Create the User Interface in Android Studio

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Create the User Interface in Android Studio

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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

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5 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

154 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

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27 assignments

Taught in English

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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 videos Total 77 minutes

Introduction to the course 5 minutes
How is mobile UI built? 6 minutes
Unique challenges for Android UI 4 minutes
Setting up Android Studio 2 minutes
What is an Activity? 5 minutes
Defining an activity 6 minutes
Views and Layouts 9 minutes
Layouts and Views in Kotlin 9 minutes
The activity lifecycle 6 minutes
Introduction to Jetpack Compose 5 minutes
UI with Composable functions 6 minutes
Layouts in Compose 6 minutes
Building UI with Composables 5 minutes
Module summary: Basic UI creation in Android 3 minutes

15 readings Total 315 minutes

Course syllabus 15 minutes
How to be successful in this course 10 minutes
Additional resources 5 minutes
UI representation in XML 30 minutes
Layout Editor 30 minutes
Additional resources 5 minutes
Using Views and XML: the downside 30 minutes
The @Composable annotation 30 minutes
Previewing 30 minutes
Exercise: A basic UI with Compose 30 minutes
Solution: A basic UI with Compose 30 minutes
Additional resources 5 minutes
Exercise: Defining login screen with Compose 30 minutes
Solution: Defining a login screen with Compose 30 minutes
Additional resources 5 minutes

5 assignments Total 98 minutes

Basic UI creation in Android 50 minutes
Knowledge check: Activities and Views 15 minutes
Self-review: A basic UI with Compose 9 minutes
Knowledge check: Introduction to Composable UI 15 minutes
Self-review: Defining a login screen with Compose 9 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 videos Total 72 minutes

Modifiers 5 minutes
Styling with modifiers 6 minutes
Modifiers with layouts 4 minutes
Event handling and callbacks 6 minutes
What is a state? 4 minutes
Declaring state 6 minutes
Recomposition 6 minutes
Saving and Restoring State 4 minutes
Stateful vs stateless composables 6 minutes
Scaffold 5 minutes
Material components 7 minutes
Scaffold state 7 minutes
Module summary: Building UI with Jetpack Compose 7 minutes

12 readings Total 258 minutes

Event types and modifiers 30 minutes
Exercise: Add events and styling 30 minutes
Solution: Add events and styling 30 minutes
Additional resources 5 minutes
Surviving configuration changes 3 minutes
Exercise: Managing state in Compose 30 minutes
Solution: Managing state in Compose 30 minutes
Additional resources 5 minutes
More scaffolds 30 minutes
Exercise: Building a responsive layout 30 minutes
Solution: Building a responsive layout 30 minutes
Additional resources 5 minutes

6 assignments Total 107 minutes

Building UI with Jetpack Compose 50 minutes
Self-review: Add events and styling 9 minutes
Knowledge check: Modifiers and Interactivity 15 minutes
Self-review: Managing state in Compose 9 minutes
Knowledge check: Managing state 15 minutes
Self-review: Building a responsive layout 9 minutes

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

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10 videos14 readings7 assignments

10 videos Total 57 minutes

The Navigation component 6 minutes
Navigation in Compose 7 minutes
NavHost & Nav Controller 9 minutes
Tabbed Navigation 8 minutes
Defining a list 6 minutes
Defining a grid 5 minutes
What are lazy layouts? 4 minutes
Defining lazy lists 6 minutes
Defining lazy grid 4 minutes
Module summary: Advanced UI with Jetpack Compose 2 minutes

14 readings Total 293 minutes

Navigation Examples 30 minutes
Exercise: Create a navigation in Compose 30 minutes
Solution: Create a navigation in Compose 30 minutes
Exercise: Create tabbed navigation with JetPack 30 minutes
Solution: Create tabbed navigation with JetPack 30 minutes
Additional resources 5 minutes
Using scroll and scrollable modifiers 5 minutes
Exercise: Create a scrollable gallery 30 minutes
Solution: Create a scrollable gallery 30 minutes
Additional resources 5 minutes
Lazy list state 3 minutes
Exercise: Create and style a lazy grid 30 minutes
Solution: Create and style a lazy grid 30 minutes
Additional resources 5 minutes

7 assignments Total 116 minutes

Advanced UI with JetPack Compose 50 minutes
Self-review: Create a navigation in Compose 9 minutes
Self-review: Create tabbed navigation with JetPack 9 minutes
Knowledge check: JetPack Navigation 15 minutes
Self-review: Create a scrollable gallery 9 minutes
Knowledge check: Lists and Grids 15 minutes
Self-review: Create and style a lazy grid 9 minutes

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

What's included

7 videos8 readings4 assignments

7 videos Total 32 minutes

The Theme function 5 minutes
Defining colors 5 minutes
Styling text 5 minutes
Material Design theme 5 minutes
Animated visibility 5 minutes
Value animation 6 minutes
Module summary: Animations 2 minutes

8 readings Total 190 minutes

Customizing colors in Material Theme 30 minutes
Customizing font types and shapes 30 minutes
Exercise: Defining resources and themes 30 minutes
Solution: Defining resources and themes 30 minutes
Additional resources 5 minutes
Exercise: Animating composables 30 minutes
Solution: Animating composables 30 minutes
Additional resources 5 minutes

4 assignments Total 92 minutes

Animations 50 minutes
Self-review: Defining resources and themes 9 minutes
Knowledge check: Themes 24 minutes
Self-review: Animating composables 9 minutes

What's included

2 videos8 readings5 assignments1 peer review1 discussion prompt

2 videos Total 13 minutes

Course Recap: Create the User Interface 11 minutes
Congratulations, you have completed Create the User Interface 2 minutes

8 readings Total 75 minutes

About the final project assessment 15 minutes
Exercise: Import the project 10 minutes
Exercise: Create the MenuDish Composable 10 minutes
Exercise: Create the DishDetails Composable 10 minutes
Exercise: Set up the Theme 10 minutes
Solution code: Create an App UI 10 minutes
Additional resources 5 minutes
Next steps 5 minutes

5 assignments Total 270 minutes

Final Graded Quiz: Create the User Interface 150 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

1 peer review Total 60 minutes

Submit the Little Lemon Food Menu app 60 minutes

1 discussion prompt Total 10 minutes

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

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Reviewed on Jan 16, 2026

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

Reviewed on Jul 14, 2025

Nice Course with Goof project for Android Ui development!

Reviewed on May 12, 2023

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

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