Have you ever wanted to build your own mobile app? This certificate will teach you the top Android programming languages and frameworks used for building apps like Facebook and Instagram, and how to create your own Android application.

In this program, you’ll learn:

Essential Android programming concepts and the tools needed to develop applications How to use the Kotlin Playground Create user interfaces (UI) for mobile apps using Android Studio Manage the lifecycle and data collections of mobile applications Work with web technologies and persistent data on Android applications Describe best practices for designing the UI and experience for mobile applications Create cross-platform applications using React Native Prepare for technical interviews for Android developer roles

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React is a powerful JavaScript library that you can use to build user interfaces for web and mobile applications (apps). In this course, you will explore the fundamental concepts that underpin the React library and learn the basic skills required to build a simple, fast, and scalable app.

By the end of this course, you will be able to:
•	Use reusable components to render views where data changes over time
•	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 web page 
•	Build an application in React

You’ll gain experience with the following tools and software: 
•	React.js
•	JSX
•	React
•	HTML, CSS and JavaScript 
•	VSCode

You will be able to leverage the potential of this course to develop new skills, improve productivity, act effectively with data and boost your career.

This is a beginner course for learners who would like to prepare themselves for a career in mobile development. To succeed in this course, you do not need prior development experience, only basic internet navigation skills and an eagerness to get started with coding.

React Basics

This course gives you the opportunity to demonstrate the skills you have gained throughout the Android Developer Professional Certificate program. You'll do this by developing an Android app to order food from the Little Lemon restaurant. In other words, you'll create a solution to a real-world problem.
 
At this point in the program, you've gained all the skills you need to successfully complete this project.  But you might need to refresh your memory when it comes to the previous courses in the program. For that reason, each module in this course will take you through a brief recap of relevant content from previous courses in the program. And, don't worry, there will be links too so you can review content in more detail if necessary. In this way, you will be guided through the process of building the Little Lemon food ordering app which allows you to show off your Android development skills.

By the end of the course, you will be able to:
- Set up a Jetpack Compose application
- Commit a project to a Git repository
- Plan the UI and UX of an application
- Set up a navigation hierarchy between app screens
- Create a user onboarding flow
- Develop a food menu user interface
 
On completion of the Capstone Project, you’ll have an interactive mobile application that you can share with recruiters and impress potential employers with.
 
This is an advanced course, intended for learners with a background in Android app development. And, it always helps to have a can-do attitude!

Android App Capstone

Learn how modern software developers collaborate across the world without messing up each other's code. You will look at the different version control systems and how to create an effective software development workflow. You will be introduced to some of the most commonly used Linux commands that you can use to work with files on your hard drive and create powerful workflows that will automate your work, saving you time and effort. 

Finally, you will see how Git can be used in software development projects to manage team files. And you will create a repository that can manage code revisions.

Version Control

Learn the fundamentals of User Experience (UX) research and design. Become immersed in the UX process of identifying problems and iterating and testing designs to find appropriate solutions. You’ll learn how to empathize with users through best-practice research approaches, and create common UX artifacts such as user personas. And you’ll use UX insights to make appropriate design decisions. 

By utilizing the User Interface (UI) design process, you will be able to create wireframes for features in Figma, and turn them into Minimum Viable Product (MVP) style prototypes from your mockups. You’ll also learn the core principles of design such as hierarchy and the use of grids.

By the end of this course you will be able to: 

• Design digital products that create value and solve a user's problems in meaningful ways. 
• Recognize what constitutes successful UX UI and evaluate existing interfaces for design consistency and quality.
•  Identify best practice interaction design methods and evaluate and improve your own and others' designs.
•  Create, share and test your UX UI designs following best practice guidelines.

This is a beginner course for learners who would like to prepare themselves for a career in UX  UI development. To succeed in this course, you do not need prior development experience, only basic internet navigation skills and an eagerness to learn.

Principles of UX/UI Design

React Native is an open-source framework for building cross-platform applications (apps) using React and the platform’s native capabilities. In this course, you will move from the basics of React to a more advanced implementation using React Native. You’ll review a wide range of different React components and ways of styling them. And you’ll get to practice using different mobile methods of interactivity with React Native.

Some of the basics skills you will learn include:
•	Building a single-page React Native app and styling it using basic components
•	Building large lists and configuring user inputs within a React Native app
•	Using the Pressable component to build buttons and other clickable areas
•	Setting up an app with React Navigation and moving between screens

You’ll gain experience with the following tools and software: 
•	React
•	React Native
•	Front End development languages (HTML, CSS and JavaScript)
•	JSX
•	Code editing programs, such as Expo and Visual Studio Code

This course is for learners who would like to prepare themselves for a career in mobile development. To succeed in this course, you will need foundational knowledge of React basics, internet navigation skills and an eagerness to code.

