The Android Essentials: How You Master the most demanded Android Skills in 2024’s Job Market

Learn the fundamental Android concepts from Philipp Lackner to triple your technical confidence, nail your interviews and earn what you’re truly worth

– 13 years of coding experience broken down into 17h of digestible video lessons –

You want to…

… get a clear structure to learn everything that matters in the industry?
… feel 100% confident about the code you write?
… learn the essential skill set to stand out in the current market again?
… get back on track and learn Android’s most modern technologies?
… stop wasting time on learning what you end up not needing at all?

Why Most People Will Never Truly Make it as Developers

On the surface, app development is simple. Everything you need seems to be available online for free. However, if we’re honest, this is not as much of a blessing as it sounds like. It leads to most developers losing themselves in details that absolutely don’t matter for the industry.
Meanwhile, they completely oversee that it all starts with the essentials. It starts with the architectural and technical foundation every software needs. You can’t learn these essentials by reading a few docs. These can be only learnt by implementing them in real apps. If you don’t master these essentials in the first place, you completely lack the foundation for anything you’ll face in the industry.

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Developers from these companies are learning with Philipp’s Courses…

This is Runique – The App You Will Build in This Course

1. Build an Industry-Level Running Tracker App

Learn to track runs in real time, and track meaningful health data from your users
Sync runs with the cloud by connecting the app to a remote backend
Implement an analytics dashboard to let users analyze their past runs
Learn to work with the Google Maps SDK to track and display the user’s location in real time

2. Implement a Complete authentication system

Get exclusive access for a remote API to let users create accounts and log in
You will learn the ins and outs of OAuth and implement proper session management
You’ll learn all the relevant architectural practices that help you to implement such features into a scalable project

3. Connect to a smart watch

You will learn to build a Wear OS app in order to track more vital health data such as the user’s heart rate
Learn to discover paired devices and connect to the right one
Implement watch to phone communication and what it takes to correctly sync exercise data
Get to know the health services API to implement proper exercise tracking

Master the Essentials Now

Most devs think they should focus on …

… what is the best library for implemented a specific feature in their app.
… blindly learning every new technology in the moment it reaches the alpha state
… learning the typical “best practices” having no clue why and if they’re actually helpful
… strictly sticking to specific architectural rules, like clean architecutre (without even understanding why)

While you should focus on …

… proper planning and structuring apps so that they scale and are easy to be worked on in a team
… the essential technologies that EVERY app is built on top of
… the fundamental architectural principles without becoming religious about a specific paradigm (e.g. Clean Architecture)
… truly understanding these essentials in-depth, since the rest will come by itself

Philipp Lackner has over 13 years of experience in the software field. Over the past years, he built a following of over 150,000 developers on social media who trust his work. With over 10,000 sold copies of his courses and 700h+ spent for teaching Android concepts, he already helped thousands of people to learn practical skills they can immediately apply.

He has a degree in computer science, however it didn’t go as expected. The amount of theory that was taught in university made him think about a better approach to learn what is really needed in the real world. Over time, Philipp found mentors who taught him exactly that in a practical setting. That was the game changer for his career.

After having worked for dozens of companies around the globe as a consultant, Philipp now wants to teach other mobile developers what really counts for becoming an outstanding developer.

Philipp Lackner has over 13 years of experience in the software field. Over the past years, he built a following of over 150,000 developers on social media who trust his work. With over 10,000 sold copies of his courses and 700h+ spent for teaching Android concepts, he already helped thousands of people to learn practical skills they can immediately apply.

He has a degree in computer science, however it didn’t go as expected. The amount of theory that was taught in university made him think about a better approach to learn what is really needed in the real world. Over time, Philipp found mentors who taught him exactly that in a practical setting. That was the game changer for his career.

After having worked for dozens of companies around the globe as a consultant, Philipp now wants to teach other mobile developers what really counts for becoming an outstanding developer.

700H+

of Created Android content

4,000+

Enrolled Students

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Years of Experience

What you will learn in this course

Project Planning

How do you even start a project without having a clear structure?
This course will teach you how to come up with a starting structure that is set up to scale based on your app’s requirements.

Multi-Module Architecture

You will learn the ins and outs of a multi-modular Android codebase. Specifically, that means:

The foundation of every good architecture
Why and when to pick a multi-module architecture?
Which modularization strategy is the best?

