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`Day 32`
• Completed: _<https://developer.android.com/codelabs/kotlin-android-training-quality-and-states#9|Use LiveData to control button states>_
• Completed: _<https://developer.android.com/codelabs/kotlin-android-training-recyclerview-fundamentals#10|RecyclerView Fundamentals>_
• Started: _<https://developer.android.com/codelabs/kotlin-android-training-internet-data?index=..%2F..android-kotlin-fundamentals#3|Getting data from the internet>_ for *Retrofit* practice(completed once, building from scratch this time and not using existing code)
• Learned how to quickly find examples on current features I'm working on.
• Better understanding on Ktor &amp; Retrofit. 
• <https://mailchi.mp/kotlinweekly/kotlin-weekly-245|Kotlin Weekly #245> - _edit -_
`Self-Comment`
• Able to get through some codelabs which was great. Definitely was tough to push through the LiveData and RecyclerView codelabs as I had expected to flow into Database codelabs after, but not the case. Pausing this lesson and may come back to it later, but wanting to focus on *Retrofit* for now. I decided to cover the Mars app codelab again, while I've completed it once.. I'm going over it again for a brief intro before working on either a Recipe App or News App for more *Retrofit* practice. 
• Ryan May explained a great way on how he looks through samples of features he's trying to implement. *Will explain in thread!*
• _(Explaining simply as these could be articles in their own right)_ Pursuing *Retrofit* first as it will be quicker to pick up due to having less responsibilities since it's an HTTP Client while *Ktor* is a framework and I'll likely spend more learning things I don't currently need.
• I decided to hold off on *RBP*, but will focus it tomorrow. My focus is wavering lately and thinking about using a `pass` soon. I'll try switching up my work for a day before committing to the pass.
• Will try to *bold* keywords each daily entry going forward for quicker visuals on daily topics. The links in Goals Tomorrow definitely help for quicker access to the material I'm wanting to cover for the day.
`Goals Tomorrow`
1. Work on *RBP*
2. Check out Master Coding's _*<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ap_sl1KObk&amp;list=PL6Q9UqV2Sf1jgRF8qUUVt7NR_n3vohRY7|Rest API with MVVM and Retrofit2>*_ YouTube series with morning coffee. May decide to follow along this week if easy to follow. 
3. Possibly review <https://www.raywenderlich.com/10986797-extension-functions-and-properties-in-kotlin|Extension Functions>. Came across them again today and while I understand extension functions, I've never actually thought about using them!

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Download whole repository of android app samples and inside Android Studio while you have the repo open, press ctrl+shift+f to bring up the search feature. You can search the whole repo and quickly look through different files to find an example of what you're looking for. I just used a starter repo for this example, but full app sample repos work best!

<https://github.com/android/architecture-components-samples>

<https://github.com/android/location-samples>

<https://github.com/android/compose-samples>

Few useful repos to have open while working on personal projects (depending on what you're looking for anyways :wink:)