Android App Development Masterclass using Kotlin (Udemy.com)

0 - First of all, the instructor is a really nice guy, and definitely he has a huge talent, passion and pleasure in teach - Definitively, Tim Buchalka has the "Teaching Gift" (this is the main principle for a good teacher), he REALLY did this course with passion, but....1 - the font in the videos is too small, specially if the students use glasses, those will suffer;2 - The instructor talk too fast; however, as a solution for that, we can decrease the video speed. His Australian and beautiful accent is too "heavy(personally telling - this is not any fault)", but I can not blame him for that, this is normal, some people understand the nice Australian accent. It is really pretty accent, but personally(this is my fault) I do not understand that, when the instructor talk too fast or the Udemy player cannot give an option of the 90% of speed, 75% is too slow; It is big trouble when The accent is heavy(this is a personal feature of each person, but....) and the speech is too fast(this is a instructor mistake), it is a combination that decrease the learning productivity. hence, I have to watch the videos with the faster speech.3 - The instructor is HUGELY repetitive, for that in the course announcement, he justified: "this course explains the Whys, not only How". Ok, but this is not a technical excuse to be SO repetitive. For novice learners the "less is more", in other words, the content should be given more "straight forward", I meant "direct to the point". Explain the foundation(with a good foundation the student can read the android documentation and improve/increase his knowledge), not "the secret of the Kotlin/Android Universe". Sometimes, a illustration is better than 05 minutes of a explanation that is only a Programming Language Curiosity point, nothing more that.4 - the audio is complely acceptable, but it is crystal clear that there are noises in the background of the video.5 - My recommendation is update the course, hearing the students feedbacks, and honestly Creating a new and improved version of this course. This instructor(brilliant instructor), and this modern, cool and profitable subject should have a improved course. Tim can do SO BETTER in a second version of this course, I highly believe on that, and in this new and updated version would be great some content about Android Jetpack compose. Would be great!

This course is on the longer side of things, so beware before you jump in. My advice for consuming this material is do a bit every day and keep chipping away at it. Make sure to do the challenges and it's useful to reinforce your knowledge by going back to the previous apps and adding in the methods you learnt as you progress. After all programming is problem solving so going back on your own will help continue your growth as a programmer.Onto the review, the information is clear and very detailed. As a Software developer looking at learning another language to my arsenal, there was a lot of information that I already knew thus I could 2x speed the videos. I wouldn't say this as a negative as someone who isn't as familiar with code would find this information extremely valuable!Overall I am extremely happy with my purchase and I'll be moving onto looking into more advanced features as well as enhancing the skills I learnt throughout this course.Thanks Tim!

This course is nice. Don't expect too much from it or any Udemy/online course for that matter because it will get you disappointed. It is good but it lacks the essence which is sacrificed in order to throw as much more content as possible towards you - the learner. The course is rich of material and useful tricks but it clearly lacks a lot of explanation in "what/why/when" meaning.

This is the most comprehensive course on android development with kotlin. Tim is the best teacher to listen to. I have finished this course and started revising it. Everything has become so easy to understand now. I wish Tim records a course on android jetpack with Kotlin too. I am compelled to take someone elses course on Jetpack... Otherwise I would love to follow only Tim.

Good tutorials, but when it comes the concepts, I feel that their explanation is very brief which is not what I didn't expect.

I'm just bettering my skills at Kotlin. I am an Android developer and just love the teacher and the class. I feel like I am learning quite a lot and the teacher is great at explaining how things are related to Java and to what most terms mean and do and where to look up things if you want to learn more.

The instructor is trying to share more knowledge he knows, I could tell that. But the way and rhythm he explains easy to let people lose interest. Sometimes too much unrelated stuff and not easy to focus, and, not efficient.

i would like to say : many thanks to Tim and Paul for such an amazing course ,i tried so many courses online and during my studying but there's no compare , they're really professional and i learned a lot feels like i can program small app with some mistakes but am learning from it However am still in the half way of the course .

Good Course, covers mostly all Topics. Instructors presentation of information and explaining possibilities of code changes are simply great.

Would appreciate a bit more background as to what each function is coming from. As a beginner some of this is going way over my head. Coding along is great and well presented

A very valuable material with a great introduction to the kotlin world and native app's

It was a great experience learning Android Development using Kotlin. I am new to programming and I was afraid that I wouldn't understand it. But Tim made it feel so easy by explaining everything and emphasising on the details. I enjoyed every bit of it. But now that i have finished the course, I can only look forward to the future updates.