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Meta Android Developer Professional Certificate

Launch your career as an Android app developer. Build job-ready skills for an in-demand career and earn a credential from Meta. No degree or prior experience required to get started.

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(2,301 reviews)

Beginner level
No prior experience required
8 months at 7 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Earn a career credential
Share your expertise with employers

What you'll learn

  • Gain the skills required for an entry-level career as an Android developer.

  • Learn how to create applications for Android including how to build and manage the lifecycle of a mobile app using Android Studio.

  • Learn coding in Kotlin and the programming fundamentals for how to create the user interface (UI) and best practices for design.  

  • Create cross-platform mobile applications using React Native. Demonstrate your new skills by creating a job-ready portfolio you can show during interviews.

Overview

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Taught in English
259 practice exercises

Professional Certificate - 12 course series

What you'll learn

  • Define the Fundamental concepts of Android app development

  • Set up and explore the Android Studio interface, configurations and built-in tools

  • Use Kotlin Playground

  • Create a simple Android app

Skills you'll gain

Category: Android Studio
Category: Android Development
Category: Mobile Development
Category: Gradle
Category: Application Development
Category: Android (Operating System)
Category: Virtual Environment
Category: Extensible Markup Language (XML)
Category: Integrated Development Environments
Category: Development Environment
Category: UI Components

What you'll learn

  • Implement Version Control systems 

  • Navigate and configure using the command line 

  • Use a GitHub repository. Create a GitHub repository

  • Manage code revisions

Skills you'll gain

Category: Version Control
Category: Git (Version Control System)
Category: Linux Commands
Category: Web Development
Category: GitHub
Category: File Management
Category: Command-Line Interface
Category: Unix Commands
Category: Software Development Tools
Category: Linux
Category: Software Versioning
Category: Collaborative Software
Category: Software Development

What you'll learn

  • Practice building and using functions

  • Practice different types of comparisons using operators

  • Use Kotlin to solve a coding challenge

  • Review and apply the fundamentals of programming

Skills you'll gain

Category: Kotlin
Category: Computer Programming
Category: Object Oriented Programming (OOP)
Category: Android Development
Category: Programming Principles
Category: Mobile Development
Category: Data Structures
Category: Debugging
Category: Integrated Development Environments

What you'll learn

  • Describe the fundamentals of User Experience (UX) design and research

  • Describe accessibility considerations in design

  • Practice developing user empathy through research

  • Create wireframes and prototypes in Figma

Skills you'll gain

Category: Figma (Design Software)
Category: Prototyping
Category: Design Elements And Principles
Category: Wireframing
Category: Usability Testing
Category: Persona (User Experience)
Category: User Interface (UI) Design
Category: User Experience Design
Category: User Experience
Category: User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design
Category: User Centered Design
Category: Interaction Design
Category: User Interface (UI)
Category: Front-End Web Development
Category: UI/UX Research
Category: Web Design
Category: Design Research

What you'll learn

  • Use UI component libraries to build Android UI

  • Compose UI using Kotlin UI views

  • Build a simple UI using the Layout Editor

  • Create a simple Android UI

Skills you'll gain

Category: User Interface (UI)
Category: Android Jetpack
Category: Android Studio
Category: User Interface (UI) Design
Category: Animations
Category: Responsive Web Design
Category: UI Components
Category: Mobile Development
Category: Cross Platform Development
Category: Kotlin

What you'll learn

  • Implement an Android application with an Activity.

  • Implement advanced object-oriented features in Android.

  • Use mocks and fakes to perform unit testing in Android.

  • Use a Lambda expression to define a function as an object. Use collection processing methods for multistep collection processing.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Kotlin
Category: Android Development
Category: Unit Testing
Category: Test Driven Development (TDD)
Category: Android Studio
Category: Software Design Patterns
Category: UI Components
Category: Integration Testing
Category: Mobile Development
Category: Object Oriented Programming (OOP)
Category: Functional Design

What you'll learn

  • Review some of the most useful tools and packages available to a Kotlin developer

  • Apply Kotlin coroutines in Android applications

  • Integrate code from other languages into Kotlin. Build a data driven Android app

Skills you'll gain

Category: Restful API
Category: JSON
Category: Kotlin
Category: SQL
Category: Databases
Category: Data Access
Category: Android Studio
Category: Android Development
Category: Web Applications
Category: Application Programming Interface (API)
Category: Mobile Development
Category: Database Management

What you'll learn

  • Create simple JavaScript code

  • Create and manipulate objects and arrays

  • Write unit testing using Jest

Skills you'll gain

Category: Javascript
Category: JSON
Category: Object Oriented Programming (OOP)
Category: Unit Testing
Category: Node.JS
Category: Jest (JavaScript Testing Framework)
Category: Functional Design
Category: Mobile Development
Category: Package and Software Management
Category: Web Development Tools
Category: Computer Programming
Category: Software Testing
Category: React Native

What you'll learn

  • Use reusable components to render views where data changes over time

  • Organize React projects to create more scalable and maintainable websites and apps

  • Use props to pass data between components. Create dynamic and interactive web pages and apps

  • Use forms to allow users to interact with the app. Build an application in React

Skills you'll gain

Category: React.js
Category: Event-Driven Programming
Category: Web Applications
Category: Development Environment
Category: Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)
Category: Application Development
Category: UI Components
Category: Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
Category: Javascript
Category: Front-End Web Development
Category: Mobile Development

What you'll learn

Skills you'll gain

Category: React Native
Category: Cross Platform Development
Category: UI Components
Category: Mobile Development
Category: React.js
Category: Mobile Development Tools
Category: Front-End Web Development
Category: Application Development
Category: Android Development
Category: Development Environment
Category: User Interface (UI)
Category: iOS Development

What you'll learn

  • Build and style a user interface (UI) using fragments and views

  • Use Kotlin and MVVM architecture to design an efficient and engaging app

  • Fetch data from an application programming interface (API) and make use of LiveData

  • Demonstrate clean and bug free coding while keeping an eye on optimization

Skills you'll gain

Category: Android Jetpack
Category: User Interface (UI)
Category: Git (Version Control System)
Category: Kotlin
Category: Android Studio
Category: Android Development
Category: User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design
Category: Mobile Development
Category: UI/UX Strategy
Category: Version Control
Category: User Flows
Category: Development Environment

What you'll learn

  • Prepare for a coding interview

  • Prepare for a Meta interview

  • Solve problems using code

Skills you'll gain

Category: Data Structures
Category: Algorithms
Category: Technical Communication
Category: Computer Science
Category: Pseudocode
Category: Computational Thinking
Category: Programming Principles
Category: Communication
Category: Program Development
Category: Computational Logic
Category: Software Visualization

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Build toward a degree

When you complete this Professional Certificate, you may be able to have your learning recognized for credit if you are admitted and enroll in one of the following online degree programs.¹

 

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