Android development with Kotlin : learn android application development with the extensive features of Kotlin / Marcin Moskala, Igor Wojda.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Moskala, Marcin, author.

Wojda, Igor, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Android (Electronic resource).

Application software--Development.

Application software.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (435 pages)

Edition:

1st edition

Other Title:

Learn Android application development with the extensive features of Kotlin

Place of Publication:

Birmingham, [England] ; Mumbai, [India] : Packt Publishing, 2017.

System Details:

text file

Biography/History:

Wojda Igor: Igor Wojda is an experienced engineer with over 11 years of experience in software development. His adventure with Android started a few years ago, and he is currently working as a senior Android developer in the healthcare industry. Igor has been deeply interested in Kotlin development long before the 1. 0 version was officially released, and he is an active member of the Kotlin community. He enjoys sharing his passion for coding with developers. To learn more about him, you can visit on Medium (@igorwojda) and follow him on Twitter (@igorwojda). Moskala Marcin: Marcin Moskala is an experienced Android developer who is always looking for ways to improve. He has been passionate about Kotlin since its early beta release. He writes articles for Trade press and speaks at programming conferences. Marcin is quite active in the programming and open source community and is also passionate about cognitive and data science. You can visit his website, or follow him on GitHub (MarcinMoskala) and on Twitter (@marcinmoskala).

Summary:

Learn how to make Android development much faster using a variety of Kotlin features, from basics to advanced, to write better quality code. About This Book Leverage specific features of Kotlin to ease Android application development Write code based on both object oriented and functional programming to build robust applications Filled with various practical examples so you can easily apply your knowledge to real world scenarios Identify the improved way of dealing with common Java patterns Who This Book Is For This book is for developers who have a basic understanding of Java language and have 6-12 months of experience with Android development and developers who feel comfortable with OOP concepts. What You Will Learn Run a Kotlin application and understand the integration with Android Studio Incorporate Kotlin into new/existing Android Java based project Learn about Kotlin type system to deal with null safety and immutability Define various types of classes and deal with properties Define collections and transform them in functional way Define extensions, new behaviours to existing libraries and Android framework classes Use generic type variance modifiers to define subtyping relationship between generic types Build a sample application In Detail Nowadays, improved application development does not just mean building better performing applications. It has become crucial to find improved ways of writing code. Kotlin is a language that helps developers build amazing Android applications easily and effectively. This book discusses Kotlin features in context of Android development. It demonstrates how common examples that are typical for Android development, can be simplified using Kotlin. It also shows all the benefits, improvements and new possibilities provided by this language. The book is divided in three modules that show the power of Kotlin and teach you how to use it properly. Each module present features in different levels of advancement. The first module covers Kotlin basics. This module will lay a firm foundation for the rest of the chapters so you are able to read and understand most of the Kotlin code. The next module dives deeper into the building blocks of Kotlin, such as functions, classes, and function types. You will learn how Kotlin brings many improvements to the table by improving common Java concepts and decreasing code verbosity. The last module presents features that are not present in Java. You will learn how certain task...

Contents:

Cover

Copyrights

Credits

About the Authors

About the Reviewers

www.PacktPub.com

Customer Feedback

Table of Contents

Preface

Chapter 1: Beginning Your Kotlin Adventure

Say hello to Kotlin

Awesome Kotlin examples

Dealing with Kotlin code

Kotlin Playground

Android Studio

Configuring Kotlin for the project

Using Kotlin in a new Android project

Java to Kotlin converter (J2K)

Alternative ways to run Kotlin code

Kotlin under the hood

The Kotlin standard library

More reasons to use Kotlin

Summary

Chapter 2: Laying a Foundation

Variables

Type inference

Strict null safety

Safe call

Elvis operator

Not-null assertion

The let function

Nullability and Java

Casts

Safe/unsafe cast operator

Smart casts

Type smart casts

Non-nullable smart cast

Primitive data types

Numbers

Char

Arrays

The Boolean type

Composite data types

Strings

String templates

Ranges

Collections

Statements versus expressions

Control flow

The if statement

The when expression

Loops

The for loop

The while loop

Other iterations

Break and continue

Exceptions

The try... catch block

Compile-time constants

Delegates

Chapter 3: Playing with Functions

Basic function declaration and usage

Parameters

Returning functions

Vararg parameter

Single-expression functions

Tail-recursive functions

Different ways of calling a function

Default argument values

Named arguments syntax

Top-level functions

Top-level functions under the hood

Local functions

Nothing return type

Chapter 4: Classes and Objects

Classes

Class declaration

Properties

Read-write versus read-only

Property access syntax between Kotlin and Java

Increment and decrement operators.

Custom getters/setters

The getter versus property default value

Late-initialized properties

Annotating properties

Inline properties

Constructors

Properties versus constructor parameters

Constructors with default arguments

Patterns

Inheritance

The JvmOverloads annotation

Interfaces

Data classes

The equals and hashCode methods

The toString method

The copy method

Destructing declarations

Operator overloading

Object declaration

Object expression

Companion objects

Companion object instantiation

Enum classes

Infix calls for named methods

Visibility modifiers

The internal modifier and Java bytecode

Sealed classes

Nested classes

Import aliases

Chapter 5: Functions as First-Class Citizens

Function types

What is function type under the hood?

Anonymous functions

Lambda expressions

The implicit name of a single parameter

Higher-order functions

Providing operations to functions

Observer (Listener) pattern

A callback after a threaded operation

Combination of named arguments and lambda expressions

The last lambda in an argument convention

Named code surrounding

Processing data structures using LINQ style

Java SAM support in Kotlin

Named Kotlin function types

Named parameters in function types

Type alias

Underscore for unused variables

Destructuring in lambda expressions

Inline functions

The noinline modifier

Non-local returns

Labeled returns in lambda expressions

Crossinline modifier

Function references

Chapter 6: Generics Are Your Friends

Generics

The need for generics

Type parameters versus type arguments

Generic constraints

Nullability

Variance

Variance modifiers

Use-site variance versus declaration-site variance.

Collection variance

Variance producer/consumer limitation

Invariant constructor

Type erasure

Reified type parameters

The startActivity method

Star-projections

Type parameter naming convention

Chapter 7: Extension Functions and Properties

Extension functions

Extension functions under the hood

No method overriding

Access to receiver elements

Extensions are resolved statically

Companion object extensions

Operator overloading using extension functions

Where should top-level extension functions be used?

Extension properties

Where should extension properties be used?

Member extension functions and properties

Types of receivers

Member extension functions and properties under the hood

Generic extension functions

Collection processing

The Kotlin collection type hierarchy

The map, filter, and flatMap functions

The forEach and onEach functions

The withIndex and indexed variants

The sum, count, min, max, and sorted functions

Other stream processing functions

Examples of stream collection processing

Sequence

Function literals with a receiver

Kotlin standard library functions

Using the apply function for initialization

The also function

The run and with functions

The to function

Domain-specific language

Anko

Chapter 8: Delegates

Class delegation

The Delegation pattern

Decorator pattern

Property delegation

What are delegated properties?

Predefined delegates

The lazy function

The notNull function

The observable delegate

The vetoable delegate

Property delegation to the Map type

Custom delegates

View binging

Preference binding

Providing a delegate

Chapter 9: Making Your Marvel Gallery Application

Marvel Gallery

How to use this chapter.

Making an empty project

Character gallery

View implementation

Network definition

Business logic implementation

Putting it all together

Character search

Character profile display

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed September 25, 2017).

OCLC:

1004746750