Android Development Books for Beginners
2Head First Android Development
Dawn Griffiths, David Griffiths
The third edition teaches Android app building with Kotlin in the Head First visual style, from UI design to multi-screen apps that persist data. Suited to people who learn better from exercises than from reference pages.
Kotlin and Android Development featuring Jetpack
Michael Fazio
Two projects that use Kotlin and the Jetpack libraries, aimed at someone moving from basic programming knowledge to building a complete Android app.
Intermediate & Advanced Android Development Books
3Android UI Development with Jetpack Compose
Thomas Künneth · Packt
The second edition is a focused Compose book built on Material 3. Best for developers who know the basics and want a structured tour of Compose UI rather than scattered documentation pages.
Modern Android 13 Development Cookbook
Madona S. Wambua · Packt
A recipe-format book for developers who already ship simple apps and want worked solutions to common tasks. Dip in by problem instead of reading front to back.
Clean Android Architecture
Alexandru Dumbravan · Packt
Applies clean architecture ideas to Android codebases. Read it after Google's architecture guide if you want a more opinionated take on structuring larger apps.