# Clean architecture for Android with Kotlin: a pragmatic approach for starters

DevFeed: [Clean architecture for Android with Kotlin: a pragmatic approach for starters](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/clean-architecture-for-android-with-kotlin-a-pragmatic-approach-for-starters-27142.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://antonioleiva.com/clean-architecture-android>)

Published: 2018-09-30T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Antonio Leiva](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/antonio-leiva.md>)

Topics: [Android](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/android.md>), [Dependency Inversion](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/dependency-inversion.md>), [Kotlin](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/kotlin.md>), [Programming](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/programming.md>), [Object-oriented programming (OOP)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/oop.md>)

Tags: [android](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/android.md>), [architecture](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/architecture.md>), [clean-architecture](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/clean-architecture.md>), [decoupling](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/decoupling.md>), [dependency-inversion](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/dependency-inversion.md>), [kotlin](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kotlin.md>), [oop](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/oop.md>), [programming](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/programming.md>), [ui](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ui.md>)

## AI overview

A pragmatic introductory tutorial on clean architecture for Android apps using Kotlin. It focuses on dependency inversion, explains the tradeoff between decoupling and added complexity, and introduces a five-layer application structure.

## Source excerpt

Everything Android, Kotlin and other random topics