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June 26th, 2022

Articles & Tutorials

Compose sample app: UI state with Flow, offline first

James Shvarts goes over the details of a simple app built in Compose and Kotlin Flow.

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Android navigation with multiple back stack

Dan Meng defines multiple back stack navigation and examines several ways to implement it.

Auto sync Tabs and a List with Jetpack Compose

Vaios Tsitsonis builds a complex layout that auto-selects the right tab while scrolling a list.

Which lint rules does Jetpack Compose ship with?

Vinay Gaba digs into the issue documentation page to see all the rules that the Jetpack Compose libraries ship by default.

Using Live Templates to Improve Android Development Productivity

Using Live Templates is a productivity booster since they will automate a lot of boilerplate code for you. Mike Wolfson shares several examples.

Combining StateFlows and transforming it into a StateFlow

Shreyas Patil builds a utility to help combine multiple StateFlows into another transformed StateFlow.

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Libraries & Code

Fragula

Fragula is a swipe-to-dismiss extension for navigation component library for Android, with support for Jetpack Compose.

zeplin-asset-download-gradle

A simple gradle plugin that lets you create a download asset from Zeplin and convert them to vector drawables automatically. Uses 100% Kotlin.

News

Introducing Kotlin Build Reports

Starting with Kotlin 1.7.0, you can create build reports for Kotlin compiler tasks

Notes from Google Play: making Play work for everyone

Google is making Play work better for everyone, making it easier for you to grow apps and games business, and helping you better serve everyone, everywhere.

Developer-Powered CTS (CTS-D)

CTS-D is a new Compatibility Test Suite (CTS) module that is powered by app developers with a focus on pain points that they are seeing in the field.

Videos & Podcasts

Jetpack Compose [FAQ]

Jetpack Compose is covered in this FAQ session

The Ultimate Dagger-Hilt Guide (Dependency Injection)

Dependency injection is a core concept of software development. In this video, Philipp Lackner shows you how you can apply DI in an Android app using Dagger-Hilt.

SVG Paths are full of BEZIER CURVES!

Ivan Morgillo, Sebastiano Poggi, and special guest Mark Allison discuss Bezier curves and SVGs.

How Firebase projects and apps work

In this video, Marina discusses how Firebase projects and applications work with the best practice recommended by the Firebase team.

Best Practices for using Kotlin Coroutines in Android Development

Lukas Lechner shares 6 of the most important Best practices when using Kotlin Coroutines in your Android Applications

Specials

Companies Using RFCs or Design Docs and Examples of Thes - The Pragmatic Engineer

RFCs - requests for comment - or Design Docs are a common tool that engineering teams use to build software faster. Gergely Orosz shares a couple of examples from several well-known companies.

Maintaining Software Correctness

Dan Lew ponders what it means to "maintain software correctness."