Become a World-Class Native Android Expert By Deeply Mastering the Platform You Work With Daily
Never work against OS imposed rules and restrictions anymore – learn to make them work for you instead.
This course is not a theoretical university lecture, but packed with videos that have direct practical relevance for developing Android apps.
You want to…
... truly understand how the Android OS works internally?
... stop making your app the slave of the OS and start making it your companion?
... get into advanced Android topics like IPC, security and memory management?
... stand out as a native Android expert by gaining deep knowledge most others don't have?
After the Android Internals course, you will…
Build more stable apps
The Android OS imposes lots of restrictions and rules. You have to know these in order to make your app work well and not face surprising crashes and bugs.
Have an enlarged mental model
Learning about internals expands your mental model. It allows you to think about bugs and problems from new angles. This knowledge will help you better understand error messages and documentations, so overall development and learning will be massively accelerated.
Gain an expert status on the market
While most Android developers see their apps as an isolated piece of code true expertise comes from understanding how your app integrates in the bigger system and how it works best with it. This is your chance to stand out as a native Android expert.
Stand out from AI-taught generalists
AI makes general knowledge more and more accesible. What sets you apart from the mass is specialized knowledge in a specific niche – one of the biggest weaknesses of AI models as there are only very few resources to learn from about specialized knowledge.
Philipp Lackner has over 14 years of experience in the software field. Over the past years, he built a following of over 250,000 developers on social media who trust his work. With over 25,000 sold copies of his courses and 1,000h+ spent for teaching Android concepts, he already helped hundreds of thousands people to learn practical skills they can immediately apply.
He has a degree in computer science, however it didn’t go as expected. The amount of theory that was taught in university made him think about a better approach to learn what is really needed in the real world. Over time, Philipp found mentors who taught him exactly that in a practical setting. That was the game changer for his career.
After having worked for dozens of companies around the globe as a consultant, Philipp now wants to teach other Kotlin developers what really counts for becoming an outstanding developer in today’s competitive industry.
What you will learn in this course
Android OS System Architecture
Get a deep dive into how the Android OS is structured. This starts at the deepest level, the Linux kernel and goes up to higher levels covering processes, main thread, loopers, handlers, system services, the DVM & ART as well as native code & the JNI.
Activities Under the Hood
Learn how Activities really work under the hood, how the Activity Result Registry works and what you can do to securely restore Activity state.
ViewModels
Truly understand how ViewModels work behind the scenes and how they achieve to survive configuration changes like screen rotations.
You’ll even learn to implement your own ViewModel framework that imitates the official one to really understand how it works.
Views & UI
How does a UI component even end up on the screen after defining it in our code? This and many more questions are answered in this section. You will learn about concepts like windows, surfaces, custom views, Composables and Android’s overall rendering pipeline.
Inter-Process Communication (IPC)
Whether you’re aware or not, every Android app has to communicate with other apps or system processes all the time.
This section deep-dives into all of Android’s mechanisms that allow high-performing communication with other apps and components.
Android’s Security System
Understand how Android’s sandboxing model works and how you protect your app against various different security risks to prevent malicious apps from doing serious harm to your app.
Memory Management
Learn how the OS decides about your app’s memory usage, how you avoid OutOfMemoryErrors and how you profile your app for memory related issues like memory leaks.
Battery Management
There’s no battery-less phone, which is why Android imposes rules and restrictions regarding how much power your app can use at a given time.This section covers these restrictions and how you best set up your app to ensure a user-friendly experience.
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What Most Android Devs Think Building Robust Apps Is All About:
What Actually Belongs to It:
“You can’t learn to accelerate, break and steer a car and expect to be a good driver – what you lack are the traffic rules. The same is the case on Android: As long as you see your Android app as an isolated piece of software, it will stay the slave of the OS.”
- Felt lost in his own projects
- Didn't feel confident in Android interviews
- Confidently nailing coding interviews
- Feels confident about advanced topics like multi-module architecture
- Convinced employers of having a higher seniority than before
- Android developer in India
- No real hands-on experience on developing complex apps
- Low salary
- Got a well-paying job in Canada
- Understood the new company's tech stack the moment he joined
- Confidently develops real-world applications
- Wasn't able to build his own apps
- Felt insecure about architecture, Compose and more advanced topics
- Approaches projects for himself and clients confidently
- Truly understands the entire relevant Android tech stack
What People Are Saying
About Philipp’s Courses
Real-world insights, structured learning, and expert mentorship that transform careers.
"This course brought me back on track really fast and Philipp really took care to convey general knowledge that can be applied on every Android project."
"I have been using modularization for a long time, but I learned new cool stuff and tricks in your course that will change my way of thinking about how I should design my code."
"What’s unique about Philipp, that he cares about those who are looking for help, he answers to PM’s, I’ve never had experience like that."
"Your course let me also the opportunity to enhance my jetpack compose and unit test skills . So, I can consider me super satisfied. Please, don’t stop mentoring."
"Taking any of Philipp’s courses makes you go from 0 to almost 100 in understanding the concepts in no time. He explains the basics so well and teaches real world application use cases."
"I’ve had struggles working with big projects, but after this course I feel so much more confident in my skills in building large robust apps."
"I recently completed this course, and I couldn't be more thrilled with the experience! This course exceeded my expectations in every way. Philipp's real-world experience was evident. He covered everything from Ul design to integrating APls and managing databases,... Overall, this course was an incredible learning journey. I highly recommend it to anyone looking to start or advance their career in Android development!"
"Philipp is an amazing developer who explains the most difficult topics in a way that's digestible and it stays with you. Everything is through practical examples. He's someone you'd want to go to, to understand something that you can't understand"
"This is one of the best courses for android development I have taken, not only we get to learn a lot but we also get an insight of where the industry is heading and how to approach problems and projects."
The Course at a Glance
Make a one-time investment and gain skills that last forever
- 9h of Exclusive Videos About Android Internals: Get to know the Android OS at its core and utilize this knowledge to become a recognized native Android expert who can build robust apps.
- Certificate Awarded at the End: At the end of the course, you’ll be able to take a quiz and get a certificate after passing to show off your expertise in Android development.
- Flexible Access: You can watch the course materials in your own pace from anywhere.
Frequently asked questions
This course targets developers with an already basic understanding of the Android SDK.
ALL prerequisites for this course can be learnt in Philipp Lackner’s free “Android Basics” playlist on YouTube.
Yes, after following through the course, you can take a final quiz that covers the concepts taught in the course. If you pass it, you will be awarded a certificate that proves that you fully understood the Android OS.
Just as for all of our courses, you get a voluntary 30-day money back guarantee in case you’re not satisfied with the course content.
We guarantee access for at least 24 months.