Revision as of 18:30, 30 November 2017

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Table of Contents

1. Introduction
   
   
2. Setting Up an Android Studio Development Environment
   
   
3. Creating an Example Kotlin Android App in Android Studio
   
   
4. A Guided Tour of the Android Studio User Interface
   
   
5. Creating an Android Virtual Device (AVD) in Android Studio
   
   
6. Using and Configuring the Android Studio AVD Emulator
   
   
7. Testing Android Studio Apps on a Physical Android Device
   
   
8. The Basics of the Android Studio Code Editor
   
   
9. An Overview of the Android Architecture
   
   
10. The Anatomy of a Kotlin Android Application
    
    
11. Creating an Example Kotlin Android App in Android Studio
    
    
12. An Introduction to Kotlin
    
    
13. Kotlin Data Types, Variables and Nullability
    
    
14. Kotlin Operators and Expressions
    
    
15. Kotlin Flow Control
    
    
16. An Overview of Kotlin Functions and Lambdas
    
    
17. The Basics of Object Oriented Programming in Kotlin
    
    
18. An Introduction to Kotlin Inheritance and Subclassing
    
    
19. Understanding Android Application and Activity Lifecycles
    
    
20. Handling Android Activity State Changes
    
    
21. Android Activity State Changes by Example
    
    
22. Saving and Restoring the State of an Android Activity
    
    
23. Understanding Android Views, View Groups and Layouts
    
    
24. A Guide to the Android Studio Layout Editor Tool
    
    
25. A Guide to the Android ConstraintLayout
    
    
26. A Guide to using ConstraintLayout in Android Studio
    
    
27. Working with ConstraintLayout Chains and Ratios in Android Studio
    
    
28. An Android Studio Layout Editor ConstraintLayout Tutorial
    
    
29. Manual XML Layout Design in Android Studio
    
    
30. Kotlin - Managing Constraints using Constraint Sets
    
    
31. A Kotlin Android ConstraintSet Tutorial
    
    
32. A Guide to using Instant Run in Android Studio
    
    
33. Android Event Handling in Kotlin
    
    
34. Android Touch and Multi-touch Event Handling
    
    
35. Detecting Common Gestures using the Android Gesture Detector Class
    
    
36. Implementing Custom Gesture and Pinch Recognition on Android
    
    
37. An Introduction to Kotlin Android Fragments
    
    
38. Using Fragments in Android Studio - A Kotlin Example
    
    
39. Creating and Managing Overflow Menus on Android with Kotlin
    
    
40. Animating User Interfaces with the Android Transitions Framework
    
    
41. A Kotlin Android Transition Tutorial using beginDelayedTransition
    
    
42. A Kotlin Android Scene Transitions Tutorial
    
    
43. Working with the Floating Action Button and Snackbar
    
    
44. Creating a Tabbed Interface using the TabLayout Component
    
    
45. Working with the RecyclerView and CardView Widgets
    
    
46. A Kotlin Android RecyclerView and CardView Tutorial
    
    
47. Working with the AppBar and Collapsing Toolbar Layouts
    
    
48. Implementing an Android Navigation Drawer in Kotlin
    
    
49. A Kotlin Android Studio Master/Detail Flow Tutorial
    
    
50. An Overview of Android Intents in Kotlin
    
    
51. Android Explicit Intents – A Kotlin Example
    
    
52. Android Implicit Intents – A Kotlin Example
    
    
53. Kotlin Android Broadcast Intents and Broadcast Receivers
    
    
54. Kotlin Threads and AsyncTasks
    
    
55. Kotlin Android Started and Bound Services
    
    
56. Android Started Service – A Kotlin Example
    
    
57. Android Local Bound Services – A Kotlin Example
    
    
58. Android Remote Bound Services – A Kotlin Example
    
    
59. An Android 8 Notifications Kotlin Tutorial
    
    
60. A Kotlin Android Direct Reply Notification Tutorial
    
    
61. An Introduction to Android Multi-Window Support
    
    
62. A Kotlin Android Multi-Window Split-Screen and Freeform Tutorial
    
    
63. An Overview of Android SQLite Databases
    
    
64. A Kotlin Android TableLayout and TableRow Tutorial
    
    
65. A Kotlin Android SQLite Database Tutorial
    
    
66. Understanding Android Content Providers
    
    
67. A Kotlin Android Content Provider Tutorial
    
    
68. Accessing Cloud Storage using the Android Storage Access Framework
    
    
69. A Kotlin Android Storage Access Framework Example
    
    
70. Kotlin Android Video Playback using the VideoView and MediaController Classes
    
    
71. Android Picture-in-Picture Mode using Kotlin
    
    
72. A Kotlin Android Picture-in-Picture Tutorial
    
    
73. Video Recording and Image Capture on Android using Camera Intents
    
    
74. Making Runtime Permission Requests in Android
    
    
75. Android Audio Recording and Playback using MediaPlayer and MediaRecorder
    
    
76. Working with the Google Maps Android API in Android Studio
    
    
77. Printing with the Android Printing Framework
    
    
78. A Kotlin Android HTML and Web Content Printing Example
    
    
79. A Kotlin Guide to Android Custom Document Printing
    
    
80. An Introduction to Android App Links in Kotlin
    
    
81. A Kotlin Android Studio App Links Tutorial
    
    
82. An Introduction to Android Instant Apps
    
    
83. A Kotlin Android Instant App Tutorial
    
    
84. Adapting an Android Studio Project for Instants Apps
    
    
85. A Guide to the Android Studio Profiler
    
    
86. A Kotlin Android Fingerprint Authentication Tutorial
    
    
87. Handling Different Android Devices and Displays in Kotlin
    
    
88. Signing and Preparing an Android App for Release