This document provides information about Android Study Jams, which are community-organized study groups for learning to build Android apps using an online training course. It outlines two tracks for participants - one for those new to programming, and one for those with prior programming experience. Each track involves completing multiple pathways that teach Android and Kotlin fundamentals through building apps. Upon completion, participants will earn digital badges and certificates. System requirements for participating include a computer meeting minimum specifications, an internet connection, and optionally an Android device. The document concludes with notifying participants to ask any questions in the chat box.

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Agenda:📊
● What is Android Study Jams?
● Why Kotlin?
● Why to participate in Android Study Jams?
● What Students have to do?
● Programming Tracks
● Developer’s Profile and Badges
● System Requirements.
● AMA Session.

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What are Android Study Jams?
Android Study Jams are community-organized study groups
for people to learn how to build Android apps
using an online training course*

4. Confused? Why Kotlin!
● Concise :
Drastically reduces the amount of boilerplate code.

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● Safe :
Avoid entire classes of errors such as null pointer exception.

6. ● Tool-friendly:
● Inter-operable with Java:
Leverage existing libraries for the JVM, Android and the browser.
Choose any Java IDE or build from command line.

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What’s in it for students participating in the
Android Study Jams? 🏅🏅🏅
● Virtual badges on Google Developers profile on
completion of each unit of the course.
● Certificate of completion after completion of Prior
Programming Experience Track ONLY.
● A chance to showcase your app on official Google
Platforms!
● The skills learnt enable you to build even more compelling
projects for the Google Solution Challenge 2021.

8. What students have to do?👷👷
♀️ ● Pick either New to Programming Track or Prior Programming
Experience Track as per your current knowledge.
● Complete all pathways of that track and proceed to another track
(in case of those starting with New to Programming Track first).
● Earn digital badges on Google Developers profile and certificate of
completion.
● Submit Course Completion Form - you will receive this towards the
program deadline or after the deadline. You will need to submit
following details in the form:
● Screenshot of your Google Developers profile showing your name
and completion of both the tracks https://google.dev/ .
● Link of the android app (uploaded on Play store or Google Drive)
and one app screenshot made by you during this android study
jams.

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Where to start?🏅
Choose a track that’s appropriate for you and your community
New to programming? Have prior programming experience?
Start hereStart here
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10. New to Programming Track💻
Pre-requisites
Android Basics in Kotlin Course (here) with six pathways currently available! More to come.
Learn the basics of building Android apps with the Kotlin programming language and
develop a collection of simple apps to start your journey as an Android developer!
● Basic computer literacy
● Basic math skills
Curriculum used

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What will you learn?
2
3
4
1 Introduction to Kotlin
Create your first
Android app
Build a basic layout
Add a button to an app (3 hours)
(1 hour)
(1 hour)
(1 hour)
Learn to code in Kotlin, a modern programming
language that helps developers be more productive.
Learn to create and run your first Android app in
Android Studio.
Learn the basics of layouts in Android by creating your
very own birthday card app!
Learn how to use classes, objects, and conditionals to
create an interactive dice roller app.
Badges
Earn badges
at the end of each
pathway!
New to Programming Track👨💻

12. What will you learn?
6
5 Get user input
Display a scrollable
list
(3 hours)
(3 hours)Learn how to get user input within an app by building a
tip calculator app.
Learn how to display a list of text and images in an
app.
Badges
More pathways for this course will be released in the future!
New to Programming Track👨💻

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First learn the essentials of the Kotlin programming language. Then learn the fundamentals of
Android development and best practices by building a variety of Android apps in Kotlin.
Pre-requisites
● Prior programming experience in an object-oriented programming language
● Familiar with how to use an IDE
● Familiar with GitHub
Curriculum used
● Kotlin Koans (here)
● Android Kotlin Fundamentals (here)
Prior Programming Experience Track🏅🏅
Start off with Kotlin Koans exercises to become familiar with Kotlin syntax and language
features. If you are already familiar with the Kotlin programming language, you can skip
this step. Then begin the Android Kotlin Fundamentals course which has ten pathways available.

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Wonder what is Kotlin Koans?.
● Kotlin Koans is a series of exercises to get you familiar
with the Kotlin syntax and some idioms.
● This exercise contains kotlin conventions,generics,collections
and builders.
● Kotlin Koans is one of the most popular and most effective
ways to getinto Kotlin for people who are beginners and who
already know Java.

15. 1
2
3
What will you learn?
Kotlin Koans (2 hours)
Go through a series of exercises to become familiar
with basic Kotlin language features.
Build your first app
Install and set up Android Studio, so you build your first
"Hello, World!" Android app in Kotlin.
(0.5 hours)
Layouts
Create different types of layouts, add user interactivity,
and use data binding while creating two apps.
(1 hours)
Build an interactive
app
Learn the basic anatomy of an Android app project, how
to add images to your app, and how to enable backward
compatibility of an app while creating a Dice Roller app.
(1 hours)
(No badge
for pre-work)
Badges
Earn badges
at the end of
each
pathway!
Prior Programming Experience Track👨
💻
Pre-
Wor
k

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4
5
6
7
What will you learn?
Navigation (3 hours)
Learn how multi-screen navigation works by creating a
fragment, define navigation paths, and start an external
activity through developing a trivia app.
Activity and
Fragment life cycles
Learn about Activity and Fragment life cycles, how to
handle complex lifecycle situations, and use logging to
help debug and track the state of the app by creating the
Dessert Clicker app that will preserve its state on rotation.
(2 hours)
Architecture
components
Learn about ViewModel, LiveData, data binding with
ViewModel and LiveData, and LiveData
transformations by completing a charades game app.
(3 hours)
Databases and
RecyclerView
Create a database using the Room library, use coroutines
to simplify asynchronous programming, and display a list
with RecyclerView in the TrackMySleep app.
(4 hours)
Badges
Prior Programming Experience Track👩
💻

17. 8
9
10
What will you learn?
Connect to the
internet
(2 hours)
Learn how to get data and images from the internet
and display them in the app by developing a Mars Real
Estate app.
Repository and
WorkManager
Create a repository, add an offline cache, and schedule
background tasks with WorkManager by completing an
app called DevBytes, handling background processes
with best practices.
(2 hours)
Design for everyone
Learn the basics of Android's styling system, how to
apply Material Design principles to the UI of your app,
and how to make your app more accessible for all users
by creating a Google Developer Groups Finder app.
(2 hours)
Prior Programming Experience Track👨
💻
Badges

18. All Badges:

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●Computer
○ 4 GB RAM minimum, 8GB RAM recommended
○ 2 GB of available disk space minimum, 4 GB recommended
(500 MB for IDE + 1.5 GB for Android SDK & emulator system image)
○ 64-bit Operating system
○ With Android Studio installed
●Internet connection
●(Optional) Android device & USB cable
Equipment needed for each Student ⚙️

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