Android Programming for Beginners : Learn Android, Kotlin and Jetpack from Scratch and Turbocharge Progress with AI.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Horton, John.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kotlin (Computer program language).

Programming languages (Electronic computers).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (676 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Birmingham : Packt Publishing, Limited, 2026.

Summary:

Learn Android app development from scratch with Kotlin and Jetpack Compose.Build 35+ hands-on apps, games, and database projects while mastering modern Android Studio workflows and Kotlin fundamentals.

Contents:

Intro

Android Programming for Beginners

Fourth Edition

Learn Android, Kotlin &amp

Jetpack from scratch and Turbocharge progress with AI

Contributors

About the author

About the reviewers

Table of Contents

Preface

Who this book is for

Android

Android Studio

Kotlin &amp

Jetpack (and Java)

This is going to be easier than with Java, right?

This book and AI

The "lazy coder" myth

The crux of the AI coverage in this book

What this book covers

To get the most out of this book

Download the example code files

Get the code bundle

Download the color images

Conventions used

Get in touch

Free benefits with your book

How to unlock

Share your thoughts

Part 1

Jetpack Compose Basics

1

Installing Android Studio &amp

Building an App

Technical requirements

Installing Android Studio, Kotlin, and the device emulator

Building our first app

Previewing our first app

Improving your development environment

Using the AVD and our first app

The Code

GitHub and downloading the code

Summary

FAQ

2

Building More Apps: Comments, Logging, Lifecycle &amp

Interactivity

Using code comments

Printing text and data

Creating the logging demo app

**The structure of the demo app** (and most apps in this book)

Coding the logging demo app

The Android lifecycle

Android Lifecycle Demo app

Enter Your Name demo app

3

Variables, Types, &amp

Operators

Mutable Vs Immutable

Introducing Types

The types demo app

Mathematical Operators

More advanced operators

More Kotlin numeric types

Unsigned types

Type inference

Default types

Learning String &amp

Char

String templates.

Escape sequences

Raw Strings

Understanding Boolean types

We need to talk about val and constness

Converting between types

4

Controlling the Flow of Your Program with if and else

if and else

Conditional operators

Using if and else with conditional operators

Testing for equality with ==

Testing for inequality with !=

Testing for greater or lesser values with &gt

and &lt

Shorthand with if and else

Logical operators

Using if and else with logical operators

Using the AND operator

Using the AND operator with multiple conditions

Using the OR operator

Using the NOT operator

Using if and else with conditional expressions

Assigning the value of a conditional expression to a Boolean

Using conditional expressions for tidy flow

Building a control flow demo app

Explaining the control flow demo code

5

Ranges &amp

When

Ranges

The in operator

The downTo function

The until function

LazyColumn

Ranges demo app with LazyColumn

Explaining the Ranges Demo App

When statements

The when demo app

Explaining the When Demo App code

6

Iteration

while loops

do-while loops

For loops (and revisiting Ranges)

Controlling loops with break, continue, and label

Break

Continue

Labels

Repeat

Iteration demo app

Optional AI Exercise: Guess the Output (Loops Challenge)

7

Functions

Simple functions

Composable functions

Functions demo app

Vibe coding improvements to the Function Basics app

More function basics

TODO in functions

Default/optional parameters

Single expression syntax and the return keyword

Named function arguments.

Function overloading

8

Jetpack, Composable Functions &amp

Revisiting Hello World

Jetpack: the Compose compiler, runtime &amp

functions

Basic Jetpack

Step 1: A "Real" Hello World

Step 2: A "Real" Hello World

Step 3: A "Real" Hello World

Step 4: A "Real" Hello World

Scaffold

Step 5: A "Real" Hello World

Step 6: A "Real" Hello World

Step 7: A "Real" Hello World

The syntax of the Greeting function

The syntax of the Greeting call

Generating images for teaching using AI

9

@Preview and Remember

Material Design

Exploring @Preview

Button (and a bit more Text)

Image

How does Android Remember

Building a Remember Button demo app

Improving the code

AI code generation experiment

Part 2

Data Structures, Kotlin Fundamentals &amp

More Advanced UIs

10

Handling Data with a List &amp

Inputting Data with a TextField

What is a List?

