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Explore Jetpack components

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Explore Jetpack components

- [Instructor] Jetpack is a collection of libraries, tools, and guidance to help speed up Android development. Besides the adorable mascot, Jetpack was a welcome addition for Android developers who struggled with determining the recommended architectural approach to use for their apps. The components were developed to work together but it's up to you to choose the combination that's right for your project. Let's take a look at some of the most popular components. We can find those here on the Jetpack page of developer.android.com. And we'll scroll down to the section that starts to list out the Jetpack libraries. The first one we want to talk about is appcompat. This allows you to access new APIs on older API versions of the platform. That way, you can degrade gracefully on older versions of Android. The next one I want to point out is down here, the lifecycle. This will allow you to manage UI related data in a…

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