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Meta Android Developer Professional Certificate
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Meta Android Developer Professional Certificate

Launch your career as an Android app developer. Build job-ready skills for an in-demand career and earn a credential from Meta. No degree or prior experience required to get started.

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Earn a career credential that demonstrates your expertise
4.7

(2,074 reviews)

Beginner level
No prior experience required
Flexible schedule
8 months, 7 hours a week
Learn at your own pace
Build toward a degree

What you'll learn

  • Gain the skills required for an entry-level career as an Android developer.

  • Learn how to create applications for Android including how to build and manage the lifecycle of a mobile app using Android Studio.

  • Learn coding in Kotlin and the programming fundamentals for how to create the user interface (UI) and best practices for design.  

  • Create cross-platform mobile applications using React Native. Demonstrate your new skills by creating a job-ready portfolio you can show during interviews.

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Prepare for a career in Android Development

  • Receive professional-level training from Meta
  • Demonstrate your proficiency in portfolio-ready projects
  • Earn an employer-recognized certificate from Meta
  • Qualify for in-demand job titles: Android Developer, Mobile Applications Developer, Mobile Developer
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$141,000+
median U.S. salary for Android Development
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12,000+
U.S. job openings in Android Development
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Professional Certificate - 12 course series

Introduction to Android Mobile Application Development

Course 111 hours4.6 (1,360 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • Define the Fundamental concepts of Android app development

  • Set up and explore the Android Studio interface, configurations and built-in tools

  • Use Kotlin Playground

  • Create a simple Android app

Skills you'll gain

Category: Kotlin Playground
Category: practice using and extending protocols.
Category: declare and initialize different types of variables
Category: create arrays
Category: create control flow patterns using conditionals and loops

Version Control

Course 213 hours4.6 (3,389 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • Implement Version Control systems 

  • Navigate and configure using the command line 

  • Use a GitHub repository. Create a GitHub repository

  • Manage code revisions

Skills you'll gain

Category: Version Control
Category: Github
Category: Bash (Unix Shell)
Category: Web Development
Category: Linux

Programming Fundamentals in Kotlin

Course 324 hours4.7 (305 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • Practice building and using functions

  • Practice different types of comparisons using operators

  • Use Kotlin to solve a coding challenge

  • Review and apply the fundamentals of programming

Skills you'll gain

Category: Working with SQlite
Category: Rest API's
Category: data and databases

Principles of UX/UI Design

Course 421 hours4.7 (932 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • Describe the fundamentals of User Experience (UX) design and research

  • Describe accessibility considerations in design

  • Practice developing user empathy through research

  • Create wireframes and prototypes in Figma

Skills you'll gain

Category: React (Web Framework)
Category: Application development
Category: Web Application
Category: Front-End Web Development

Create the User Interface in Android Studio

Course 535 hours4.6 (135 ratings)

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

Advanced Programming in Kotlin

Course 620 hours4.7 (106 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • Implement an Android application with an Activity.

  • Implement advanced object-oriented features in Android.

  • Use mocks and fakes to perform unit testing in Android.

  • Use a Lambda expression to define a function as an object. Use collection processing methods for multistep collection processing.

Skills you'll gain

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

Working with Data in Android

Course 727 hours4.7 (54 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • Review some of the most useful tools and packages available to a Kotlin developer

  • Apply Kotlin coroutines in Android applications

  • Integrate code from other languages into Kotlin. Build a data driven Android app

Skills you'll gain

Category: React (Javascript Library)
Category: Application development
Category: React
Category: Mobile Development

Mobile Development and JavaScript

Course 845 hours4.2 (100 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • Create simple JavaScript code

  • Create and manipulate objects and arrays

  • Write unit testing using Jest

Skills you'll gain

Category: Data Structure
Category: Computer Science
Category: Algorithms
Category: Communication
Category: Pseudocode

React Basics

Course 926 hours4.7 (2,137 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • Use reusable components to render views where data changes over time

  • Organize React projects to create more scalable and maintainable websites and apps

  • Use props to pass data between components. Create dynamic and interactive web pages and apps

  • Use forms to allow users to interact with the app. Build an application in React

Skills you'll gain

Category: Android Studio
Category: Kotlin
Category: UX and UI

React Native

Course 1038 hours4.8 (316 ratings)

What you'll learn

Skills you'll gain

Category: Android Studio
Category: Application development
Category: Mobile Development

Android App Capstone

Course 1115 hours4.6 (35 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • Build and style a user interface (UI) using fragments and views

  • Use Kotlin and MVVM architecture to design an efficient and engaging app

  • Fetch data from an application programming interface (API) and make use of LiveData

  • Demonstrate clean and bug free coding while keeping an eye on optimization

Skills you'll gain

Category: • Create simple JavaScript code
Category: • Create and manipulate objects and arrays
Category: • Write unit testing using Jest

Coding Interview Preparation

Course 1211 hours4.6 (589 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • Prepare for a coding interview

  • Prepare for a Meta interview

  • Solve problems using code

Skills you'll gain

Category: Web Design
Category: Accessibility
Category: Front-End Web Development
Category: User Experience (UX)

Instructor

Taught by Meta Staff
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Build toward a degree

When you complete this Professional Certificate, you may be able to have your learning recognized for credit if you are admitted and enroll in one of the following online degree programs.¹

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¹Lightcast™ Job Postings Report, United States, 7/1/22-6/30/23. ²Based on program graduate survey responses, United States 2021.