We can put anything in a List

Reading the contents of a List

Accessing data in a List

Accessing a List more safely

Revisiting more ways to add and remove from a List

More ways to modify a List

Loops with List

List Demo App

TextField-to-list app

FAQs

11

Handling Data with Set

Basic sets

Adding and removing from sets

Testing the contents of sets

Reading the contents of a set

More set-related functions

More on set ordering and an introduction to interfaces

Set Demo app

12

Handling Data with Map

Basic maps

Adding data to a map

Removing data

Accessing data in a map

Map demo app: Building a price list

Explaining the price list code.

Interactive, AI-scored Kotlin, collections test

13

Lambdas

All about Lambdas

What is a lambda, and why do we use them?

Coding a basic lambda

Mutability and lambdas

Passing lambdas around in our code

More lambda syntax

Lambdas and scope

The it parameter

Nesting Lambdas

Using the it parameter in nested lambdas

Adding a cumulative hint mode to AI-generated tests

14

Kotlin, Java &amp

Nullable

What is Null?

The Java Null problem

The Kotlin Nullable type

Using Nullable Types

The Elvis Operator

A simple if statement

Using let and run to do a Safe Call

Not Null Assertion

Functions and Nullable

Nullable Demo App

A professional example of handling null

AI Adaptive Difficulty quiz

15

Scope Functions &amp

Advanced Collections

What are scope functions?

apply

let

run

with

also

takeIf

Advanced Collections &amp

lambdas

Using the filter collection function (with the it parameter)

Using the this parameter with lambdas, a list, and apply

Using toSet

Using toList

Chaining lambdas with lists and filter

Shuffled

AI mixed format quiz

16

Advanced Layouts: FAB, Box, Card &amp

Chip

FAB Demo app (and Divider)

A Profile card using Box and Card Layout

Understanding the Profile card (using Box) code

The Card section of the code

The Text section of the code

The Image section of the code

Chip Layout

Understanding the chip layout code

The FilterChip section

The selectedOption section

Vibe coding some changes to a demo app

17

Regular Expressions &amp

The Calculator app

Technical requirements.

Regular Expressions

Calculator app

Explaining the Calculator code

Vibe coding improvements to the calculator app

Part 3

Object-Oriented Programming &amp

Building More Advanced Apps

18

An Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming

Encapsulation

Polymorphism

Inheritance

Why is it like this?

Class recap

Coding a class

Properties &amp

initialization

Getters and Setters

Getters with var properties

Getters with val properties

Custom Setters

The improved Track class

Android MediaPlayer

Playing a sound file (and classes) demo app

What can we do with objects of our classes?

19

Class Functions, Constructors &amp

Visibility Modifiers

Class Functions

Constructors

Primary constructors

Secondary constructors

We need to talk about this

Using the Meeting class

Init blocks

Visibility modifiers

Public

Private

Protected

Internal

Visibility modifiers summary

Building a piano (and classes) demo app

20

Inheritance, Polymorphism &amp

Abstract Classes

Using inheritance with open classes

Basic inheritance examples

Overriding functions

Why Inheritance

Abstract classes and functions

Referential equality and inequality

21

App Navigation, Data classes, &amp

Starting the Multi-Screen App

NavController

Data classes

Introducing Celeb Book

Building Celeb Book

Coding the Contact class

Coding the ContactViewModel

Coding the Contact List screen

Coding the Edit Contact screen

Coding the MainActivity class

Running the Celeb Book app

22

Interfaces, Companion objects, Databases, Git &amp.

Finishing the Multi-Screen App.

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Other Format:

Print version: Horton, John Android Programming for Beginners

ISBN:

9781806698424

OCLC:

1607918606