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How to be an Android Developer

A few months ago some statistics show that the number of Android mobile user crosses the limit of 50 percent of the global smartphone market, becoming a Number 1 choice for the consumer. Around 800,000 mobile devices activated on a daily basis. Moreover, the reliability of using Android Mobile phones increasing exponentially day by day with ease and completeness. Android developers build a huge impact in the IT industry and leaving web developers behind in earning and success too. Mostly business required mobile app just because that public prefer to use Mobile phone application rather than to open a browser and stuck with loading time with below-average UI design and animation provided by Android Studio IDE.

Here is all you need to start your journey as an Android Developer:

Prerequisite :

ü  Core and OOP level knowledge of Java.
ü  Android Studio IDE.
ü  Android Mobile Device (Preferable).
ü  4 GB of RAM at least.
ü  10 GB HDD space.

Become a Market Competitive Android App Developer

Getting started with Mobile Application Development:

1.       DOWNLOAD AND SETUP ANDROID STUDIO IDE:

All you need to do is download Android Studio IDE from <link>, follow instructions and set up a development environment with proper JDK installation. It may take a few minutes and boom you are ready to go.

2.       RUNNING HELLO WORLD:

It is time to run Hello World Application, which is done by Android Studio for you. Press run button at menu bar having the  logo of play button then configure Android Virtual Device or connect USB with your  Mobile phone. Now start and run

3.       WHERE TO START?

Start learning about these topics and search on google with proper names:

ü  Android Activity and its lifecycle.
ü  Fragment and its lifecycle
ü  Inter and Intra communication between activities
ü  Activity Transition (Animation)
ü  View Group and Views in android.
ü  Project Structure.
ü  Android Manifest file.
ü  Explore UI element and try different layouts
ü  Learn about intent how they work and its type.
ü  Android application process
ü  Android application all 4 components
ü  Activity vs Service vs Content Delivery vs Broadcast Receiver

After exploring these basic topics, all you need to do to work with backend system like Firebase here are some topics you can explore and try to learn each of these in-depth

ü  Efficient use of firebase backend with JSON loading.
ü  Start working with 3rd party APIs like Retrofit and Volley.
ü  Load Json feed into UI/UX element
ü  Focus on multiple screen support
ü  Multithreading, Asynctask, and difference among them.
ü  Rx android, Swagger and Dagger exploration.

A detailed explanation of each and every mentioned above topics will be described soon!






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