NANODEGREE PROGR AM SYLL ABUS

Android Kotlin
Developer

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Overview
Built in collaboration with Google, this program will prepare you to become a professional Android
developer, and allow you to create a diverse portfolio of projects to show employers. By the end of this
program you will be able to use Android development platform best-practices, Android Studio, Android
Jetpack and Kotlin to build your own applications for the world’s most-used mobile platform.

A graduate of this program will be able to:

• Design engaging interfaces that implement modern Android components to effectively build
compelling features for the end user.
• Incorporate remote data into an app by utilizing RESTful interfaces and web APIs.
• Organize, store, retrieve, and display content on an Android device to provide users with a more
consistent, performant, and accessible experience, even while offline.
• Integrate hardware capabilities such as location to provide users with mobile enriched features within
an Android app.
• Architect an Android app using the established MVVM pattern for scalability and performance.

I N CO L L A B O R AT I O N W I T H

Estimated Time: Prerequisites:

4 Months at Experience with
10 hours / week Object-Oriented
Programming

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Course 1: Developing Android Apps, Part 1
In this course, use common Android UI components to build a basic user interface, handle user input and Android
lifecycle events, and create dynamic and navigable interfaces using constraint-based layouts. You’ll also learn
how to use the Gradle build process to declare library dependencies and establish application parameters, and
integrate application functionality with other applications or components with Android.

In this project, you will build an Android application with Kotlin! You
will build a multi-screen Android app and create a navigation graph
Course Project to take the user through the app. You will use fundamental Android
development skills to set up a development environment for an
Build a Shoe Store Android app, use Android Studio’s Layout Editor, and implement
Inventory App best practices for navigation and user interface in Android. You’ll
also follow recommended Android app architecture guidance with
ViewModel and LiveData lifecycle classes.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

• Explore the basics of Android, such as creating text, images,

and interactive buttons
LESSON ONE Build your First App • Set up the development environment and create a Dice
Roller Android app
• Navigate the Main Map Anatomy of an Android app.

• Learn different kinds of views and resources

• Explore arranging elements with the Android Studio’s
LESSON TWO Layouts
Layout Editor
• Connect views with data through data binding

• Learn how to build apps that contain multiple screens

known as destinations
• Use Android Studio tools to create and visualize a map, or
graph, of destinations that show navigation paths in your
LESSON THREE App Navigation
app
• Learn the navigation patterns and user interface that
Android users expect to see, so that your app will be
intuitive and familiar

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 • Learn all about the Android Activity Lifecycle
• Create a one-screen app called Dessert pusher
LESSON FOUR Activity and
• Debug common issues through an understanding of
Fragment Lifecycle
lifecycles

• Learn one way to structure an Android app and the

App Architecture (UI benefits that come with this design
LESSON FIVE
Layer) • Learn about two classes in the lifecycle library: ViewModel
and LiveData

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Course 2: Developing Android Apps, Part 2
In this course, you will learn how to implement data persistence in your application, display collections of
data to users using RecyclerView, and use APIs to connect to, store, and retrieve data. You will also learn
best practices of Material Design to create a quality user experience and learn how to make an app more
accessible to as many users as possible.

In this project, you will build an app using a free, open source
API provided by the NASA JPL Asteroid team. You will create an
application that connects to the internet to retrieve and display live
Course Project data, implement networking best practices to fetch and display data
Build an Asteroid Radar and images, and create a database to store and access user data over
App time. You will also learn to use RecyclerView to create a clear and
compelling UI to display the data. Finally you will test your app with
Talkback enabled and make your app more accessible for as many
users as possible.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

• Implement the ViewHolder pattern to optimize performance

when displaying large sets of data with RecyclerView.
• Display large collections of data in a user consumable and
LESSON ONE Recycler View
navigable format.
• Optimize application performance when updating data
collections that affect the UI.

• Build an application that connects to an internet server to

retrieve and display live data
Connect to the
LESSON TWO • Simplify fetching data and images, to make sure the app
Internet
reasonably conforms to networking and image loading best
practices

• Learn how to implement offline caching by building an app that

lets users watch DevByte videos
LESSON THREE Behind the Scenes
• Take an online-only app and transform it to work offline by
adding offline caching

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 • Improve your app design to support multiple languages as well
as support multiple device sizes and orientations
Designing for
LESSON FOUR • Learn how to make your app accessible for users who might
Everyone
need assistance navigating, like supporting talkback and push-
button navigation

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Course 3: Advanced Android Apps with
Kotlin, Part 1
In this course you will learn how to enhance your application’s functionality and drive user engagement
using Android’s robust notification system, build custom views, and use canvas drawing to allow for the
update of a display based on data or user interactions. You will also be able to create simple animations
to enhance the presentation of content and overall usability of the application.