Gradle for Large Scale Projects

The more your project grows, the more managing its builds becomes a mess.
In this course, you will learn proven strategies that allow you to tame Gradle and…

… have light speed builds
… manage your project config at a central place
… implement proper dependency management

Authentication Systems

You will learn to implement a complete OAuth authentication system with proper to learn how user authentication works in the real world.
This includes both registering new users and letting these log in safely.

Offline-First Development

Nothing is more underestimated than the complexity of offline-first apps. Doing this right depends on a…

… well-structured local database cache
… proper syncing strategy
… working retry mechanism

Dynamic Feature Modules

You will learn to implement dynamic features that let your users install them on-demand after installing your app.
This is crucial to minimize the final app size by not wasting storage for features only some users need.

Google Maps SDK

In this course, you will closely work with the Google Maps SDK to implement custom maps, draw tracks and consistently track the user’s location – even in the background.

Wear OS Development

Another 6h of video content will be completely dedicated towards building a smart watch app that connects to the main app built in this course.

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1. Prerequisites

What will we build?
What if you run into errors during the course?
How you get access to the backend
Downloading the initial resources

2. Architecture Theory

Separation of concerns (Presentation, domain & data layers)
What is a module?
Advantages of a multi-module architecture
Multi-module architecture isn’t a general best practice
Which modularization strategy to choose?
Finding the sweet spot between modular design and low complexity
Single-Responsibility Principle
Open-Closed Principle
Liskov-Substitution Principle
Interface-Segregation Principle
Dependency-Inversion Principle

3. The Planning Stage

Bird’s eye view
Determine features and components
A good architecture grows with the project

4. Gradle Management

What is the job of Gradle?
Gradle challenges in a multi-module project
Setting up the module structure
Setting up the version catalog
Defining the module relations
Setting up the build-logic module
AndroidApplicationConventionPlugin
Setting up buildTypes configuration
AndroidApplicationComposeConventionPlugin
AndroidLibraryConventionPlugin
AndroidLibraryComposeConventionPlugin
AndroidFeatureUiConventionPlugin
AndroidRoomConventionPlugin
JvmLibraryConventionPlugin
JvmKtorConventionPlugin

5. Setting up project-wide utility

Creating the error handling wrapper
String resource management
Observing one-time events in Compose
Creating the Material theme
HttpClient utility

6. Authentication Feature

Intro screen UI
Register screen UI
Validating user data
Navigation graph & DI setup
Registering users
Setting up session storage
Setting up the token refresh mechanism
Login screen UI
Logging in users
Splash screen & staying logged in

7. Tracking Runs

Creating the run overview screen skeleton
Creating the active run screen skeleton
Setting up permission handling
Implementing location tracking
Testing location tracking on a real device
Implementing the running timer logic
Setting up the running tracker
Setting up the ActiveRunViewModel
Getting a Google Maps API key
Displaying the Google map
Drawing the running track on the map
Showing the paused run dialog
Fixing the polyline bug
Tracking runs in the background

8. Displaying Runs

Setting up the run models
Implementing the run list item UI

9. Implementing the Run Cache

The challenges of offline-first apps
Implementing the Room database
Implementing the run API
Finishing a run
Saving, showing & deleting runs
Saving pending syncs
Creating the sync workers
Scheduling syncs
Implementing the logout mechanism

10. Dynamic Analytics Feature

What is a dynamic feature module?
Creating the dynamic module structure
Setting up the analytics dashboard screen UI
Calculating run analytics
Implementing dynamic delivery

11. Wear OS Basics

How does Wear OS compare to mobile apps?
How watch to phone communication works on Wear OS
Pairing mobile and Wear OS emulators

12. Building the Wear OS App

Setting up the project structure
Wear OS theme setup
Implementing the tracker screen UI
Tracking heart rate and exercise
Setting up Wear OS permission handling
Discovering paired devices
Syncing data between watch and phone
Sending and receiving messages on the watch
Sending and receiving messages on the phone
Keeping the watch app alive in the background
Keeping the screen active with ambient mode

1. Prerequisites

What will we build?
What if you run into errors during the course?
How you get access to the backend
Downloading the initial resources

2. Architecture Theory

Separation of concerns (Presentation, domain & data layers)
What is a module?
Advantages of a multi-module architecture
Multi-module architecture isn’t a general best practice
Which modularization strategy to choose?
Finding the sweet spot between modular design and low complexity
Use cases – yes or no?

