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August 6th, 2023

Articles & Tutorials

Jetpack Compose Permissions: A Quick and Easy Guide

Bevan Steele shows how to add Jetpack Compose Permissions to your app.

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Help Us Improve the Performance of Your Compose Multiplatform Apps

Ekaterina Volodko shares how JetBrains is focusing on enhancing rendering performance and providing smooth, glitchless, and jank-free animation in Compose Multiplatform.

Android Lint workflow using Github Actions

SaqibM shows how to create a workflow for Android Lint using GitHub Actions.

Writing Swift-friendly Kotlin Multiplatform APIs — Part V: Exceptions

André Oriani shows how to code libraries that your iOS teammates will not frown upon using them. In this chapter: Exceptions!

Transforming UseCase: Embracing Fluent and Functional Approach

Stephen Siapno examines how to implement a Use Case that follows the principles of the Fluent and Fun Clean Architecture Series.

Try the K2 compiler in your Android projects

To help stabilize the new Kotlin K2 compiler and make sure you’re ready for Kotlin 2.0, Google is encourage you to try compiling your projects with the new compiler.

I still see LiveData - where are the Flows?

Maia Grotepass makes the case for replacing LiveData with StateFlow and MutableLiveData with MutableStateFlow.

Sleepless Concurrency: delay() vs. Thread.sleep()

Shreyas Patil makes a comparison between sleep() and delay() to make sure we use the right one.

Introducing FeedFlow, a minimalistic and opinionated RSS Reader

Marco Gomiero announces the release of FeedFlow, a minimalistic and opinionated RSS Reader built for Android, iOS & macOS using Kotlin and Compose Multiplatform.

Turbine and the combine operator

Donovan LaDuke shares a quick tip for an issue when testing a Flow result from a combine operator using the Turbine library.

Google Shutting down Firebase Dynamic Links

Gergely Orosz analyzes the shutdown of Firebase Dynamic Links, and what that means for developers.

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Libraries & Code

feed-flow

FeedFlow is a minimalistic and opinionated RSS Reader available on Android, iOS and macOS.

News

Apply for support from Google Play’s $2M fund in Latin America

Google's bringing back the Indie Games Fund for 2023 to selected small games studios based in Latin America.

Capture, edit, play, and share, the Media Developer Center has it all!

Google introduces the Media Developer Center, a new hub for documentation on Android media use cases and the place to find information you need to create best-in-class multi-device apps.

Health Connect brings deeper health and fitness insights

Google shows how some developers are taking advantage of the new Health Connect APIs.

Videos & Podcasts

Boost your Testing Skills with Test Builder Pattern!

Charfaoui Younes explains the concepts behind the Test Builder pattern and demonstrate its practical application in real-world scenarios so you can enhance your testing skills.

How to create a chatbot with Firebase Firestore and PaLM on Android

Alex Mamo explains a simple solution for integrating Cloud Firestore with PaLM API on Android using Jetpack Compose.

Top App Bar (Toolbar) - UX With Material3

Philipp Lackner shows how you can use the Material3 toolbar in a user friendly way with all the recommended scrolling animations.

Live Edit for Jetpack Compose

Live Edit introduces a new way to edit your app’s Compose UI by instantly deploying code changes to the running application on a physical device or emulator.

Integrating Google's ML Kit with CameraX and Jetpack Compose

Yanneck Reiß integrates the Text Recognition API with CameraX and Jetpack Compose, building a feature that detects and displays text from your camera feed in real-time.

Fixing touch target size in PLR

A quick note on how the Google Play Pre Launch Report reports on accessibility issues in your app.

droidcon Berlin 2023

Videos of all the presentations from Droidcon Berlin 2023