Millions of Android developers want to discover the potential of Google’s modern new Kotlin language, which brings state-of-the-art programming techniques and constructs to Android development for the first time. Kotlin for Android App Development is the fastest, most practical way to discover Kotlin, start using it in production app development, and integrate Kotlin code into existing Android apps. Expert Peter Somerhoff reveals why Kotlin is so expressive, concise, extensible, and powerful -- and why it’s a joy to read and write Kotlin code. Somerhoff combines a complete language overview, practical development techniques, and extensive working examples for jumpstarting your own projects. There’s no better way to discover, explore, and succeed with Kotlin.
Coverage includes:
- Why Kotlin is such an excellent fit for Android, and how it delivers advanced features “in the spirit of Android”
- How to leverage advanced Kotlin safety features such as nullability and immutability to build healthier, more performant apps
- How to make the most of cutting-edge features such as lambdas, type inference, try-with-resources, and coroutines
- How to incorporate Kotlin code in existing Java and C++ projects, leverage proven Android libraries in new Kotlin projects, and migrate existing projects to Kotlin
- Best practices and emerging patterns for write more robust, concise, readable Kotlin code