In this purely theoretical course, you'll be introduced to the concepts around building applications for the Android OS. You'll learn about the different pieces that come together to form an Android app, from IDEs to source and static resource files.

• The best way to learn Android application development is to get

• hands-on practice. In this course, you'll learn how to create a
• simple app and go through all the steps involved to create the
• project. You'll then examine how to define the appearance and logic
• of the app, as well as how to deploy and test it on a virtual
• device emulator.

A good design for the screens in your Android app is crucial for good user experience. In this course, you'll learn about the pieces that go into defining the layouts for your app, how they can be structured, and how common components can be re-used.

In this course, you'll focus on defining the business logic of an Android application using the Kotlin language. You'll learn how to implement inheritance, convey messages between activities, and use imported libraries to retrieve and parse JSON data.

In this course, you'll learn how to introduce authentication and a database into your Android application. You'll discover how to integrate an app with Google's Firebase platform, with focus on its authentication service and real-time database.

In this course, you'll be introduced to testing for an Android app. You'll learn about basic unit testing and functional tests that need to be performed on a virtual device. You'll also examine the role of the Espresso Framework in simplifying the coding of UI tests by recording your actions on an emulator.