ThepopularityofKotlinasanAndroid-compatiblelanguagekeepsgrowingeveryday.ThisbookwillhelpyoubuildyourownAndroidapplicationsusingKotlin.AndroidStudio3.6DevelopmentEssentials–KotlinEditionfirstshowsyouhowtoinstallAndroiddevelopmentandtestenvironmentsondifferentoperatingsystems.Next,youwillcreateanAndroidappandavirtualdeviceinAndroidStudioandinstallanAndroidapplicationonanemulator.YouwilltestappsonemulatorsandonphysicalAndroiddevices.Next,you’llexplorethefeaturesofAndroidStudio3.6,Android10,andAndroidarchitecture.ThefocusthenshiftstotheKotlinlanguage.You’llbegivenanoverviewofKotlin,andpracticeconvertingcodefromJavatoKotlin.You’llalsoexploredatatypes,operators,expressions,loops,functions,andthebasicsofOOPinKotlin.ThebookwillthencoverAndroidJetpackandhowtocreateanexampleappprojectusingtheViewModelcomponent.You’llstudyadvancedtopicssuchasviewsandwidgetimplementation,multi-windowsupportintegration,andbiometricauthentication.Finally,youwilllearntouploadyourapptotheGooglePlayConsoleandhandlethebuildprocesswithGradle.Bytheendofthisbook,youwillhavegainedtheknowledgeandskillsrequiredtodeveloppowerfulAndroidapplicationsusingKotlin.