# 1. Layouts and More Views

> "**Design is not just what it looks and feels like. Design is how it works”** - Steve Jobs.

Yes we are quoting the founder of Apple -- the man preaches the truth. 👏 At this point in our Android education, all we can do is some Kotlin manipulation and outputting of Strings to Logcat, which probably won’t be enough to get us millions of users.&#x20;

We have to make things actually work and give our users something to see, which is where the UI comes into play!

## Topics

* File Structure
* Resource Files
* Button and Input Controls
* ViewGroups


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