Learn Android Programming: How to build seven Android apps using Kotlin

Learn how to build cutting-edge Android applications today.

Key features

• Create Android applications from seven different categories, with bonus content on releasing applications to the Google Play store.
• Easy to follow instructions and full example code. No programming experience? No problem. You can create a functioning Android application today.
• Modern Android programming secrets. The applications covered in this book use the most up to date Kotlin and Android programming techniques, some of which were released just weeks before publication.

Applications covered

• A Notes application that allows the user to write and save notes.
• A Camera and Photo Filter application that allows the user to capture photos and apply a readymade set of filters to their images.
• A Weather application that displays the weather for the user’s current location or a city of their choosing.
• A Maps application that uses various features of the Google Maps API and the device’s sensors to build a treasure hunt game.
• A Communication application that sends and receives SMS text messages, initiates phone calls and displays the call log history.
• A Store application that displays products, allows customers to shop in various currencies and facilitates checkout via PayPal and the Braintree Payment API. IMPORTANT: The Braintree Payment API used in this application requires you to have a website where you can upload files so you can authenticate transactions.
• A Music application that allows the user to manage their music library and play songs from their device.

If you are excited to learn how to create modern Android applications then this is the book for you. After reading this book, you will know how to build applications from a wide range of categories and incorporate cutting-edge techniques to make your applications stand out from the crowd. Furthermore, the book includes free bonus chapters on how to debug applications, test applications on real and virtual devices, and deploy applications to the Google Play store so they can be enjoyed by people all over the world.