Meta
Meta Android Developer Professional Certificate

Cultivate your career with expert-led programs, job-ready certificates, and 10,000 ways to grow. All for $25/month, billed annually. Save now

Meta

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.

56,069 already enrolled

Included with Coursera Plus

Earn a career credential that demonstrates your expertise
4.7

(2,205 reviews)

Beginner level
No prior experience required
Flexible schedule
8 months, 7 hours a week
Learn at your own pace
Build toward a degree
Earn a career credential that demonstrates your expertise
4.7

(2,205 reviews)

Beginner level
No prior experience required
Flexible schedule
8 months, 7 hours a week
Learn at your own pace
Build toward a degree

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.

Details to know

Shareable certificate

Add to your LinkedIn profile

Taught in English

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: Computer Programming
Category: Software Design
Category: Kotlin
Category: Integrated Development Environments
Category: Programming Principles
Category: create arrays
Category: practice using and extending protocols.
Category: create control flow patterns using conditionals and loops
Category: Object Oriented Programming (OOP)
Category: declare and initialize different types of variables
Category: Mobile Development
Category: Debugging
Category: Data Structures
Category: Kotlin Playground
Version Control

Version Control

Course 218 hours

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: Command-Line Interface
Category: Github
Category: Software Development
Category: Version Control
Category: Git (Version Control System)
Category: File Management
Category: Software Versioning
Category: Software Configuration Management
Category: Linux Commands
Category: Bash (Unix Shell)
Category: Unix Commands
Category: Linux
Category: Web Development
Category: Software Development Tools

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: Databases
Category: Web Services
Category: Android Studio
Category: Kotlin
Category: Web Applications
Category: Database Management Systems
Category: Rest API's
Category: Android Development
Category: SQL
Category: Database Management
Category: Working with SQlite
Category: Mobile Development
Category: Restful API
Category: JSON
Category: Application Programming Interface (API)
Category: data and databases
Principles of UX/UI Design

Principles of UX/UI Design

Course 423 hours

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

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

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: Build a simple UI using the Layout Editor
Category: User Interface (UI)
Category: Kotlin
Category: Android Studio
Category: Android Jetpack
Category: User Experience
Category: Android Development
Category: Compose UI using Kotlin UI views
Category: Cross Platform Development
Category: Mobile Development
Category: Responsive Web Design
Category: Use UI component libraries to build Android UI
Category: User Interface (UI) Design
Category: Create a simple Android UI
Working with Data in Android

Working with Data in Android

Course 727 hours

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

What you'll learn

  • Create simple JavaScript code

  • Create and manipulate objects and arrays

  • Write unit testing using Jest

Skills you'll gain

Category: Computational Thinking
Category: Algorithms
Category: Computer Science
Category: Computational Logic
Category: Pseudocode
Category: Data Structure
Category: Programming Principles
Category: Data Structures
Category: Technical Communication
Category: Software Visualization
Category: Problem Management
Category: Communication
React Basics

React Basics

Course 930 hours

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

React Native

Course 1038 hours

What you'll learn

Skills you'll gain

Category: Gradle
Category: Development Environment
Category: Extensible Markup Language (XML)
Category: Android (Operating System)
Category: User Interface (UI)
Category: Mobile Development
Category: Android Studio
Category: Integrated Development Environments
Category: Mobile Development Tools
Category: Android Development
Category: Application development
Android App Capstone

Android App Capstone

Course 1115 hours

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: Computer Programming
Category: Unit Testing
Category: Programming Principles
Category: Jest (JavaScript Testing Framework)
Category: React Native
Category: • Create simple JavaScript code
Category: Javascript
Category: Node.JS
Category: • Create and manipulate objects and arrays
Category: Object Oriented Programming (OOP)
Category: Mobile Development
Category: • Write unit testing using Jest
Category: JSON
Category: Web Development
Category: Front-End Web Development
Coding Interview Preparation

Coding Interview Preparation

Course 1212 hours

What you'll learn

  • Prepare for a coding interview

  • Prepare for a Meta interview

  • Solve problems using code

Skills you'll gain

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

Earn a career certificate

Add this credential to your LinkedIn profile, resume, or CV. Share it on social media and in your performance review.

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

 

Instructor

Taught by Meta Staff
Meta
129 Courses1,066,292 learners

Offered by

Meta

Why people choose Coursera for their career

Felipe M.
Learner since 2018
"To be able to take courses at my own pace and rhythm has been an amazing experience. I can learn whenever it fits my schedule and mood."
Jennifer J.
Learner since 2020
"I directly applied the concepts and skills I learned from my courses to an exciting new project at work."
Larry W.
Learner since 2021
"When I need courses on topics that my university doesn't offer, Coursera is one of the best places to go."
Chaitanya A.
"Learning isn't just about being better at your job: it's so much more than that. Coursera allows me to learn without limits."

New to Mobile and Web Development? Start here.

Placeholder

Open new doors with Coursera Plus

Unlimited access to 10,000+ world-class courses, hands-on projects, and job-ready certificate programs - all included in your subscription

Advance your career with an online degree

Earn a degree from world-class universities - 100% online

Join over 3,400 global companies that choose Coursera for Business

Upskill your employees to excel in the digital economy

Frequently asked questions

¹ Median salary and job opening data are sourced from Lightcast™ Job Postings Report. Content Creator, Machine Learning Engineer and Salesforce Development Representative (1/1/2024 - 12/31/2024) All other job roles (4/1/2024 - 4/1/2025)