App Components
This part provides you with tools to develop dynamic Android apps. It starts by teaching you how to make network requests and display images from remote URLs. It then demonstrates how to present users with lists of items and explains how to make these lists interactive. Moving on, you will learn about the permission system in Android and use your newly acquired knowledge to implement an interactive map. Finally, you will be exposed to the tools provided by Android for performing background tasks, even when the app is not visible to the user.
This part of the book includes the following chapters:
- Chapter 5, Essential Libraries – Ktor, Kotlin Serialization, and Coil
- Chapter 6, Building Lists with Jetpack Compose
- Chapter 7, Android Permissions and Google Maps
- Chapter 8, Services, WorkManager, and Notifications
