Android Development Essential Training: 2 User Interface Design

Learn the essentials of Android app development. Find out how to build simple and responsive user interfaces using Kotlin and the Android SDK.

Introduction

• User interface design
• What you should know
• Using the exercise files

1. Using ViewGroup Components

• Position views with LinearLayout
• Manage positions with constraints
• Distribute views with constraint chains
• Display views programmatically
• Get view references with findViewById()
• Get view references with view binding
• Challenge: Get in line
• Solution: Get in line

2. Display and Collect Text

• Manage string values as resources
• Manage data entry with EditText
• Manage data entry with TextInputLayout
• Use string resources with placeholders
• Display Snackbar messages
• Challenge: Get to know you
• Solution: Get to know you

3. Display Images

• Display image resources
• Load image resources at runtime
• Reduce file size with WebP images
• Use XML-based VectorDrawable images
• Create icons in Android Studio
• Challenge: Load a network image
• Solution: Load a network image

4. Create Themes and Styles

• Define visual styles and themes
• Configure Material Design theme colors
• Define custom styles

Conclusion

• Next steps