses a language with a growing attention in the developer community
  • Treats Kotlin as a genuine programming language

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Table of contents (20 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiv
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  2. Your First Kotlin Application: Hello Kotlin

    • Peter Späth
    Pages 1-14

  3. Classes and Objects: Object Orientation Philosophy

    • Peter Späth
    Pages 15-67

  4. Classes at Work: Properties and Functions

    • Peter Späth
    Pages 69-112

  5. Classes and Objects: Extended Features

    • Peter Späth
    Pages 113-135

  6. Expressions : Operations on Data

    • Peter Späth
    Pages 137-153

  7. Comments in Kotlin Files

    • Peter Späth
    Pages 155-169

  8. Structural Constructs

    • Peter Späth
    Pages 171-183

  9. Exceptions: If Something Goes Wrong

    • Peter Späth
    Pages 185-191

  10. Data Containers

    • Peter Späth
    Pages 193-246

  11. True, False, and Undecided: Nullability

    • Peter Späth
    Pages 247-252

  12. Handling Equality

    • Peter Späth
    Pages 253-258

  13. Back to Math: Functional Programming

    • Peter Späth
    Pages 259-273

  14. About Type Safety: Generics

    • Peter Späth
    Pages 275-287

  15. Adding Hints: Annotations

    • Peter Späth
    Pages 289-304

  16. Using the Java and Kotlin APIs

    • Peter Späth
    Pages 305-307

  17. The Collections API

    • Peter Späth
    Pages 309-345

  18. More APIs

    • Peter Späth
    Pages 347-391

  19. Working in Parallel: Multithreading

    • Peter Späth
    Pages 393-436

  20. Using External Libraries

    • Peter Späth
    Pages 437-445
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About this book

Build Android apps and learn the essentials of the popular Kotlin programming language and APIs. This book will teach you the key Kotlin skills and techniques important for creating your very own Android apps. Apart from introducing Kotlin programming, Learn Kotlin for Android Development stresses clean code principles and introduces object-oriented and functional programming as a starting point for developing Android apps. 


After reading and using this book, you'll have a foundation to take away and apply to your own Kotlin-based Android app development. You'll be able to write useful and efficient Kotlin-based apps for Android, using most of the features Kotlin as a language has to offer. 


What You Will Learn
  • Build your first Kotlin app that runs on Android
  • Work with Kotlin classes and objects for Android
  • Use constructs, loops, decisions, and scopes 
  • Carry out operations on data 
  • Master data containers, arrays, and collections
  • Handle exceptions and access external libraries

Who This Book Is For


Very little programming experience is required: no prior knowledge of Kotlin needed.  


Authors and Affiliations

  • Leipzig, Germany

    Peter Späth

About the author

Peter Späth consults, trains/teaches and writes books on various subjects, with a primary focus on software development. With a wealth of experience in Java-related languages, the release of Kotlin for building Android Apps made him enthusiastic about writing books for Kotlin development in the Android environment. He also graduated in 2002 as a physicist and soon afterward became an IT consultant, mainly for Java related projects.

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