To get the most out of this book

This book assumes familiarity with Java and Android development. This is not an introductory book for learning Kotlin. Readers must have used Android studio because many of the recipes will be focused toward Android development.

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Conventions used

There are a number of text conventions used throughout this book.

CodeInText: Indicates code words in text, database table names, folder names, filenames, file extensions, pathnames, dummy URLs, user input, and Twitter handles. Here is an example: "The corresponding sourceSets property should be updated if not using the default convention."

A block of code is set as follows:

sourceSets {
   main.kotlin.srcDirs += 'src/main/myKotlin'
   main.java.srcDirs += 'src/main/myJava'
}

When we wish to draw your attention to a particular part of a code block, the relevant lines or items are set in bold:

sourceSets {
   main.java.srcDirs += 'src/main/kotlin/'
}

Any command-line input or output is written as follows:

$ kotlinc hello.kt -include-runtime -d hello.jar.
$ java -jar hello.jar

Bold: Indicates a new term, an important word, or words that you see onscreen. For example, words in menus or dialog boxes appear in the text like this. Here is an example: "In the Select Deployment Target window, select your device, and click on OK."

Warnings or important notes appear like this.

Tips and tricks appear like this.