Google Finalizes Android Basics with Compose Course
- Paul Thurrott
- Feb 28, 2023
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Google announced that its online course for learning Android app development with Jetpack Compose is now complete. The course was originally announced last May.
“We are thrilled to announce that the full Android Basics with Compose course is now available,” Google’s Murat Yener writes in the announcement post. “Whether you’re a beginner with no programming experience, or a developer looking to learn Jetpack Compose and brush up on their Android development skills, it’s a great time to start learning.”
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This course teaches the fundamentals of using Kotlin, a modern programming language, with Jetpack Compose, Google’s native UI toolkit, to create apps for Android. The course is divided into 8 units, each of which includes hands-on exercises, quizzes, and open-ended projects to help you solidify your understanding of the content:
- Fundamentals of the Kotlin programming language
- Building basic user interfaces with Compose
- Working with data and state in Compose
- Using navigation to build apps with multiple screens
- Persisting data using Room and DataStore
- Fetching remote data and images
- Scheduling tasks with WorkManager
- Using Compose and Views side-by-side in the same app
Android Basics with Compose is available online for free and is self-paced. Google also offers a separate Jetpack Compose for Android Developers course for developers that are already familiar with Kotlin.