# VESIT: Building Apps For Android in Kotlin

DevFeed: [VESIT: Building Apps For Android in Kotlin](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/vesit-building-apps-for-android-in-kotlin-28391.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://siddroid.com/post/talk-building-apps-for-android-in-kotlin-vesit-cmpn-siddhesh-patil/>)

Author: Siddhesh Patil

Published: 2020-08-07T19:41:44Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Sid Patil - Android Engineer and Kotlin Advocate](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/sid-patil-android-engineer-and-kotlin-advocate.md>)

Topics: [LineageOS](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/lineageos.md>), [Kotlin](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/kotlin.md>), [Android Studio](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/android-studio.md>), [android-development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/android-development.md>), [Jetpack](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/jetpack.md>), [Gradle](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/gradle.md>), [ui](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ui.md>)

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## AI overview

A live Google Meet workshop at VESIT introduced computer engineering students to Android development with Kotlin. Participants used Android Studio to build a small app and learned about app architecture, views, data preparation, Gradle, Jetpack libraries, RecyclerViews, and debugging with logcat.

## Source excerpt

Continuing our two-day session on kickstarting your journey to become Android developers, budding computer engineering students learn to build their very first app for Android using Kotlin.