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December 17th, 2023

Articles & Tutorials

Animating Inside and Outside the Box with Jetpack Compose

Nirbhay Pherwani shares many examples of building creative animations with Compose in Android.

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The ViewModel’s leaked Flow collectors problem

Juan Mengual describes one of the not-so-obvious risks that you need to understand when using Flows.

Glassmorphic Bottom Navigation in Jetpack Compose

Sinasmaki creates a bottom navigation bar in a glassmorphic design style using the new Haze library by Chris Banes.

Building Passive UI in Jetpack Compose

Donovan LaDuke considers how building passive UI with state changes tracked separately might make a better Composable.

Crash course on the Android UI layer - Part 1

Manuel Vivo aims to summarise the Android Developer guidance on the UI layer, explore all the entities involved in it, understand the role each part plays, and discuss best practices.

Kandy: the new Kotlin plotting library by JetBrains

Pavel Gorgulov introduces Kandy, a new Kotlin plotting library by JetBrains. It provides a new, powerful DSL for creating charts of various kinds.

Release Train in mobile development

Max Kach shares the experience of implementing a release train and what problems led to implementing it.

Koin Wrapped

The Koin crew recaps the 2023 milestones of the Kotlin Integration Framework.

Jetpack Preferences DataStore in Kotlin Multiplatform

FunkyMuse shows how to read and write preferences on multiple platforms using the KMP DataStore library.

Compose walk-through part 1: Basic components

Mike Yerou introduces some of the fundamental components, providing a basic overview and practical examples for developing with Jetpack Compose.

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Libraries & Code

ClimateTraceKMP

Kotlin/Compose Multiplatform project to show climate related emission data from https://climatetrace.org/data.

peekaboo

Kotlin Multiplatform library for Compose Multiplatform, designed for seamless integration of an image picker feature in iOS and Android applications

Android-PiP

Android Picture-in-Picture feature helper library

material3-windowsizeclass-multiplatform

The androidx.compose.material3:material3-window-size-class library is available for Jetpack Compose, but it is not currently available for Compose Multiplatform. This library changes that, by providing the WindowSizeClass for many of the platforms supported by Compose Multiplatform.

News

KotlinConf Global 2024: Uniting Kotlin Enthusiasts Worldwide!

KotlinConf Global returns next year, in May. This means that no matter where you are in the world, you can join us in celebrating all things Kotlin

Leverage Gemini in your Android apps

Google has introduced new ways for Android developers to access the Gemini Pro model – which runs off-device, in Google's data centers.

Videos & Podcasts

Demystifying Pixel Shaders (AGSL)

Timo Drick demystifies the art of writing pixel shaders. Learn the ins and outs of AGSL syntax, important features, and advanced techniques that will help you create fascinating graphical effects and animations.

Top 5 new features in Android Studio Hedgehog

Learn more about how Android Studio Hedgehog can help supercharge your developer productivity.

Should You Use a Navigation Library in Jetpack Compose?

Philipp Lackner considers if it's a good idea to use the Navigation Library in Jetpack Compose.

Network-Resilient Applications with Store5

Dive into the world of Kotlin Multiplatform with three special guests, Mike Nakhimovich, Yigit Boyar, and Matthew Ramotar, the minds behind the popular library 'Store' — a Kotlin Multiplatform library for building network-resilient applications.

Now in Android: Gemini, AICore, ML Kit, Android Studio Hedgehog

Covers updates on the most capable AI model yet Gemini, ML Kit Subject Segmentation API, Android Studio Hedgehog, articles, videos, and more!

Getting started with Cloud Functions

Cloud Functions allows you to write server code that responds to events. You can respond to HTTP requests and events from within the Firebase ecosystem.

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