# How To Build A Todo List In Kotlin Part 3: Adding Items

DevFeed: [How To Build A Todo List In Kotlin Part 3: Adding Items](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/how-to-build-a-todo-list-in-kotlin-part-3-adding-items-22813.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<http://androidessence.com/how-to-build-a-todo-list-in-kotlin-part-3-adding-items/>)

Author: Adam McNeilly

Published: 2017-05-21T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Android Essence](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/android-essence.md>)

Topics: [Kotlin](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/kotlin.md>), [Android](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/android.md>), [Tutorial](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/tutorial.md>)

Tags: [android](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/android.md>), [app](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/app.md>), [code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/code.md>), [how-to](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/how-to.md>), [kotlin](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kotlin.md>)

## AI overview

Part 3 of a Kotlin Android tutorial explains how to add new tasks to a to-do list app. It covers creating an AddTaskActivity, launching it from MainActivity, validating input, and returning the task description to update the list.

## Source excerpt

Following parts 1 and 2 you should have a working Android app in Kotlin that displays a list of Tasks to be completed and lets you mark them as complete. This segment is going to show you how to implement support for adding new items.