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May 14th, 2023

Articles & Tutorials

Run Android UI tests on each PR -- Part II

Eugene Matsyuk considers the importance of running UI tests on PRs, this time exploring the various solutions available in the market and evaluating them.

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Migrating to Jetpack Compose: a step by step journey

Marco Gomiero journals converting a simple View-based app to Compose step by step.

Budding love for compose animation

Kristen Halper digs in to learn more about graphics in Compose, creating a frame-by-frame animation canvas, and building basic animations.

Why you need ViewModels and why you don't

Alex Styl covers everything you need to know about ViewModels in Jetpack Compose. What they are, why you need them, and why you don't.

Random Musings on the Android 14 Developer Beta 2

Mark Murphy digs through the API differences report, the high-level overviews, and even the release blog post to find out what the second Beta has in store for us.

How to create a Color Picker in Android using Kotlin

In this tutorial, John Codeos shows you how to make a color picker.

Introducing the Android UI design hub

Adhithya introduces the Android UI design hub, so you can start creating exceptional user interfaces that captivate your audience and leave a lasting impression.

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Design

Redesigning the Android Studio Logo

Now that the new Android Studio logo is available to most users, Marie Prezner examines the design changes in greater detail and decodes their meaning.

UI Design hub

Design beautiful and modern Android apps that meet your user where they are, whether browsing their phone, reading on their tablet, glancing at their wrist, or watching TV.

Libraries & Code

Ksoup

Ksoup is a lightweight Kotlin Multiplatform library for parsing HTML, extracting HTML tags, attributes, and text, and encoding and decoding HTML entities.

shady

A collection of AGSL shaders rendered in Jetpack Compose

maps-kt

This repository is a work-in-progress implementation of Map-with-markers component for Compose-Multiplatform

News

Introducing the Watch Face Format for Wear OS

Google announced the launch of the Watch Face Format.

Material Design 3 for Compose gets new components and features

Gurupreet Singh explores the 1.1 release of Material Design 3 for Compose.

Announcing Studio Bot, an AI-powered coding assistant

Android Studio Hedgehog introduces a key breakthrough: an AI-powered conversational experience designed to make you more productive.

What’s new in Android Health

At I/O 2023, Google announced key updates across both Health Connect and Health Services for app developers and users.

I/O 2023: What’s new in Google Play

Google has built exciting new features and made major changes to Play to help you thrive.

Building pixel-perfect living room experiences with Compose for TV

Google has launched the Alpha release of Compose for TV, the latest UI framework for developing beautiful and functional apps for Android TV.

Watch the Wear OS updates at I/O 2023

Highlights of some key updates announced at Google I/O this year in Wear OS.

What’s new with Android for Cars: I/O 2023

Google shared updates and new ways for developers to reach more users in the car.

Second Beta of Android 14

Coinciding with Google I/O, Google has released the second Beta of Android 14

Google I/O 2023: What's new in Jetpack

The highlights of recent updates in three major areas of Jetpack.

What’s new in Jetpack Compose

A look at all the new releases and announcements for Jetpack Compose from Google I/O.

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

Read on for our 14 new things to know in the world of Android Developer

Videos & Podcasts

All Google I/O 2023 Sessions

This playlist has all the Keynotes, technical sessions, and workshops from Google I/O 2023

Login Screen Implementation using Jetpack Compose

Explore how to implement a login screen using Jetpack Compose, with a particular focus on optimizing keyboard options and actions.

Can't Stop The KMP Train with Josh Shin from Volley

Josh Shin talks about his own path into mobile development and about how Volley has approached adopting and scaling Kotlin Multiplatform, especially from the iOS side of things.

Dependency Injection with Hilt

Eric Ampire shows how to set up Hilt for dependency injection and teaches a little bit about dependency injection.