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Android Development Essential Training: Create Your First App with David Gassner

Learn how to create a simple Android app built with the Andoid SDK and Kotlin. This course is the first in a series designed to help beginners master the fundamental tools for building Android apps.

2h 8m • COURSE

Android Studio Essential Training with David Gassner

Want to develop Android apps? You need Android Studio. Learn how to install Android Studio 3.1, set up your development environment, and start coding.

2h 28m • COURSE

Android Development Essential Training: Local Data Storage with David Gassner

Learn how to use the data management and presentation tools of the Android SDK. David Gassner demonstrates how to use shared preferences, JSON-formatted text files, and SQLite to manage data. He shows you how to customize data display and handle common events.

3h 56m • COURSE

Building Flexible Android Apps with the Fragments API with David Gassner

Create layouts for different screen sizes with the Android Fragments API. Learn to add and remove fragments with Java and XML and use fragments to dynamically choose layouts at runtime, store shared preferences, and more.

2h 26m • COURSE

Android App Development: Animations and Transitions with David Gassner

Learn how to use different animation techniques to create visually compelling animations and screen transitions for Android mobile apps.

1h 39m • COURSE

Building a Note-Taking App for Android with David Gassner

Create a complete note-taking app from scratch with Android Studio, and then watch companion courses in Windows and iOS to compare the app development workflows.

2h 38m • COURSE

Android App Development: RESTful Web Services with David Gassner

Take advantage of web services, integrations, and libraries to optimize how your Android app handles network connectivity, errors, data management, and more.

2h 49m • COURSE

Advanced Android Espresso Testing with Chiu-Ki Chan

Take an in-depth look at using the Android Espresso library to write repeatable Android UI tests. Explore advanced topics including intents, hermetic test environment, and IdlingResource.

1h 37m • COURSE

Android Development Essential Training: Distributing Apps with Jon-Luke West

Get your new Android app to customers. Learn how to package and distribute Android apps on Google Play and the Amazon Appstore.

1h 33m • COURSE

Android Development Essential Training: App Architecture with David Gassner

Learn Kotlin, lifecycles, navigation management, and other Android architecture recommendations to build high-quality Android applications.

1h 59m • COURSE

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