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February 25th, 2024

Articles & Tutorials

Stop Using Test Tags in the Jetpack Compose Production Code

Tomáš Repčík considers ways to replace test tags with semantics that bring more than just testing capabilities.

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Mobile releases are broken, but that’s OK… right?

You may not realize it, but mobile engineers are likely treated as second-class citizens in your org. The steady stream of busywork required to get an app shipped is a huge time and resource sink that gets shrugged off because it’s just how things work. This status quo isn’t good enough. Read why.

Evolving our Android CI to the Cloud (2/3): Dockerizing the Tasks

Victor Caveda dives into the nitty-gritty of dockerizing your Android build tasks — the foundation of a Cloud-based CI.

Refining Compose API for design systems

Yury takes a look at possible implementations of a design component and how to find a balance making Compose components both easy to use and enforce design system guidelines.

Ins and Outs of Kotlin Variance

Udit Verma plays with the Kotlin concept of variance and shows how it can be applied to an implementation.

Overlapping Lists — Custom Composable Vs RecyclerView

Rahul Ray takes a look at implementing a very often used UI design called overlapping list.

Container transform animation with Jetpack Compose

Ruslan Myhal examines container transform, an animation pattern that transforms one container into another, typically using a shared element to connect two UI elements.

Preferences Datastore is slow

Ishan Vohra considers why preferences Datastore is slow, but you should still choose it over Shared Preferences.

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Libraries & Code

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Draw Wear OS Watch Faces with Compose Canvas (& runtime)

Videos & Podcasts

New HexFormat Tooling in Kotlin 1.9

Dave Leeds checks out Kotlin 1.9's new experimental HexFormat class and its related functions!

Voyager: Navigation Solution for Compose Multiplatform

Learn about Voyager, a navigation solution for Compose Multiplatform.

Getting started with anonymous authentication and account linking on Android

Learn how to implement a smooth onboarding process for your Android app using Anonymous Authentication and Account Linking.

Fan’otations

Tor, Romain, and Chet talk about one of Tor’s favorite topics: Lint.

Mastering Jetpack Compose Previews - Test your UI before it tests you!

Priya Sindkar explores various techniques for using Jetpack Compose Previews to build and test state-of-the-art Android apps across different form factors.

Define REST Endpoints Using Ktor Part 2 - Build a Fullstack Kotlin Application

Nate Ebel continues stubbing out REST endpoints using Ktor in this series of livecasts.

derivedStateOf VS. remember(key) - THIS is Really the Difference

Philipp Lackner shows you the difference of derivedStateOf VS. remember(key).