To learn android development is not as easy as it seems to be. If you are a beginner who wants to learn android programming but doesn't know how to start, then this article is for you. Below are the few steps that will help you get started learning android app development.

1. Take a look at the official Android website

The first step to initiate the android programming learning is to visit the official website of Android developer . In fact, it is very important to go through the website in order to understand the variety of technologies, ideas and solutions that are linked with android and its ecosystem. By doing this, you will not remember and understand everything, but at least you will get an idea of where to go in the future.

2. Check out Kotlin

It is officially announced by Google that Kotlin is the First-class language on Android, in May 2017. Now only a few companies are using Java language in developing their commercial applications, so it becomes necessary to study kotlin language.

On the official website of kotlin you will find the android development documents. Moreover, you can practice the kotlin language online. This is a very crucial step on your way of learning Android app programming.

3. Get to know Material Design

Know-how of building material design is very important. You will follow the same rule as mentioned above, which is to deeply look at the website in order to observe how it is created and based on which unique idea. So do try to access or feel it while thinking to behave like a material. One should not skip or miss this step while learning about android development.

4. Download Android Studio IDE

You should download the Android studio IDE instead of an eclipse.

It's unquestionably the best IDE for Android, and it's from Google. New IDE is absolutely ideal for android purposes. You just download Android studio then install it so that you can learn how to use it in Android programming

5. Write some code

Now it’s time to try to write some code as doing practice along with theory is the most effective way to learn something.

However, by going back to the official website of Android and check the development. You will see there are two sections:

- Codelabs and Training courses: you will see there are a lot of helpful examples are available. You should read all the lessons available there prior to starting Android development in real.

- API Reference: Definitely, it will be hard to read all these descriptions, examples, texts, and so on, but it's worth it. This step is very vital. 

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