React Native

The final course in this program will help prepare you for the unique aspects of a coding job interview, with approaches to problem-solving and computer science foundations needed to land the job. Ultimately you’ll gain strategic insights and tips for successful interviewing. 

By the end of this course, you'll have knowledge of:
•  Appropriate communication during a coding interview
•  Successful interviewing strategies
• Using pseudocode
•  The fundamentals of computer science
• The capabilities of data structures and how to implement them
• How to review data structures in the context of coding interviews
•  The concept of algorithms and common approaches to working with them
•  How to visualize an algorithm
•  Combining new and previously learned coding patterns to solve problems

Ideally, you should have completed all the courses in this professional certificate.

Coding Interview Preparation

Learn how to work with web technologies and persistent data on Android applications even after you close or restart an app. There is a focus on web communication and developer tools and you will discover how Kotlin applications communicate over the web. You’ll learn how data formats and web protocols work in relation to Kotlin apps. Furthermore, you will practice applying asynchronous programming techniques using Kotlin. 

Learn the core functionality and uses of the SQLite database management system (DBMS). Learn about web clients and databases by adding connections from your app to other languages to access custom-built web application programming interfaces (APIs) and database management systems.

To complete this course, it is recommended that you have an advanced understanding of Kotlin programming, along with a functional knowledge of operating Android Studio to complete this course.

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

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

•	Apply Kotlin coroutines in Android applications 

•	Apply the general principles of using Room 

•	Integrate code from other languages into Kotlin

•	Build a data driven Android app

Working with Data in Android

In this course, you will expand your Kotlin fluency by exploring the advanced concepts used by many Kotlin programmers. You will learn the more advanced features of Kotlin that are required to build a robust, functional Android app.  

Each week’s learning provides ample opportunity for you to practice and apply what you learn as you learn it.

By the end of this course, you will have an array of advanced programming tools to help you engineer solutions for your future Kotlin projects, progressing you toward a better understanding of Android development. On successful completion of the course you will be able to:
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

To be successful in this course, you require a foundational understanding of Kotlin programming fundamentals and of creating a  UI in Android Studio.

Advanced Programming in Kotlin

This course is the first in a series that will allow you to expand your skills as an Android developer into the world of cross-platform mobile development. This will allow you to use your foundations as an Android developer to build cross-platform mobile applications. The first step in this expansion is learning to program in JavaScript. This will prepare you to learn to use the React library for mobile development.

JavaScript is the programming language that powers the modern web. In this course, you will learn the basic concepts of web development with JavaScript. You will work with functions, objects, arrays, variables, data types, the HTML DOM, and much more. You will learn how to use JavaScript and discover interactive possibilities with modern JavaScript technologies. Finally, you will learn about the practice of testing code and how to write a unit test using Jest.

This course can be applied to multiple Specializations or Professional Certificates programs. Completing this course will count towards your learning in any of the following programs:
•	Meta Android Developer Professional Certificate
•	Meta iOS Developer Professional Certificate


By the end of this course you will be able to:

•	Explain the basic concepts of web development with Javavscript. 
•	Practice using functions, objects, arrays, variables, data types, the HTML DOM, and much more. 
•	Use JavaScript within the React framework 
•	Practice testing code and how to write a unit test using Jest

Mobile Development and JavaScript

This course is an ideal stepping stone if you want to become a mobile developer. We’ll introduce you to this career path and give you a high-level overview of programming and the tools needed to develop Android applications. 

Explore the Android Studio and the fundamental concepts of Android app development. Learn about operating systems and different platforms for creating mobile apps. You’ll conclude your introduction to Android application development by building out each aspect of a guided project.

Introduction to Android Mobile Application Development

Practice and expand on the fundamentals of programming that are core to any language as well as the unique aspects of Kotlin syntax. You will work with data types, functions, conditionals, operators, collections-arrays, variables and loops. 

Furthermore, you will declare and initialize different types of variables and explain their scope as well as create arrays and collections in Kotlin. You’ll create control flow patterns using conditionals and loops. There will be opportunities to practice using structs and classes while considering best cases for both. Discover deeper ways to use objects in Kotlin through exploring interfaces and classes.

After completing this course, you will be able to:

•	Describe basic types and variables 
•	Explain numbers in Kotlin 
•	Explain what conditions are 
•	Describe how to use loops
•	Explain the concept of a function  
•	Differentiate between a parameter and an argument 
•	Explain that a function can return a value and describe how it works 
•	Explain the difference between a class, an object and a type 
•	Differentiate between various visibility modifiers 
•	Describe the use of collections in programming 
•	Identify which collection type to use in any given situation
•	Explain the difference between List, Set and Map
•	Synthesize the skills you gained from the course to create code for the Bank Account project. 

This is a beginner course for learners who would like to prepare themselves for a career as an Android developer using Kotlin. To succeed in this course, you do not need prior web development experience, only basic internet navigation skills and an eagerness to get started with coding.

Programming Fundamentals in Kotlin

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.

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