Play Store, the official Android app store, hosts about 3 million Android apps for now. More than 80% of smartphones in the world run on Android. These are huge numbers with a clear message hidden within — Android app development would fast-forward your career to new heights.
Besides fetching you highly paid jobs, being an Android app developer lets you unleash your creativity and solve practical problems faced by Android users across the world.
Learning Java is pivotal to Android app development. I have been a Java programmer for years and in this article, I am sharing a plan to help you learn it in a systematic yet fun way.
Topics to Learn for Android App Development
Being a successful Android developer needs familiarization with different knowledge areas. Your app idea would be best executed when you learn all of them steadily by taking one step at a time to avoid being overwhelmed. I recommend the following road map, followed by plenty of practice to utilize your time effectively.
Core Java
These are the basics that you must learn before you get to Android app development. Focus on learning object-oriented programming so that you are able to divide your program into modules and write reusable code.
Java is a universal choice for programmers looking for a robust, easy-to-use coding language with cross-platform capabilities.
You can break it down into six different parts and focus on learning one at a time:
- Syntax
- OOP
- Java Collections
- Exception Handling
- Input/Output Streams
- Java Multithreading
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