Android Development: Tips for Beginners
Hi! I am Siddhant Singh, And I have been developing Android Apps for quite a bit now. Becoming an Android developer is straightforward, but becoming a successful Android developer takes tons of diligence to become great at this job.
Right now, there are 2.7 billion smartphone users across the world, 90% of users are android users, so it is a very easy way to reach billions of people with a single android app but, since there are millions of android app present on Google Play Store, the idea of your app should be unique, creative and easy to use so that people will attract towards it.
Let us discuss some more stats so that you can decide:
There are around 3 million apps available on Google Play Store
1. Around 65% of all digital media users are from a smartphone
2. Experts have predicted that there will a 30% — 35% increase in global app downloads by 2025.
3. Mobile apps have generated around $200 billion in revenue in 2020.2. Around 65% of all digital media users are from a smartphone
With the growing number of users who are coming online via smartphones, Android apps provide an opportunity to connect with a large number of potential consumers.
Now I will share 6 tips and tricks which might help you to become a better android developer.
1. Android Studio: is the official integrated development environment for Google’s Android operating system, built on JetBrains’ IntelliJ IDEA software and designed specifically for Android development. If you want to become better at android development you need to become more familiar with the Android Studio and Android SDK tools.
Here is an article that will help to master the basics of android studio.
2.Simple UI: If you want to become a better Android developer you should learn how to design a simple UI for your android app. A simple UI design contributes to a positive user experience and minimizes occurrences of errors, doubts, and unwanted actions in the navigation process.
3.Read Code: If you want to grow as an android developer start reading codes written by more experienced developers than you So, that you can learn the naming convention and write clean codes. Also, try to learn some keyboard shortcuts which will help you to reduce your development time and help you to move to the mouse-less workflow (Trust Me!).
4.Low-End Devices: If you want your app to flawlessly on every device always try to develop and test your apps on low-end devices. This will help you to find a lot of flaws in your app which you didn’t know about before. Also always try to test your android app on every android version out there so that you can optimize your app.
5.Keep Learning: One can’t learn android development end to end, the more you keep on learning, the more you understand how much you don’t know. Keep learning things that you really require to work on your app and then slowly keep expanding your horizon.
6.Learn Kotlin for Development: Since the announcement about support for Kotlin language at Google I/O 2017, the Interest of developer in the language have skyrocketed. Kotlin Application Deployment is faster to compile, lightweight, and prevents applications from increasing size. Any chunk of code written in Kotlin is much smaller compared to Java, as it is less verbose and less code means fewer bugs.
How to follow along with DSC’s Android Study Jams.
Android Study Jams are community-organized study groups for people to learn how to build Android apps in the Kotlin programming language, using a curriculum provided by Google.
There are two tracks available:
1. New to Programming Track — This track is for people who are new to programming, follows the Android Basics in Kotlin course.
2. Prior Programming Experience Track — This track is for people who already have programming experience, follows the Android Kotlin Fundamentals course. Also includes a pre-work section using Kotlin from JetBrains for those who are new to Kotlin.
If you want some advice from me, I would suggest that you start from Track 1, So that you can grasp the concepts of the OOPS (Object-oriented programming). Trust me, it will help you to become a better Android Developer.
In the end, I hope these tips will help you to become a better Android Developer. Happy Coding!
Siddhant Singh
Android Lead
DSC VIT Bhopal