3. The Planning Stage

Bird’s eye view
Determine features and components
A good architecture grows with the project

4. Gradle Management

What is the job of Gradle?
Gradle challenges in a multi-module project
Setting up the module structure
Setting up the version catalog
Defining the module relations
Setting up the build-logic module
AndroidApplicationConventionPlugin
Setting up buildTypes configuration
AndroidApplicationComposeConventionPlugin
AndroidLibraryConventionPlugin
AndroidLibraryComposeConventionPlugin
AndroidFeatureUiConventionPlugin
AndroidRoomConventionPlugin
JvmLibraryConventionPlugin
JvmKtorConventionPlugin

5. Setting up project-wide utility

Creating the error handling wrapper
String resource management
Observing one-time events in Compose
Creating the Material theme
HttpClient utility

6. Authentication Feature

Intro screen UI
Register screen UI
Validating user data
Navigation graph & DI setup
Registering users
Setting up session storage
Setting up the token refresh mechanism
Login screen UI
Logging in users
Splash screen & staying logged in

7. Tracking Runs

Creating the run overview screen skeleton
Creating the active run screen skeleton
Setting up permission handling
Implementing location tracking
Testing location tracking on a real device
Implementing the running timer logic
Setting up the running tracker
Setting up the ActiveRunViewModel
Getting a Google Maps API key
Displaying the Google map
Drawing the running track on the map
Showing the paused run dialog
Fixing the polyline bug
Tracking runs in the background

8. Displaying Runs

Setting up the run models
Implementing the run list item UI

9. Implementing the Run Cache

The challenges of offline-first apps
Implementing the Room database
Implementing the run API
Finishing a run
Saving, showing & deleting runs
Saving pending syncs
Creating the sync workers
Scheduling syncs
Implementing the logout mechanism

10. Dynamic Analytics Feature

What is a dynamic feature module?
Creating the dynamic module structure
Setting up the analytics dashboard screen UI
Calculating run analytics
Implementing dynamic delivery

11. Wear OS Basics

How does Wear OS compare to mobile apps?
How watch to phone communication works on Wear OS
Pairing mobile and Wear OS emulators

12. Building the Wear OS App

Setting up the project structure
Wear OS theme setup
Implementing the tracker screen UI
Tracking heart rate and exercise
Setting up Wear OS permission handling
Discovering paired devices
Syncing data between watch and phone
Sending and receiving messages on the watch
Sending and receiving messages on the phone
Keeping the watch app alive in the background
Keeping the screen active with ambient mode

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This Is What You Get

1. The Essentials of Industry-Level Android App Development

Learn the architectural foundation of ANY software out there, so you can plan and structure your own apps from the ground up
Full guide to Gradle in large projects: No more frustration thanks to convention plugins, version catalogs and the right Gradle config
Use the technical essentials in a real app: Learn token based authentication, databases, remote APIs, caching & syncing strategies, dynamic features and properly implementing SDKs into an existing architecture

2. Building Industry-Level Wear OS Apps

Learn the foundation of Wear OS apps:What is different about Wear OS and how does device-to-device communication work?
Use the health services API and learn to track user’s workouts together with crucial health data such as the heart rate
Learn to properly structure a codebase to reuse a maximum amount of code between two platforms
Understand how always-on works on Wear to keep the display on while not draining the battery of the watch too much

3. 6-Months of API Access

Gain access to a ready-made backend that lets you log in and save a user’s tracked runs remotely
Use this to correctly learn how data is properly synced and cached to allow a smooth offline-first experience
After your access expires, you will still be able to use this API locally on your machine to follow through the courses

What People Say About Philipp’s Courses

Martin Kiper convinced his interviewers thanks to Philipp’s courses.

“The return of the investment is insane for the courses.”

Rahul Ahuja gained the knowledge needed for an Android job in another country

“What these courses gave me was a push to develop real-world applications rather than doing some proof-of-concept stuff.”

Alon Shlider saved countless hours thanks to Philipp’s courses

“You can try it on your own with the Android docs, but it will take MUCH longer.”

Pavel learned building apps for his clients thanks to Philipp’s courses

“If it wasn’t for him, I wouldn’t be here today.”

Simon applies concepts learned from Philipp’s courses in an app with 5M downloads

“After just 20min, Philipp was able to answer all my questions.”

Esau has the same position as developers with 2 more years of experience

“Philipp’s courses are really worth what they cost.”

“This course is definitely a must buy. Philipp teaches you the most important aspects of working in the Android development industry, with up to date best practices and great code scalability. I’ve had struggles working with big projects, but after this course I feel so much more confident in my skills in building large robust apps.”

