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January 28th, 2024

Articles & Tutorials

Creating Dynamic Menus with Jetpack Compose

Arda Kazancı shows how to create an interactive and visually appealing menu structure using Jetpack Compose.

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Netflix Toolbar Scroll Effect

Bill Tsapalos experiments with implementing a UI effect found in the Netflix Android app, using Jetpack Compose.

Coroutine patterns in Android, and why they work

Tom Colvin prises open some common coroutine patterns and marvels at the clockwork behind.

Sharing in-app review logic in KMP module

Sergei Mikhailovskii built a Kotlin Multiplatform library for in-app reviews that works on both Android and iOS.

What’s new in the Jetpack Compose January ’24 release

With the Compose January ‘24 Bill of Materials, Google has released version 1.6 of Jetpack Compose with an additional ~20% improvement in scroll performance and ~12% improvement to startup time in benchmarks.

Building Dynamic App Icons in Android

Josias Sena shows how Dynamic app icons can make your app stand out to engage users and sprinkle in some personal flair.

Listening for element events with Compose for Web

Gustavo Fão Valvassori shares how Compose for Web handles events, how to use them, and how to use effects to handle more complex events.

Jetpack Compose Puzzlers

Thomas Künneth analyzes a couple of puzzling behaviors he's found in Jetpack Compose.

Going Old School

Romain Guy shares a technique for optimizing cubic bezier curve easing, now used in Jetpack Compose.

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Libraries & Code

kmp-app-review

Kotlin Multiplatform implementation of in-app review

gemini-android

Gemini Android demonstrates Google's Generative AI on Android with Stream Chat SDK for Compose.

Videos & Podcasts

Create Kotlin Ktor Project - Fullstack Kotlin App Tutorial

Nate Ebel creates projects using two tools and then explores the generated code to understand the default Ktor project structure provided by the project creation tools.

New EU Consent Policy Can Disable your Ads! - Here's How to Avoid it

Using app ads in the EU comes with new restrictions, and Stevdza-San takes a look at what it means for developers.

Firestore sum/average, and best practices for Firebase Cloud Messaging

puf discusses updates to Firestore, including support for multiple databases & the use sum/average in Node.JS Cloud Functions, index scans in Key Visualizer being now generally available as well, and much more!

How to Implement Firebase Push Notifications on Android (FCM + Backend)

Philipp Lackner shows how to implement Firebase Push Notifications on Android (FCM+Backend).

Try-Catch vs. runCatching()

Dave Leeds examines try-catch vs runCatching(), the results of the polls, and the assessment of the trade-offs involved when choosing between them.

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Inject your Jetpack Compose Application with Koin

Arnaud Giuliani presents Koin dependency injection APIs for Jetpack Compose & Compose Multiplatform.