# What I look for in a Junior Android Dev

DevFeed: [What I look for in a Junior Android Dev](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/what-i-look-for-in-a-junior-android-dev-25646.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://adambennett.dev/2017/04/what-i-look-for-in-a-junior-android-dev/>)

Published: 2017-04-28T12:58:24Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Posts on Adam Bennett](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/posts-on-adam-bennett.md>)

Topics: [Android](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/android.md>), [Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/development.md>), [App](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/app.md>), [networking](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/networking.md>), [Persistence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/persistence.md>)

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## AI overview

The article expands on advice about what junior Android developers should know, covering the Activity lifecycle, Android app components, data persistence options, and basic networking and REST requests.

## Source excerpt

About a week ago, someone on /r/androiddev asked the question "What are the things that every Junior Android Developer should know?". Being the kind of guy that I am, I was browsing the subreddit at work (whilst compiling, obviously) and got an answer in early which people seemed to like a lot. So this is mostly just me expanding on my points.