3 minutes
Android Developer Interview Handbook
1 Android Core Concepts
Covers fundamental building blocks of Android and essential interview topics:
Android Application Lifecycle
Activity vs Fragment vs View
Context: Application vs Activity
Intents: Explicit vs Implicit
Services, Broadcast Receivers, Content Providers
ViewModel, LiveData, Lifecycle Aware Components
RecyclerView, Adapters & ViewHolder Pattern
Difference between UI Thread & Background Thread
Handler, Looper, and MessageQueue
SharedPreferences, SQLite, Room DB
Data Binding vs View Binding
Manifest Permissions, App Components
Parcelable vs Serializable
Process Death & State Restoration
ANR & StrictMode
Debugging with Logcat & Profiler
WorkManager, JobScheduler, AlarmManager
Multi-Window Support, Doze Mode, App Standby
2 Kotlin Concepts
Focused on Kotlin language essentials, advanced concepts and best practices:
Null Safety, Elvis Operator, Safe Calls
Extension Functions, Lambda Expressions
Data Classes vs Regular Classes
Sealed Classes vs Enum
Object vs Companion Object
High-Order Functions, Inline Functions
Coroutines: launch, async, suspend, delay
Coroutine Scopes: GlobalScope, viewModelScope, lifecycleScope
Flows vs Channels
Exception Handling in Coroutines
Kotlin Collections (map, filter, flatMap)
Typealias, Destructuring Declarations
Kotlin DSL, Inline Classes
Kotlin Multiplatform Basics
Kotlin with Retrofit & Room
Best Kotlin Interview Patterns
3 Android Architecture
Explores clean code practices and architecture models used in real-world projects:
MVVM vs MVP vs MVC
Repository Pattern
Use Case / Interactors
ViewModel Layer
UI State Management
Dependency Injection: Dagger, Hilt
SOLID Principles in Android
Single Source of Truth
Clean Architecture Layers
Jetpack Navigation Component
Unidirectional Data Flow (UDF)
Common Mistakes in Architecture Design
4 Jetpack Compose
Modern UI Toolkit concepts covered for declarative UI in Android:
What is Jetpack Compose
Composable Functions, Preview
State & State Hoisting
Remember & MutableState
Scaffold, Column, Row, LazyColumn
Navigation in Compose
Form Validation with State
Side Effects: LaunchedEffect, rememberCoroutineScope
Theming & Custom Composables
Compose with ViewModel
Lists, Lazy Grids, Pagination
Animations & Transitions
Modifiers & Layouts
Compose vs XML based UI
5 Unit Testing Concepts
Essential testing concepts for robust app development:
What is Unit Testing?
Writing JUnit Test Cases
Testing ViewModel Logic
Mockito, Mockk Basics
Test Rules and Coroutines Testing
Best Practices for Testable Architecture
Dependency Injection for Testing
UI Testing with Espresso (Overview)
6 Android Security Concepts
Critical concepts to secure Android apps and data:
ProGuard, R8 & Code Obfuscation
Secure SharedPreferences
Encrypted Room Database
Android Keystore System
Network Security Configuration
SSL Pinning
Authentication with Biometric & Fingerprint
App Integrity & Tamper Detection
OWASP Mobile Top 10
Preventing Reverse Engineering
Runtime Permission Best Practices
7 Scenario-Based Interview Questions
Advanced real-world scenario discussions & problem-solving Q&A: