Preface

Thanks!

Thanks for your continued interest in Android! Android advances year after year, and 2020’s Android 11 (R) continues that pattern. Many developers ignore new Android versions until some concrete problem causes them grief. Hopefully, you are reading this in advance of when Android 11 ships to lots of devices, so you can head off any problems before they turn into customer complaints.

(on the other hand, if you are reading this in response to Android 11 customer complaints… sorry!)

And thanks for your interest in this book and CommonsWare’s overall line of Android books!

The Book’s Prerequisites

This book is designed for developers with 1+ years of Android app development experience. If you are fairly new to Android, please consider reading Elements of Android Jetpack, Exploring Android, or both, before continuing with this book.

Also note that this book’s examples are written in Kotlin.