Online Course
Gradle for Android and Java
Overview
This course explores how the Gradle build tool compiles and packages apps, and you'll learn to customize the build process. The first half of this course is for anyone interested in Gradle, build automation, and continuous delivery of software.
The latter half of the course reveals the magic that happens after you hit the "Run" button in Android Studio. You'll also explore advanced Android topics, learning to configure free vs paid app flavors, create and integrate Android libraries, test your app, and prepare your app for the Play Store.
Why Take This Course?
As your software projects get more ambitious, the process of building and deploying your apps will become more and more involved. However, modern software development requires rapid iterative releases, known as continuous delivery. Gradle is a next-generation build automation system that makes continuous delivery of complex projects a reality.
Gradle supports many languages and tools, and is tightly integrated with Android Studio. This course is useful for any developer seeking to understand Gradle, but focuses on Android builds. The default Android build settings are enough to put a simple debug app on your phone, but to build an app that's ready for the Google Play Store, you'll need to understand your build process and how to customize it.
Syllabus
Lesson 1: Gradle Fundamentals
Learn the syntax and semantics of Gradle build scripts, and understand the lifecycle of a Gradle build.
Lesson 2: Gradle for Java
Understand the Gradle Java plugin, build and test Java projects, and manage dependencies.
Lesson 3: Gradle for Android
Discover the Gradle integration with Android Studio, and build an app with multiple product flavors.
Lesson 4: Advanced Android Builds
Create Android libraries, and use advanced features of the Android Gradle Plugin to configure signing, obfuscation, and testing.
Final Project
Build and test a joke telling app with a free ad-supported version and a paid version. As a bonus, deploy a Google Cloud Messaging backend to supply the jokes.
Taught by
Jeremy Silver and Mark Vieira
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Reviews
3.3 rating, based on 3 reviews
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Aayush Goyal completed this course, spending 6 hours a week on it and found the course difficulty to be medium.
This is a nice and concise course for Gradle and along the way, you will also learn some cool features of Android which was an extra point for me as I am an Android Developer. The course is easy and I completed it in 4 days taking each lesson and completing it in a day. I think someone who is a Java or Android developer should really take this course. It will help you a lot. -
Shivam Verma completed this course and found the course difficulty to be medium.
A great beginner level course for gradle users. The exercises really get you in the habit of using gradle. However, you need to have prior experience developing android applications. The final project really makes the concepts clear. -
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Anonymous completed this course.
PLEASE UPDATE THIS COURSE AS IT IS VERY OLD AND COMMUNITY WILL BE THANKFULL!
The Android world has gone much further, programming with Kotlin etc.
Please make the up to date, fresh course! You did a great job for the other courses!
This is very important topic for android developers!
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