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1. Introduction
   
   
2. Setting Up and Android Studio Development Environment
   
   
3. A guided Tour of the Android Studio User Interface
   
   
4. Creating an Android Virtual Device (AVD) in Android Studio
   
   
5. Using and Configuring the Android Studio AVD Emulator
   
   
6. Testing Android Studio Apps on a Physical Android Device
   
   
7. The Basics of the Android Studio Code Editor
   
   
8. An Overview of the Android Architecture
   
   
9. The Anatomy of a Kotlin Android Application
   
   
10. Creating an Example Kotlin Android App in Android Studio
    
    
11. An Introduction to Kotlin
    
    
12. Kotlin Data Types, Variables and Nullability
    
    
13. Kotlin Operators and Expressions
    
    
14. Kotlin Flow Control
    
    
15. An Overview of Kotlin Functions and Lambdas
    
    
16. The Basics of Object Oriented Programming in Kotlin
    
    
17. An Introduction to Kotlin Inheritance and Subclassing
    
    
18. Understanding Android Application and Activity Lifecycles
    
    
19. Handling Android Activity State Changes
    
    
20. Android Activity State Changes by Example
    
    
21. Saving and Restoring the State of an Android Activity
    
    
22. Understanding Android Views, View Groups and Layouts
    
    
23. A Guide to the Android Studio Layout Editor Tool
    
    
24. A Guide to the Android ConstraintLayout
    
    
25. A Guide to using ConstraintLayout in Android Studio
    
    
26. Working with ConstraintLayout Chains and Ratios in Android Studio
    
    
27. An Android Studio Layout Editor ConstraintLayout Tutorial
    
    
28. Manual XML Layout Design in Android Studio
    
    
29. Kotlin - Managing Constraints using Constraint Sets
    
    
30. A Kotlin Android ConstraintSet Tutorial
    
    
31. A Guide to using Instant Run in Android Studio
    
    
32. Android Event Handling in Kotlin
    
    
33. Android Touch and Multi-touch Event Handling
    
    
34. Detecting Common Gestures using the Android Gesture Detector Class
    
    
35. Implementing Custom Gesture and Pinch Recognition on Android
    
    
36. An Introduction to Kotlin Android Fragments
    
    
37. Using Fragments in Android Studio - A Kotlin Example
    
    
38. Creating and Managing Overflow Menus on Android with Kotlin
    
    
39. Animating User Interfaces with the Android Transitions Framework
    
    
40. A Kotlin Android Transition Tutorial using beginDelayedTransition
    
    
41. A Kotlin Android Scene Transitions Tutorial
    
    
42. Working with the Floating Action Button and Snackbar
    
    
43. Creating a Tabbed Interface using the TabLayout Component
    
    
44. Working with the RecyclerView and CardView Widgets
    
    
45. A Kotlin Android RecyclerView and CardView Tutorial
    
    
46. Working with the AppBar and Collapsing Toolbar Layouts
    
    
47. Implementing an Android Navigation Drawer in Kotlin
    
    
48. A Kotlin Android Studio Master/Detail Flow Tutorial
    
    
49. An Overview of Android Intents in Kotlin
    
    
50. Android Explicit Intents – A Kotlin Example
    
    
51. Android Implicit Intents – A Kotlin Example
    
    
52. Kotlin Android Broadcast Intents and Broadcast Receivers
    
    
53. Kotlin Threads and AsyncTasks
    
    
54. Kotlin Android Started and Bound Services
    
    
55. Android Started Service – A Kotlin Example
    
    
56. Android Local Bound Services – A Kotlin Example