Free online courseModern android development skills

Course Description

Take your Android skills from familiar to job-ready by learning the toolkit and practices that Google recommends for building modern apps. This free online course guides you through a complete, up-to-date development workflow, helping you write cleaner code, iterate faster, and ship experiences that feel responsive and polished on real devices.

You’ll start by understanding what modern Android development means today and how to measure your current approach, then move into Jetpack Compose fundamentals. Instead of wrestling with complex UI updates, you’ll learn to think in composables, reduce boilerplate, and rely on a powerful UI toolkit that makes screens easier to build, test, and maintain. With strong tooling support, you can preview and refine layouts quickly, enabling rapid iteration as your product evolves.

Modern apps also need to be fast. The course builds a practical mindset for performance by focusing on startup, profiling, and monitoring so you can diagnose problems instead of guessing. You’ll explore the metrics that matter, learn where to begin when optimizing, and use techniques such as Baseline Profiles and benchmarking to improve speed and smoothness while keeping regressions under control.

To keep growing projects maintainable, you’ll work with recommended architecture concepts: clear layers, event handling in the UI, repositories, modularization, and the role of a domain layer. You’ll also learn modern data storage with DataStore, and expand your productivity with Gradle and Android Gradle Plugin build APIs. From there, you’ll tackle common app needs like loading large datasets with Paging, structuring dependency injection with Hilt, and navigating across screens and modules with confidence.

Beyond core building blocks, you’ll practice background work with WorkManager, motion and interaction with Motion Layout and Material Design Components, and delivery best practices with Android App Bundles, Play App Signing, and feature delivery. By the end, you’ll have a stronger foundation for building scalable apps that perform well, read well, and are ready for production.