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May 15th, 2022

Articles & Tutorials

Implementing snapshot-aware data structures

Zach Klippenstein digs deeper into Compose to find out how mutableStateOf actually works.

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The Guide To Your First Annotation Processor with KSP

Adib Faramarzi creates a KSP-based annotation processor that generates new code and files based on annotation usages.

Jetpack Compose Destinations

In this tutorial, Roberto Orgiu teaches how to implement an effective navigation pattern with Jetpack Compose, in a way that will work with different screen sizes, from phones to tablets.

Airbnb uses Jetpack Compose to empower devs to do their best work

How Compose enables Airbnb to create better host and guest experiences

Stubbing with doAnswer vs doReturn – what's the difference?

Jarosław Michalik explains the subtle difference between Mockito/MockK's answer vs return.

Full Guide to Testing Android Applications in 2022

The goal of this article by Max Kim is to create a comprehensive guide to Android testing, which can be studied and referred to as needed.

What engineering leaders need to know from this year’s Google I/O

Annyce Davis shares what stood out to her in this year's Google I/O.

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Design

Material Icons: Sehee Lee

An interview with Senior Visual Designer leading icons and design systems for Google Fonts, Sehee Lee

Jobs

Android Developer (Toronto or Vancouver)

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Libraries & Code

Horologist

Horologist is a group of libraries that aim to supplement Wear OS developers with features that are commonly required by developers but not yet available.

News

What’s new in Android Development Tools

Google announced an exciting set of new features available in Android Studio Dolphin Beta and Electric Eel Canary, both available for download.

New Google Play SDK Index helps you choose the right SDKs for your app

Google is taking another step to increase communication and transparency by launching Google Play SDK Index, a new public portal that lists over 100 of the most widely used commercial SDKs, and insights about each one.

Introducing Health Connect, a new API for user health data

Google announced Health Connect, a platform, and API for Android app developers. With user permission, developers can use a single set of APIs to securely access and share health and fitness data across Android devices.

What’s new in Jetpack

Here are the highlights of recent updates in Jetpack.

13 Things to know for Android developers at Google I/O!

A list of 13 key takeaways from Google I/O for Android developers.

Announcing Compose for Wear OS Beta!

Google has launched the Beta release of Compose for Wear OS, the modern declarative UI toolkit designed to help developers create beautiful user experiences for Wear OS.

What's new in Jetpack Compose

It’s been almost a year since Jetpack Compose 1.0 was released, and Google has just announced the new upcoming features.

What's new in Google Play

At this year’s I/O, Google focused on three major ways we can help you continue growing your business on Google Play.

What’s new with Android for Cars

Google introduced new updates that will make it easier for you to provide users with an even better experience in the car.

What’s new with Google TV & Android TV OS

Google is introducing new features and tools on Android 13 that focus on overall performance & quality, improve accessibility, and enable multitasking.

Now in Android - a new, open source, real-world sample app

check out the alpha version of the Now in Android app on GitHub! The app has two goals: it showcases best practices, opinionated designs, and solutions to complex real-world problems and it helps you keep up to date with the areas of Android development that interest you most.

Videos & Podcasts

Firebase at Google I/O 2022

During Google I/O 2022, developers and enthusiasts came together to share the latest updates in Firebase

Return and Throw with the Elvis Operator

Seb explains why the Elvis operator is named after the famous singer, and how you can use `?:` in Kotlin to return or throw.

I/O with the Italians!

The Coding Italians had Sasa Sekulic with them as they watched and commented on the Google I/O 2022 keynote.

Material Design at Google I/O 2022

Explore updates in Material Design introduced at I/O 2022, where the focus is on accessibility and personalization

Android and Play at Google I/O 2022

Android and Google Play experts came together to share the latest tools, updates, and best practices for developers during Google I/O 2022

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