In this project you will create an Android app that will download
a file from the internet, and create notifications, custom views
Course Project and animations to build a status bar in your app. You will be able
Design an App with to create a notification to send messages to a user within an
Application Loading Android app, and design and style the notifications. You will also
build custom views using canvas and paint, animate UI elements
Status with property animations, and use MotionLayout to enhance the
user experience of your app.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

• Send messages to users using notifications

Using • Design and style notifications
LESSON ONE
Notifications • Add buttons and actions to notifications
• Send push messages using Firebase Cloud Messaging

Creating Custom
LESSON TWO • Create custom views for your app
Views

Drawing on
LESSON THREE • Build an app that allows users to paint directly on the screen
Canvas Objects

• Create and display transformed and clipped regions to the

Clipping Canvas screen
LESSON FOUR
Objects • Translate the origin of a drawing surface of a region
• Draw multiple shapes on a canvas

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 • Use animations to draw attention to important UI elements
Android Property
LESSON FIVE and beautiful designs
Animations
• Animate UI elements with property animations

Using Motion
• Use declarative XML with MotionLayout to coordinate
LESSON SIX Layout to Animate
animations across multiple views
Android Apps

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Course 4: Advanced Android Apps with
Kotlin, Part 2
In this course you will learn how to build an app with location awareness and Google Maps. You will also learn
best practices and techniques for testing to enable you to scale your app quickly and safely, while mitigating
any negative effects, and how to use Firebase for authentication and remote storage.

In this project, you will build a To-do List app that includes
Google Maps and location services. You’ll learn how to add
Course Project Google Maps and style map views in your Android application,
Build a Location and enable location services and tracking. With location services
and reminders, your app will remind users to perform an action
Reminder App when the user is at a specific location.

In this project, you will have the opportunity to design and build
either 1) a custom Android application inspired by your own idea
or 2) a Political Preparedness application that will deliver civic data
to end users via the app. You’ll apply skills acquired throughout the
Capstone Project Nanodegree to design an engaging user interface that incorporates
Design and Build an data from RESTful interfaces and web APIs, and utilizes mobile
Android Application hardware to enhance application functionality and provide an
engaging user experience. The project will allow you to showcase
recommended Android app architecture patterns, delivering a
highly functional and scalable application that takes full advantage
of the Android platform.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

• Add Google Maps functionality to an Android app

Wandering in Google
LESSON ONE • Style Google Maps views in multiple ways in an Android
Maps with Kotlin
app

Virtual Treasure Hunt

LESSON TWO • Enable location services and tracking
with Geofences

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 • Learn how to test your app before distribution to avoid
LESSON THREE Testing: Basics
crashes or unpredictable behavior

Introduction to • Use test doubles and dependency injection to test an app

LESSON FOUR Test Doubles and • Write tests with Espresso for UI testing
Dependency Injection • Use mockito to create an integration test

Survey of Advanced • Implement end to end testing using navigation, coroutines,

LESSON FIVE
Testing Topics room and databinding.

• Implement user login and identity management for your

Implementing Login app using the open-source library FirebaseUI
LESSON SIX on Android with • Enable login and logout for your app’s users
FirebaseUI • Control navigation in your app based on whether a user is
logged in

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Our Classroom Experience
REAL-WORLD PROJECTS
Build your skills through industry-relevant projects. Get
personalized feedback from our network of 900+ project
reviewers. Our simple interface makes it easy to submit
your projects as often as you need and receive unlimited
feedback on your work.

KNOWLEDGE
Find answers to your questions with Knowledge, our
proprietary wiki. Search questions asked by other students
and discover in real-time how to solve the challenges that
you encounter.

STUDENT HUB
Leverage the power of community through a simple, yet
powerful chat interface built within the classroom. Use
Student Hub to connect with your technical mentor and
fellow students in your Nanodegree program.

WORKSPACES
See your code in action. Check the output and quality of
your code by running them on workspaces that are a part
of our classroom.

