Android Studio Essential Training

Course details

Software developers who want to build Android apps need Android Studio—the official Google IDE. Android Studio is based on IntelliJ IDEA and contains the same great coding and debugging features plus lots of tools that are unique to Android development: layout editors, resource managers, virtual device support, and more. In this course, instructor David Gassner introduces Android Studio. He helps you set up your environment and your first project and provides handy shortcuts for writing and debugging code. David also shows how to add version control and share projects on GitHub, manage project dependencies, use activity and code templates, and work with Google’s preferred programming language for Android development, Kotlin. Lastly, he covers developing with Jetpack Compose, a new library that lets you build an app’s interface completely in Kotlin. By the end of the course, you should be able to use Android Studio to become a faster, even more efficient developer.

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Android Studio and IntelliJ IDEA
02 - What you should know
03 - What's new in this update

1. Getting Started

04 - Know your system requirements
05 - Install Android Studio
06 - Set up the Android SDK
07 - Manage Android Studio updates
08 - Update the Android SDK and tools
09 - Create an Android Studio project
10 - Explore a project's file structure
11 - Import sample apps

2. Get Ready to Develop Apps

12 - Configure Android Studio
13 - Update Intel HAXM software
14 - Create virtual devices for app testing
15 - Configure physical devices for testing
16 - Build and launch apps on Android devices

3. Use Software Version Control

17 - Connect Android Studio to a GitHub account
18 - Share an Android project on GitHub
19 - Commit and push source code changes
20 - Manage development branches with Git
21 - Clone a GitHub repository

4. Explore the User Interface

22 - Use Android Studio tool windows
23 - Use menus and toolbars
24 - Customize keyboard shortcuts
25 - Search for files and code

5. Manage Project Builds and Dependencies

26 - Add external libraries with dependencies
27 - Manage dependency version variables
28 - Explore the Project Structure dialog
29 - Build app bundles for Google Play
30 - Define and manage build variants

6. Create and Edit Code Files

31 - Create new Kotlin and Java code files
32 - Edit code files in the editor window
33 - Rename, move, and extract code
34 - Create and use live templates
35 - Edit layouts with design and text mode
36 - Convert Java code to Kotlin

7. Analyze and Debug Your Code

37 - Analyze and fix code problems
38 - Apply changes to running apps
39 - Filter and search logcat messages
40 - Use breakpoints and watch expressions
41 - Inspect an app's database contents
42 - Profile resource usage at runtime

8. Manage Image Files

43 - Create launcher icon
44 - Create vector image assets
45 - Animate objects with MotionLayout

9. Develop with Jetpack Compose

46 - Create an app with Jetpack Compose
47 - Explore sample Jetpack Compose apps

Conclusion

48 - Next steps