Create the User Interface in Android Studio

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Create the User Interface in Android Studio

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5 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

155 reviews

Intermediate level

Recommended experience

Flexible schedule

4 weeks at 10 hours a week

Learn at your own pace

92%

Most learners liked this course

What you'll learn

Use UI component libraries to build Android UI
Compose UI using Kotlin UI views
Build a simple UI using the Layout Editor
Create a simple Android UI

Skills you'll gain

Category: Mobile Development
Category: Responsive Web Design
Category: Event-Driven Programming
Category: Animations
Category: User Interface (UI)
Category: Cross Platform Development
Category: User Interface (UI) Design
Category: Android Development

Tools you'll learn

Category: Kotlin
Category: Android Studio
Category: UI Components
Category: Android Jetpack

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There are 5 modules in this course

This is a beginner course for learners who would like to prepare themselves for a career in Android development. To succeed in this course, you should understand the basics of Kotlin and cross-platform development for mobile applications.

The course introduces you to creating a User Interface (UI) in Android Studio on a foundational level. You will learn about the fundamentals that will enable you to build meaningful and functional user interfaces for Android using Android Studio and Kotlin. By the end of this course, you will be able to: • Identify different approaches for building UI with Kotlin and build a basic UI. • You will learn about Jetpack compose, describe how composables are decorated with modifiers, how to handle state management and how to better lay out composables based on Material Design guidelines. • You will also learn how to apply themes, custom styles and animations to develop an attractive UI.

Introduce different approaches for building UI with Kotlin and build a basic UI with the Interface Builder.

What's included

14 videos15 readings5 assignments

14 videosTotal 77 minutes

Introduction to the course5 minutes
How is mobile UI built?6 minutes
Unique challenges for Android UI4 minutes
Setting up Android Studio2 minutes
What is an Activity?5 minutes
Defining an activity6 minutes
Views and Layouts9 minutes
Layouts and Views in Kotlin9 minutes
The activity lifecycle6 minutes
Introduction to Jetpack Compose5 minutes
UI with Composable functions6 minutes
Layouts in Compose6 minutes
Building UI with Composables5 minutes
Module summary: Basic UI creation in Android3 minutes

15 readingsTotal 315 minutes

Course syllabus15 minutes
How to be successful in this course10 minutes
Additional resources5 minutes
UI representation in XML30 minutes
Layout Editor30 minutes
Additional resources5 minutes
Using Views and XML: the downside30 minutes
The @Composable annotation30 minutes
Previewing30 minutes
Exercise: A basic UI with Compose30 minutes
Solution: A basic UI with Compose30 minutes
Additional resources5 minutes
Exercise: Defining login screen with Compose30 minutes
Solution: Defining a login screen with Compose30 minutes
Additional resources5 minutes

5 assignmentsTotal 98 minutes

Knowledge check: Activities and Views15 minutes
Self-review: A basic UI with Compose9 minutes
Knowledge check: Introduction to Composable UI15 minutes
Self-review: Defining a login screen with Compose9 minutes
Basic UI creation in Android50 minutes

Discover Jetpack in more depth and understand how composables are decorated with modifiers, how it handles state management, and how to better lay out composables based on Material Design guidelines

What's included

13 videos12 readings6 assignments

13 videosTotal 72 minutes

Modifiers5 minutes
Styling with modifiers6 minutes
Modifiers with layouts4 minutes
Event handling and callbacks6 minutes
What is a state?4 minutes
Declaring state6 minutes
Recomposition6 minutes
Saving and Restoring State4 minutes
Stateful vs stateless composables6 minutes
Scaffold5 minutes
Material components7 minutes
Scaffold state7 minutes
Module summary: Building UI with Jetpack Compose7 minutes

12 readingsTotal 258 minutes

Event types and modifiers30 minutes
Exercise: Add events and styling30 minutes
Solution: Add events and styling30 minutes
Additional resources5 minutes
Surviving configuration changes3 minutes
Exercise: Managing state in Compose30 minutes
Solution: Managing state in Compose30 minutes
Additional resources5 minutes
More scaffolds30 minutes
Exercise: Building a responsive layout30 minutes
Solution: Building a responsive layout30 minutes
Additional resources5 minutes

6 assignmentsTotal 107 minutes

Self-review: Add events and styling9 minutes
Knowledge check: Modifiers and Interactivity15 minutes
Self-review: Managing state in Compose9 minutes
Knowledge check: Managing state15 minutes
Self-review: Building a responsive layout9 minutes
Building UI with Jetpack Compose50 minutes

Get started building interfaces that consist of multiple screen and extend beyond visible screen area using Jetpack.