QUIZZES
Check your understanding of concepts learned in the
program by answering simple and auto-graded quizzes.
Easily go back to the lessons to brush up on concepts
anytime you get an answer wrong.

CUSTOM STUDY PLANS

Work with a mentor to create a custom study plan to suit
your personal needs. Use this plan to keep track of your
progress toward your goal.

PROGRESS TRACKER
Stay on track to complete your Nanodegree program with
useful milestone reminders.

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Learn with the Best

Dan Galpin Aleks Haecky

I N S T R U C TO R D E V E LO P E R A D V O C AT E
Dan Galpin is a Developer Advocate for Aleks is a Writer and Developer Advocate
Android at Google, focusing on Android with over 20 years of experience
performance tuning, developer training, and developing media and tools that bring
games. He has over 10 years of experience in technologies and programming to
mobile, developing at almost every layer of developers. They believe in the power of
the phone stack. education, and Android development as a
skill that can change lives.

Sean McQuillan Murat Yener

D E V E LO P E R A D V O C AT E A N D R O I D D E V E LO P E R A D V O C AT E
Sean has a decade of experience as a Murat has been an Android Developer back
startup engineer in San Francisco where he to Froyo, worked on wearable and other form
learned how to build successful apps. Sean factor Android devices. He is a code geek,
is passionate about building high quality open source committer, Java Champion and
products - quickly. When he is not working the author of Expert Android Studio and
on Android you can find him fiddling on the Professional Java EE Design Patterns books.
piano or crocheting hats.

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Learn with the Best

Chet Hasse Meghan Mehta

C H I E F A N D R O I D A D V O C AT E A N D R O I D D E V E LO P E R A D V O C AT E AT
AT G O O G L E GOOGLE
After being on, and leading, the UI Toolkit Meghan is a Developer Advocate on the
team on Android for several years, Chet Android team. She has been a mobile
joined the Developer Relations team. developer for many years at Disney,
His focus and passion has always been Foursquare, Yelp and now Google.
UI, graphics, animation, performance, She loves sharing her knowledge and
and anything that puts the pixels on the experience with other developers. When
screen, in addition to helping developers she is not working you can find her
write great apps. singing, dancing, or baking!

Caren Chang Lyla Fujiwara

D E V E LO P E R P R O G R A M S E N G I N E E R A N D R O I D D E V E LO P E R A D V O C AT E AT
GOOGLE
Caren is a Developer Programs Engineer for
the Android Frameworks team at Google. Lyla authored many of the fundamental
Android samples and trainings for Android
Jetpack, Kotlin and testing. She’s also had
the honor of teaching everyone from high-
school students to senior developers how
to make Android apps. These days, she’s
part of the team bringing you the Google
News Android app.

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Learn with the Best

Asser Samak Joshua Donlan

A N D R O I D D E V E LO P E R A D V O C AT S E N I O R A N D R O I D D E V E LO P E R
AT G O O G L E AT H A LO G E N T V

Aser has been building educational Joshua has 20 years experience as a

Android apps with Udacity & Google for web and mobile application developer
the past 4 years, he enjoys teaching with helping launch multiple startups and grow
a focus on best-practices and building a established companies alike. His client
solid foundation at an early stage. Aser portfolio includes Fortune 100 companies
loves solving the Rubik’s cube which is Audi, Disney, Mitsubishi, American
featured in many of his videos - try to find Express, BD Pharmaceuticals, and more.
them all.

Kevin Moore Jesus Valdez

S TA F F S O F T WA R E E N G I N E E R S E N I O R A N D R O I D D E V E LO P E R
AT A F F I R M AT H A N DY
Kevin has been doing Android development Kevin is a mechatronics engineer with
for over 9 years, developing many different an MS in machine learning. He works as
types of apps. In addition, Kevin has been a mobile developer, and is proficient in:
writing articles, Tech editing books, and Mobile Development, Image Processing,
creating videos for raywenderlich.com and Machine Learning, Electronics, and
LinkedIn Learning. Automation.

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Learn with the Best

Aida Issayeva Mohamed Habib

A N D R O I D E N G I N E E R AT ANDROID ENGINEER
CL ARIT Y MONE Y AT A N D E L A
Aida is an Android Engineer at Clarity Mohamed is an experienced Android
Money, a personal finance management Engineer with 5 years of experience,
app. Previously, she has built android passionate about teaching and mentoring,
applications for various industries, ranging he has a strong engineering professional
from cloud gaming services to satellite data with a bachelor’s degree in Computer
communications. When she’s not coding, Science from Ain Shams University.
she’s chasing great food experiences all over
the world.

