Android Development for Beginners (2025 edition)

Master the fundamentals of Android development, build your first real app, gain confidence to start your Android journey

What you'll learn
- Learn the fundamentals of building Android apps, so you can dive deeper
- Build a simple Android app which fetches data from server and displays it
- Take the first steps into the world of Android app development
- Gain confidence so that you can start building your own Android apps

Requirements
- Familiar with Object Oriented Programming
- Having some coding experience

Description
In this mini course, you’ll take the first steps into the world of Android app development.

Since the course is created in 2025, you’ll build a real app using amodern Android tech stackthat’s used in the industry today:

Kotlin– a modern, expressive, and concise programming language

Jetpack Compose– Android’s modern UI toolkit

Kotlin Coroutines– a powerful tool for handling asynchronous operations

Ktor– a lightweight HTTP client library

MVVM architecture– an architectural pattern that helps organize your code

What You’ll Build

In this course, you’ll build a simple, one-screen app that mimics the core behavior of an e-commerce app.

It fetchesreal product data from a serverand displays it in a clean, scrollable list — just like what you see in shopping apps. While the app is simple, it introduces powerful concepts like network requests, UI rendering, and clean architecture.

About your instructor

Hey! I’m Shayan.

Born in Iran, based in The Netherlands.I’ve been a software engineer since 2013, focusing mostly on Android development. Over the years, I’ve built apps of my own, contributed to apps loved by millions, and worked with all sorts of companies from tiny startups to big tech companies like eBay. Now, I’m sharing what I’ve learned with other developers to help them craft great Android apps!

Who this course is for:
- Software developers who want to learn Android development and build Android apps
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