Learn Android Studio 3 with Kotlin : Efficient Android App Development Part 1 The Kotlin Language Chapter 1: Getting Into Kotlin Chapter 2: Getting Started Chapter 3: Functions Chapter 4: Types Chapter 5: Higher Order Functions and Lambdas Chapter 6 : Collections Chapter 7 : Generic support Part 2: Android Programming with Kotlin Chapter 8: Introduction to Android Chapter 9: Getting started Chapter 10: Activities and Layouts Chapter 11: Event Handling Chapter 12: Intents Chapter 13: UI Elements Chapter 14: Fragments Chapter 15: Running in the background Chapter 16: Debugging Chapter 17: Shared Preferences Chapter 18: Internal Storage Chapter 19: Broadcast Receivers Chapter 20: App Distribution Build Android apps using the popular and efficient Android Studio 3 suite of tools an integrated development environment (IDE) with which Android developers can now use the Kotlin programming language. With this book you’ll learn the latest and most productive tools in the Android tools ecosystem ensuring quick Android app development and minimal effort on your part. Along the way you’ll use Android Studio to develop apps tier by tier through practical examples. These examples cover core Android topics such as Activities Intents BroadcastReceivers Services and AsyncTask. Then you’ll learn how to publish your apps and sell them online and in the Google Play store. You will: Use Android Studio 3 to quickly and confidently build your first Android apps Build an Android user interface using activities and layouts event handling images menus and the action bar Incorporate new elements including fragments Learn how data is persisted Use Kotlin to build apps