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All Our Nanodegree Programs Include:

EXPERIENCED PROJECT REVIEWERS

REVIEWER SERVICES

• Personalized feedback & line by line code reviews

• 1600+ Reviewers with a 4.85/5 average rating
• 3 hour average project review turnaround time
• Unlimited submissions and feedback loops
• Practical tips and industry best practices
• Additional suggested resources to improve

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MENTORSHIP SERVICES

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Frequently Asked Questions
PROGR AM OVERVIE W

WHY SHOULD I ENROLL?

Android dominates the market of mobile operating systems, with over 75% of
the global market share. Kotlin is Google’s preferred language for Android app
development, and the Android Developer with Kotlin Nanodegree program
will teach you how to develop cutting-edge applications on the world’s most
popular mobile platform. Kotlin has become the fastest-growing programming
language, according to GitHub, and it’s increasingly being used by companies
like Google, Square, Pinterest, CapitalOne, and Atlassian.

In this Nanodegree program, you’ll learn the fundamentals of building

Android applications using Kotlin. This program will prepare you to become
a professional Android developer, and allow you to create a diverse portfolio
of apps to show employers. By the end of this program you will be able to use
Android development platform best-practices, Android Studio, Android Jetpack
and Kotlin to build industry-defining applications for the world’s most-used
mobile platform.

WHAT JOBS WILL THIS PROGRAM PREPARE ME FOR?

This Nanodegree program is designed to prepare you for a job as a
professional, junior to mid-level Android Developer within a wide range of
organizations and environments: from large corporations where you’d likely be
part of a development team, to entrepreneurial start-ups and contract projects
where you could be working independently to deliver an application.

HOW DO I KNOW IF THIS PROGRAM IS RIGHT FOR ME?

If you are a programmer who is interested in mastering the Android platform
and building top-rated Android apps in Kotlin, this is the program for you.
If you are not ready for this intermediate-level program, or if you are new to
programming, please check out our Android Basics Nanodegree program.

ENROLLMENT AND ADMISSION

DO I NEED TO APPLY? WHAT ARE THE ADMISSION CRITERIA?

There is no application. This Nanodegree program accepts everyone, regardless
of experience and specific background.

WHAT ARE THE PREREQUISITES FOR ENROLLMENT?

A well-prepared student should:

• Be comfortable with Object-Oriented Programming and the Android platform.

• Have experience navigating GitHub, and be comfortable using a Modern IDE.
• Be familiar with threads and concurrency, and with modular app
architectures.
• Have familiarity with modern language syntax including:

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FAQs Continued
• Optionals/Nullable Types
• Methods with default and variable arguments
• Data Classes
• Object Expressions
• Lambdas
• Extension Functions

IF I DO NOT MEET THE REQUIREMENTS TO ENROLL, WHAT SHOULD I DO?

We have a number of Nanodegree programs and free courses that can help you
prepare, including:
• Android Basics Nanodegree program
• How to Use Git and GitHub

TUITION AND TERM OF PROGR AM

HOW IS THIS NANODEGREE PROGRAM STRUCTURED?

The Android Kotlin Developer Nanodegree program is comprised of content and
curriculum to support five (5) projects. We estimate that students can complete
the program in four (4) months, working 10 hours per week.
Each project will be reviewed by the Udacity reviewer network. Feedback will be
provided and if you do not pass the project, you will be asked to resubmit the
project until it passes.

HOW LONG IS THIS NANODEGREE PROGRAM?

Access to this Nanodegree program runs for the length of time specified in
the payment card above. If you do not graduate within that time period, you
will continue learning with month to month payments. See the Terms of Use
and FAQs for other policies regarding the terms of access to our Nanodegree
programs.

SOF T WARE AND HARDWARE

WHAT SOFTWARE AND VERSIONS WILL I NEED IN THIS PROGRAM?

All students will need a personal computer that is capable of running Android
Studio. Please see the System Requirements listed on the Android Studio
download page and ensure that your computer meets these minimum
requirements.

Access to an Android device is helpful, but not necessary. You may use the
emulator in Android Studio to run your apps if you do not have a physical
Android device.

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