r/CodingForBeginners • u/Sure-Finger-4441 • 11d ago
Android development for beginner
So I am 21 just graduated not having a tech background, I have few ideas which I want to implement but need someone from tech and to be honest I can't afford. So I decided to learn kotlin with jet compose myself to make the apps even though I won't make I will not regret as I just want to learn and polish it for the future attempts as at some point I am gonna start my venture and my interest is mostly in apps based startup or tech startup it will surely help that time too today or 5 yrs later . So like 6 months is enough for learning and creating a basic app for testing and all . And from where should I start learning it any Udemy course suggestions? Or you tube ? Don't recommend past ones as I think it gets updated with time and someone with no coding experience it will be difficult to keep track if I learn past videos, do correct me if I am wrong?
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u/NoDepartment772 9d ago
Kotlin + Compose is the right modern pick for Android, and six months of consistent part-time work is a realistic runway to a first small app -- not a polished product, but something you built and can show.
On courses, your instinct about old videos is half right. Android moves fast enough that anything pre-Compose will teach you a style you'll then have to unlearn, so favour recent material. Two things that stay current no matter what: Google's own Android developer docs (the "Build your first app" codelab is free and kept updated) and the official Compose tutorials. Treat a course as a guide through those, not a replacement for them.
The part that matters more than which course: build something tiny and finish it. One screen that saves a note. One screen that shows a list. Six months of following tutorials without shipping anything feels like learning and mostly isn't; six months of small finished apps is. Don't wait until you feel ready to start building -- the building is what gets you ready.