Android Development Tutorials and Courses

Android is the most popular smartphone OS in the world. Technically, it is a mobile operating system built on top of a modified version of the Linux kernel and some other open-source software. Android is designed specifically for smartphones and tablets.

There are 5 things that you must know before starting learning Android:

• • Android Activity Lifecycle
• • Fundamentals of a programming language (typically, Java and/or Kotlin)
• • OOP Concepts and Paradigm
• • XML
• • Development environment (IDE)

There can be different reasons for anyone for learning Android. Some good reasons are:

• • Enhance learning about mobile platforms and architecture
• • Great career perspective, one of the most-used technologies in the world
• • Grants the ability to create powerful, useful, creative applications

 You can learn Android from a mix/one of these resources:

• • Best Android books
• • Top Android certifications and courses
• • Online video lessons
• • YouTube channels
• • Web articles

These are some of the best books for learning Android:

• • Android Cookbook: Problems and Solutions for Android Developers by Ian Darwin
• • Android Application Development for Dummies by Donn Felker
• • Head First Android Development: A Brain-Friendly Guide by David Griffiths and Dawn Griffiths
• • Hello, Android: Introducing Google’s Mobile Development Platform by Ed Burnette

Despite the hype of web platforms and cross-platform technologies like Flutter and React Native, there will still be the need for native development for the Android platform. In fact, now it is better than ever to start learning Android development.

Android development supports a variety of programming languages, but two programming languages that are the most popular are:

i. Java – The old official language for Android development that is still the leading language option for Android development

ii. Kotlin – The newer, more modern, easy-to-learn official language for Android development

Android development primarily requires Java and Kotlin programming languages. However, Android app development is also possible with:

• • C++
• • C#
• • Corona
• • Python
• • HTML, CSS, and JavaScript