Android – Build a Book Library App using Kotlin

There are so many apps that are present in the play store which provides details related to different books inside it. Book Library is considered one of the basic applications which a beginner can develop to learn some basic concepts within android such as JSON parsing, using recycler view, and others. In this article, we will be building a simple Book Library application to display different types of books. We will be using Google Books API for building this application.

Note: If you are looking to build a Book Library application using Google Books API in android using Java. Check out the following article: How to Build a Book Library App using Google Books API in Android using Java

Step by Step Implementation

Step 1: Create a New Project in Android Studio

To create a new project in Android Studio please refer to How to Create/Start a New Project in Android Studio. Note that select Kotlin as the programming language.

Step 2: Add the dependency for Volley in your Gradle files

Navigate to the app > Gradle Scripts > build.gradle file and add the below dependency in the dependencies section.

implementation 'com.android.volley:volley:1.1.1' implementation 'com.squareup.picasso:picasso:2.71828'

After adding the below dependencies in your Gradle file now sync your project to install dependencies.

Step 3: Adding permissions for the Internet

Navigate to the app > AndroidManifest.xml and add the below permissions to it.