Programming for Ubiquitous Things

Lab Guide 3 - Spring 2025

Coroutines in Kotlin and Connection to the Internet

Objective:

• Introduction to Coroutines in Android Studio  

In this codelab, you will learn using coroutines within an Android app and its lifecycle. You will add code to launch new coroutines concurrently and learn how to test them.

·         - https://developer.android.com/codelabs/basic-android-kotlin-compose-coroutines-android-studio

• Connect to the Internet  

In this codelabs, you will use Kotlin coroutines to perform multiple tasks at once, and learn about HTTP and REST to get data from the internet using Retrofit.

·         - https://developer.android.com/courses/pathways/android-basics-compose-unit-5-pathway-1

In this codelabs, you will learn to use the Coil library to display images in your app.

·         - https://developer.android.com/courses/pathways/android-basics-compose-unit-5-pathway-2