Android Studio was announced on 16th May 2013 at the Google I/O conference as an official IDE for Android app development. It started its early access preview from version 0.1 in May 2013. The first stable-built version was released in December 2014, starting from version 1.0.

How to learn Android development – 6 key steps for beginners:

1. Take a look at the official Android website

Visit the official Android Developer website. To be honest, it is really important to read the whole website to understand the ecosystem and a variety of solutions, ideas, and technologies linked with Android. You won’t understand and remember everything, but you will know where to look in the future.

2. Check out Kotlin

Google officially supports Kotlin on Android as a “first-class” language in May 2017. Fewer companies are developing commercial applications using only Java, so studying Kotlin is a necessary step to becoming a successful Android Developer.

3. Get to know Material Design

Learn about material design and try to implement material design in the apps that you build.

4. Download Android Studio IDE

It’s unquestionably the best IDE for Android and it’s from Google.

5. Write some code

It’s time to look a bit at the code and write something. Practice together with a theory is one of the best ways of learning.

6. Stay up to date