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Table of Contents

1.1 Background and syntax
1.2 Variables and data types
1.3 Arithmetic
1.4 Conditionals
1.5 Loops
1.6 Functions
1.7 Lambdas
1.8 Classes and objects
1.9 More classes
1.10 References
1.11 Inheritance
1.12 Interfaces
1.13 Special classes and objects
1.14 Arrays
1.15 Collections
1.16 Exceptions
1.17 Packages and imports

2.1 Mobile app development
2.2 Android platforms and app construction
2.3 Android Studio and APKs
2.4 Emulators

3.1 Graduation RSVP app
3.2 String resources
3.3 Displaying images
3.4 Launcher icons
3.5 App manifest

4.1 Composables and modifiers
4.2 Compose layouts
4.3 Input components
4.4 Pizza Party app
4.5 Hoisting state
4.6 Debugging

5.1 Activity lifecycle
5.2 Pizza Party with ViewModel
5.3 Adaptive layouts
5.4 Themes
5.5 UI design

6.1 Lazy lists
6.2 To-Do List app
6.3 Swiping list items
6.4 App bars
6.5 Dialogs

7.1 Lazy grids
7.2 Pet Adoption app
7.3 Navigating screens
7.4 Route arguments
7.5 Starting other apps
7.6 Bottom navigation bar

8.1 Main and background threads
8.2 Coroutines
8.3 Side-effects
8.4 Countdown Timer app
8.5 WorkManager
8.6 Notifications
8.7 Flows

9.1 DataStore
9.2 App settings
9.3 Settings screen
9.4 Applying settings
9.5 Working with files
9.6 Saving to-do tasks

10.1 Study Helper app
10.2 Room persistence library
10.3 Room continued
10.4 Adding subjects
10.5 Deleting subjects
10.6 Showing questions
10.7 Adding questions
10.8 Editing and deleting questions

11.1 Third-party web APIs
11.2 Heart Cats app
11.3 Sending web API requests
11.4 Displaying downloaded images
11.5 Handling web API problems

A highly-interactive introduction to Mobile App Development

Mobile App Development with Android and Jetpack Compose covers user interface components, fragments, application resources and sensors, and other key topics.

  • Over 400 participation activities, including dynamic animations and question sets
  • Students can run Kotlin programs directly in the zyBook
  • Covers modern Android development to build six complete apps using Jetpack Compose
  • Includes recent changes to the Android platform, supporting Android Studio Koala and Android 15.0
  • Adopters have access to a test bank with over 250 questions

How this zyBooks works:

What is a zyBook?

Mobile App Development with Android and Jetpack Compose is a web-native, interactive zyBook that helps students visualize concepts to learn faster and more effectively than with a traditional textbook. (Check out our research.)

Since 2012, over 1,700 academic institutions have adopted digital zyBooks to transform their STEM education.

zyBooks benefit both students and instructors:

  • Instructor benefits
  • Customize your course by reorganizing existing content, or adding your own content
  • Continuous publication model updates your course with the latest content and technologies
  • Robust reporting gives you insight into students’ progress, reading and participation
  • Save time with auto-graded labs and challenge activities that seamlessly integrate with your LMS gradebook
  • Build quizzes and exams with hundreds of included test questions
  • Student benefits
  • Learning questions and other content serve as an interactive form of reading
  • Instant feedback on labs and homework
  • Concepts come to life through extensive animations embedded into the interactive content
  • Review learning content before exams with different questions and challenge activities
  • Save chapters as PDFs to reference the material at any time

Author

Frank McCown
Professor of Computer Science, Harding University

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