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November 26th, 2023

Articles & Tutorials

Preparing for Network Failures this Holiday Season

Jesse Wilson discusses why you should make your API idempotent.

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Gestures in Jetpack compose — All you need to know — Part 2

Radhika provides an in-depth guide to Jetpack Compose gesture handling.

Have You Truly Used Generics? Understanding Kotlin’s Powerful Type System

Nirbhay Pherwani goes beyond the basics with a practical and amusing journey through Kotlin’s generics.

What are inline value classes in Kotlin and when you should use them

Alex Forrester examines inline value classes in Kotlin.

Elegant Event Handling in Kotlin — A Refactoring Walkthrough

Sven Nähler embarks on an adventure to revamp Kotlin code handling diverse events. All this enhances performance and style, making the code sleeker, more maintainable, and a joy to work with.

ViewModel: Events as State are an Antipattern

Nek.12 expands on a comment about handling one-off events fired from a view model.

Emoji error! Using the latest Compose with compileSDK < 34

Want to use the latest versions of Compose, but your app compileSdk is falling behind? Paul Blundell shows how to work around a compile issue.

Oh no, another type safe Compose Navigation library for Android

FunkyMuse introduces a new type-safe navigation library for Jetpack Compose.

Reactive Programming in Kotlin - StateFlow

Donovan LaDuke continues the series, examining the final Flow type: StateFlow, which is a child of SharedFlow.

Women Developer Academy Europe 2023 - My Experience

Eevis Panula shares her experiences with the Women Developer Academy Europe program.

Material Components for Android TV using Jetpack Compose

Joe Birch takes a look at some alternative composables designed specifically for Android TV apps, and why we should be using these over the already available variants.

Why is Kotlin’s Tail Wagging? It Found a Smarter Way to Loop Around!

Nirbhay Pherwani explores tail recursion in Kotlin, with practical insights through real-world examples.

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Libraries & Code

foSho

Type-safe navigation library for Jetpack Compose

assertk-lint

Lint checks for assertk users

News

Release Kotlin 1.9.21

Kotlin 1.9.21 is out! This update addresses a variety of issues, including regression problems, as well as a fix for Kotlin Multiplatform libraries. Additionally, Kotlin 1.9.21 introduces kapt compatibility with JDK21.

Videos & Podcasts

The State of Kotlin Multiplatform

Svetlana Isakova and Márton Braun discuss how KMP works, how to apply its flexibility to your diverse projects, and how to get the most out of it.

How to Migrate an Android Project to Kotlin Multiplatform (KMP)

Philipp Lackner shows how you can take an existing native Android project in Android Studio and migrate it to Kotlin Multiplatform, so you can use the app on iOS as well.

Build Apps for iOS and Android With Shared Logic and Native UIs

Learn about what's involved in configuring your development environment, creating a Multiplatform Mobile project, and progressing to a more elaborate project that shares the data and networking layers.

Room Database - Transactions!

Charfaoui Younes teaches how to simplify the usage of transactions with The Room database.

A Team of 20 to Publish an App?! - THIS New Google Play Policy Change is CRAZY

Philipp Lackner shares what the new Google Play policy is about and why it may be concerning to smaller developers.

The biggest news from Firebase Demo Day 2023

The top six biggest announcements from Firebase Demo Day, including Duet AI in Firebase, AI-powered automated app testing, Firebase Hosting’s integration with Project IDX, and more!

Full Guide to Shared Element Transition Animation with Jetpack Compose

Learn about shared element transition animations in Android with Jetpack Compose.

Exploring Molecule and Beyond with Jake Wharton

Ever wondered about Molecule in Jetpack Compose? This latest chat with Jake Wharton has you covered!