What's included

10 videos14 readings7 assignments

10 videosTotal 57 minutes

The Navigation component6 minutes
Navigation in Compose7 minutes
NavHost & Nav Controller9 minutes
Tabbed Navigation8 minutes
Defining a list6 minutes
Defining a grid5 minutes
What are lazy layouts?4 minutes
Defining lazy lists6 minutes
Defining lazy grid4 minutes
Module summary: Advanced UI with Jetpack Compose2 minutes

14 readingsTotal 293 minutes

Navigation Examples30 minutes
Exercise: Create a navigation in Compose30 minutes
Solution: Create a navigation in Compose30 minutes
Exercise: Create tabbed navigation with JetPack30 minutes
Solution: Create tabbed navigation with JetPack30 minutes
Additional resources5 minutes
Using scroll and scrollable modifiers5 minutes
Exercise: Create a scrollable gallery30 minutes
Solution: Create a scrollable gallery30 minutes
Additional resources5 minutes
Lazy list state3 minutes
Exercise: Create and style a lazy grid30 minutes
Solution: Create and style a lazy grid30 minutes
Additional resources5 minutes

7 assignmentsTotal 116 minutes

Self-review: Create a navigation in Compose9 minutes
Self-review: Create tabbed navigation with JetPack9 minutes
Knowledge check: JetPack Navigation15 minutes
Self-review: Create a scrollable gallery9 minutes
Knowledge check: Lists and Grids15 minutes
Self-review: Create and style a lazy grid9 minutes
Advanced UI with JetPack Compose50 minutes

Practice applying themes, custom styles, and animations to develop attractive UI.

What's included

7 videos8 readings4 assignments

7 videosTotal 32 minutes

The Theme function5 minutes
Defining colors5 minutes
Styling text5 minutes
Material Design theme5 minutes
Animated visibility5 minutes
Value animation6 minutes
Module summary: Animations2 minutes

8 readingsTotal 190 minutes

Customizing colors in Material Theme30 minutes
Customizing font types and shapes30 minutes
Exercise: Defining resources and themes30 minutes
Solution: Defining resources and themes30 minutes
Additional resources5 minutes
Exercise: Animating composables30 minutes
Solution: Animating composables30 minutes
Additional resources5 minutes

4 assignmentsTotal 92 minutes

Self-review: Defining resources and themes9 minutes
Knowledge check: Themes24 minutes
Self-review: Animating composables9 minutes
Animations50 minutes

What's included

2 videos8 readings5 assignments1 peer review1 discussion prompt

2 videosTotal 13 minutes

Course Recap: Create the User Interface11 minutes
Congratulations, you have completed Create the User Interface2 minutes

8 readingsTotal 75 minutes

About the final project assessment 15 minutes
Exercise: Import the project10 minutes
Exercise: Create the MenuDish Composable10 minutes
Exercise: Create the DishDetails Composable10 minutes
Exercise: Set up the Theme10 minutes
Solution code: Create an App UI10 minutes
Additional resources5 minutes
Next steps5 minutes

5 assignmentsTotal 270 minutes

Readiness Check: Have you imported the project?30 minutes
Readiness Check: Have you set up the MenuDish composable?30 minutes
Readiness Check: Have you set up the DishDetails composable?30 minutes
Readiness Check: Have you set up the Little Lemon theme?30 minutes
Final Graded Quiz: Create the User Interface150 minutes

1 peer reviewTotal 60 minutes

Submit the Little Lemon Food Menu app60 minutes

1 discussion promptTotal 10 minutes

What challenges did you encounter when creating your app?10 minutes

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Reviewed on Aug 16, 2023

Great course by Meta. Highly recommended for beginners. This course include many aspects of UI creation using Jetpack Compose and others.

Reviewed on Jan 16, 2026

This course not only acomodates beginners but also some advanced learners in kotlin

Reviewed on May 12, 2023

This course was really practical and useful.I recommend it to everybody.

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