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ISSUE #299

24th of April 2022
 

Hello folks! We hope you have enjoyed the last days of holidays, if you did take them. We received a few interesting articles this week on Compose recomposition - please, enjoy our selection of articles for the upcoming week!



Announcements


Compose 1.2.0-alpha08
The next Compose alpha version has been released. Check out the commits included in this link.
developer.android.com



Articles


Implement Kotlin Flow race/amb operator
This article implements the race/amb operator for Flow, and explains its usage.
proandroiddev.com

Kotlin Multiplatform Mobile — sharing the UI State management
In this article, Guilherme Delgado writes about how we can share the UI in a KMP Project.
proandroiddev.com

Keep Rules in the Age of Kotlin
Proguard in the Age of Kotlin certainly differs from the one in the Age of Java. Read this article to know more about it.
www.guardsquare.com

Using the `kotlin-dsl` Gradle Plugin forces Kotlin 1.4 Compatibility
Sam Edwards observed that he was getting a strange message about Kotlin 1.4, despite using 1.6. He explains his journey in this article.
handstandsam.com


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Android


Understanding Composition and Side Effects
Composition is not always widely understood. There are some functions known as Side Effects that happen with the composition. In this article we take a look at LaunchedEffect, SideEffect and DisposableEffect.
okmanideep.github.io

How can I debug recompositions in Jetpack Compose?
Recompositions might be trickier to debug in Compose. This article by Vinay Gaba explains how can we effectively debug them.
www.jetpackcompose.app

Composable metrics
Chris Banes has explored the new Jetpack Compose Compiler metrics. Check this out to see the metrics that are being used to measure the performance of your composables and more.
chris.banes.dev

Modeling Retrofit Responses With Sealed Classes and Coroutines
In this article, Jaewoong Eum covers modeling responses with sealed classes and coroutines in a multi-layered architecture.
getstream.io



Videos


Challenges of building Kotlin Multiplatform Libraries
In this session by the GDG Silicon Slopes, Mohit Sarveiya talks about the challenges of building Kotlin Multiplatform Libraries.
www.youtube.com

Context Receivers: What They Are and How to Use Them
In this new video by Sebastian Aigner, you can see what Context receivers are and how to use them.
www.youtube.com


Jobs

Android Engineer - Remote First - UK
CollectingCars is a cutting-edge online auction platform, and we are growing. Our mobile team is building out a brand new experience using the latest technologies and we are looking for passionate Android Engineers.
collectingcars.com



Podcast


70 Billion Events per Day – Adobe & Kotlin
In this new episode of Talking Kotlin, Rares Vlasceanu and Catalin Costache from Adobe talk about how they handle 70 000 000 000 events per day with the help of Kotlin and Ktor.
talkingkotlin.com



Libraries


slack-gradle-plugin
Slack has open-sourced the core Gradle plugin and associated logic used for Slack's Android app.
github.com

Auto Manifest
Auto Manifest is a utility to generate AndroidManifest.xml in simple libraries so that you don't have to.
github.com

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Kotlin Weekly #298

Sunday, April 17, 2022

ISSUE #298 17th of April 2022 Hi folks! If you are taking some holidays these days we hope you enjoy the time off. Enjoy our selection of links for the upcoming week! Articles Flow under the hood: how

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Sunday, April 10, 2022

ISSUE #297 10th of April 2022 Hello from Zürich folks! Kotlin 1.6.20 has been finally released, so you can probably take a look at the potential upgrade for your codebase next week. Now seat, relax,

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Sunday, April 3, 2022

ISSUE #296 3rd of April 2022 Announcements Android Integration and Support for All Kinds of Multiplatform Projects in the Kotlin Multiplatform Mobile Plugin for AppCode Kotlin Multiplatform Mobile

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ISSUE #295 27th of March 2022 Articles How to leverage functional programming in Kotlin to write better, cleaner code In this post from DoorDash you will learn what the benefits and potential downsides

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ISSUE #294 20th of March 2022 Articles Improved caching with Kotlin flows and the reduce function Annyce Davis has been working to reduce the load on a database by focusing on various caching solutions

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