Luka Lukovic

“I have already had experience in Android development before this course but I lost a bit of track to the best practises and state of the Art. This course brought me back on track really fast and Philipp really took care to convey general knowledge that can be applied on every Android project. I can recommend this not only for experienced developers but also for beginners to learn the right practises from the very beginning.”

Matthias Kerat

At first I thought that changing my career will be much more difficult. I started to learn Kotlin, then I found Philipp’s YouTube channel. I had the feeling he is posting, everything I need, so I stick with this channel. And after some time, I felt like I can be something… What’s unique about Philipp, that he cares about those who are looking for help, he answers to PM’s, I’ve never had experience like that. He’s voice is easy to listen to, and from he’s listeners he made a community, with same minded people. If you learn from him you don’t only get knowledge which is worth the money, but you also get a programmer that helps you, and community which opens you a lot of chances So even if I’m not a pro, I can say I’m a part of community. Why not you be part of it ?

Ozzy

Taking any of Philipp’s courses makes you go from 0 to almost 100 in understanding the concepts in no time. He explains the basics so well and teaches real world application use cases which will enable you to not only up skill your self but to increase your confidence in Android all together.

Messy Limes

this course is for you if…

… you feel lost in the fast paced tech world and want to learn what really matters.
… you need someone straight from practice who teaches you what really counts in the industry.
… you know how to build basic Android apps, but always struggle to glue everything together to a well-structured and scaling app.
… you lack the time to learn all the industry relevant strategies on your own.
… you are sick of all those resources that only cover theory, but don’t show you how things work in a REAL app.

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The Full Offer at a Glance

Make a one-time investment for lifetime access to

The Essentials of Industry-Level Android App Development: Learn the fundamental architectural and technical concepts used in ANY Android app out there to remain relevant as a native Android developer in the fast-paced tech world.

Unit price:

319€
Building Industry-Level Wear OS Apps: Learn to build powerful smart watch Android apps, connect them with your phone and track important health data.

Unit price:

149€
BONUS: 6-Months of API Access: Right now, you get FREE access to a public API used in the course, so you can learn to properly implement syncing data with a remote backend.

Unit price:

50€

Total value:

518€

Total value: ~~518€~~

LAUNCH OFFER:

159€

You save 359€

Enroll Now

The Full Offer at a Glance

Make a one-time investment for lifetime access to

The Essentials of Industry-Level Android App Development: Learn the fundamental architectural and technical concepts used in ANY Android app out there to remain relevant as a native Android developer in the fast-paced tech world.

Unit price:

319€
Building Industry-Level Wear OS Apps: Learn to build powerful smart watch Android apps, connect them with your phone and track important health data.

Unit price:

149€
BONUS: 6-Months of API Access: Right now, you get FREE access to a public API used in the course, so you can learn to properly implement syncing data with a remote backend.

Unit price:

50€

Total value:

518€

Total value: ~~518€~~

LAUNCH OFFER:

159€

You save 359€

Enroll Now

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FAQ

What are the prerequisites to take this course?

You should be familiar with basic Android development. That means you should be familiar with Kotlin and know core concepts of Android (Activities, Jetpack Compose UI, Intents, etc.).
Other than that, the course teaches you all the essentials.

Can you follow through the Wear OS course without the main course?

You can, but it’s strongly recommended to get it together with the main course. If all you care about is Wear OS development, the Wear OS course will be enough for that, but be aware that it will be built on top of the main course.
In particular, that means that some pieces of code from the main course will be reused in the Wear OS course.

I watched "Building Industry-Level apps With Multi-Module Architecture". Is this course still for me?

Absolutely! Multi-module architecture is just one concept taught in this course together with many others Philipp never taught before.

What if the backend access expires?

Together with these courses, you get 6 months of API access as a bonus for free. After your API access expires, you’ll still be able to follow through the course, since in the course you’ll also learn how you can run this backend locally on your machine.

What if I don't like the courses?

Just as for all of our courses, you get a voluntary 30-day money back guarantee in case you’re not satisfied with the course content.

Do I get lifetime access?

Yes, it’s a one-time investment into your career to keep access to the course and updates in future.

Will I get a certificate on completion?

Yes, after following through the course, you can take a final quiz that covers the concepts taught in the course. If you pass it, you will be awarded a certificate you can use to show off that you have the essential skills of software development.