how much knowledge of kotlin do I need before I ca...

# android

[therealbluepandabear]

how much knowledge of kotlin do I need before I can start learning android dev do you think? I know these things:

• variables, strings, if-else statements, when statements, for loop, while loop, functions, lists and sets, also maps, null safety, classes, interfaces, anonymous objects, abstract classes, functional programming, lambdas, inlined lambdas, lazy initialisation, unsigned, exceptions, try catch blocks, anonymous functions, basic generics (but not in and out), sealed classes, inner classes, data classes, companion objects, objects, difference between how companion objects and regular objects are instantiated, polymorphism, inheritance,
Is this enough for me to start? Or is more expansive knowledge needed. For example I'm not familiar with coroutines and I only have basic knowledge with generics.

[okarm]

Give it a go and see where you end up. If you're looking for approval then I'm giving it to you.

You are hereby granted the permission to try writing an Android application.

You'll soon find out that the difficulty comes from navigating the OS APIs.

[therealbluepandabear]

@okarm I'm not looking for approval? I'm just wondering if more expansive knowledge is needed

[okarm]

Nope, not needed. 👍

[ephemient]

consistent clean code and design is more important than knowledge of any particular part of the language, hands-down

[therealbluepandabear]

@ephemient One hundred and one percent agree!!

[liemvo]

You are ready to start learning android development.