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Building an Android App with Jetpack Libraries

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Overview

Speed up your development workflow with Android Jetpack. Learn how to use Jetpack libraries to build Android apps faster and more efficiently.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Explore the Android Jetpack libraries
  • What you should know
  • Install the finished app from Google Play
1. Getting Started
  • The history of Plain Ol' Notes
  • Configure Android Studio for this app
  • Clone the exercise files repo from GitHub
  • Create a launcher icon
  • Create other required graphics
2. Display a List of Data Objects
  • Add a navigation controller to the activity
  • Add a RecyclerView to the main fragment
  • Create a custom layout for list rows
  • Create a data entity class
  • Create sample data for testing
  • Create a RecyclerView adapter
  • Bind data to the RecyclerView
3. Create an Editor Screen
  • Add a second fragment to edit notes
  • Handle a click event on a list item
  • Pass selected data to a fragment
  • Navigate up to a previous destination
4. Manage Data Persistence with Room
  • Turn a data class into a Room entity
  • Implement database operations in a DAO
  • Create a custom type converter
  • Define an SQLite database with Room
  • Create a unit test for database logic
  • Challenge: Add another unit test for database logic
  • Solution: Add another unit test for database logic
5. Manage Data and Business Logic
  • Add an options menu to the main fragment
  • Add sample notes to the database
  • Support selecting RecyclerView items
  • Delete selected notes from the database
  • Challenge: Support deleting all notes
  • Solution: Support deleting all notes
6. Edit and Update Notes
  • Display a selected note in the editor fragment
  • Edit existing notes
  • Create new notes
  • Maintain editor state through configuration changes
  • Maintain note selections through configuration changes
Conclusion
  • Next steps

Taught by

David Gassner

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