Kotlin / Android Studio Development Essentials

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Table of Contents

1. Introduction
   
2. Setting Up and Android Studio Development Environment
   
3. A guided Tour of the Android Studio User Interface
   
4. Creating an Android Virtual Device (AVD) in Android Studio
   
5. Using and Configuring the Android Studio AVD Emulator
   
6. Testing Android Studio Apps on a Physical Android Device
   
7. The Basics of the Android Studio Code Editor
   
8. An Overview of the Android Architecture
   
9. Creating an Example Kotlin Android App in Android Studio
10. An Introduction to Kotlin
    
11. Kotlin Data Types, Variables and Nullability
    
12. Kotlin Operators and Expressions
    
13. Kotlin Flow Control
    
14. An Overview of Kotlin Functions and Lambdas
    
15. The Basics of Object Oriented Programming in Kotlin
    
16. An Introduction to Kotlin Inheritance and Subclassing
    
17. Understanding Android Application and Activity Lifecycles