Thriving in Android Development Using Kotlin
Programming
Book Details
Book Title
Thriving in Android Development Using Kotlin
Author
Gema Socorro RodrĂguez
Publisher
Packt Publishing Pvt Ltd
Publication Date
2024
ISBN
9781837634934
Number of Pages
372
Language
English
Format
File Size
7.2MB
Subject
MOBIle development
Table of Contents
- Thriving in Android Development Using Kotlin
- Contributors
- About the author
- About the reviewer
- Preface
- Part 1: Creating WhatsPackt, a Messaging App
- Chapter 1: Building the UI for Your Messaging App
- Technical requirements
- Defining the app structure and navigation
- Building the main screen
- Creating the conversations list
- Building the messages list
- Summary
- Chapter 2: Setting Up WhatsPackt’s Messaging Abilities
- Technical requirements
- Using a WebSocket connection
- Receiving messages in our ViewModel
- Handling synchronization and errors
- Adding push notifications
- Replacing the Websocket with Firestore
- Summary
- Chapter 3: Backing Up Your WhatsPackt Messages
- Technical requirements
- Understanding Room
- Implementing Room in WhatsPackt
- Getting to know Firebase Storage
- Scheduling WorkManager to send backups
- Using Amazon S3 for storage
- Summary
- Part 2: Creating Packtagram, a Photo Media App
- Chapter 4: Building the Packtagram UI
- Technical requirements
- Setting up Packtagram’s modules and dependencies
- Creating the stories screen
- Creating the newsfeed screen and its components
- Using Retrofit and Moshi to retrieve newsfeed information
- Implementing pagination in the newsfeed
- Summary
- Chapter 5: Creating a Photo Editor Using CameraX
- Technical requirements
- Getting to know CameraX
- Integrating CameraX into our Packtagram app
- Adding photo-editing functionalities
- Using ML to categorize photos and generate hashtags
- Summary
- Chapter 6: Adding Video and Editing Functionality to Packtagram
- Technical requirements
- Adding video functionality to our app
- Getting to know FFmpeg
- Adding a caption to the video with FFmpeg
- Adding a filter to a video with FFmpeg
- Uploading the video
- Summary
- Part 3: Creating Packtflix, a Video Media App
- Chapter 7: Starting a Video Streaming App and Adding Authentication
- Technical requirements
- Creating the app’s structure and modules
- Building the login screen
- Authenticating the app’s users
- Creating your movie list
- Making the movie and series detail screen
- Summary
- Chapter 8: Adding Media Playback to Packtflix with ExoPlayer
- Technical requirements
- Reviewing Android’s media options
- Understanding the basics of ExoPlayer
- Creating the video playback user interface
- Playing video using ExoPlayer
- Adding subtitles to the video player
- Summary
- Chapter 9: Extending Video Playback in Your Packtflix App
- Technical requirements
- Getting to know the PiP API
- Using PiP to continue playback in the background
- Getting to know MediaRouter
- Connecting to Google Chromecast devices
- Summary
- Index
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