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April 7th, 2024

Articles & Tutorials

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Navigating the Waters of Kotlin Multiplatform: Exploring Navigation Solutions

Thomas Kioko offers insights into a personal journey of arriving at a navigation solution.

Improving dependency sync speeds for your Gradle project

Harsh Shandilya examines a couple of ways to speed up your Gradle project load times.

Loading Animation on Android

sinasamaki builds a fancy loading animation for your Android app.

Exploring the Android Photo Picker

Joe Birch takes a quick look at how we can use the Android Photo Picker in our apps – both in Composable UI and within activities/fragments.

Jetpack Compose to Compose Multiplatform

Gustavo Fão Valvassori shows how with a few changes you can also build your application for other platforms, such as iOS, macOS, and the Web.

OCR with Gemini LLM on Android

Paul Blundell briefly introduces setting up the Gemini API client SDK on Android to perform Optical Character Recognition (OCR) on images.

How to Implement Biometric Authentication

Megh Lath shows how to implement biometric authentication with Jetpack Compose and AES encryption in Android apps for enhanced security and user experience.

Swift package export setup

JetBrains has published a new guide on exporting a Kotlin Multiplatform framework as a SwiftPM dependency.

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Libraries & Code

measure-builds-gradle-plugin

Gradle Plugin for reporting build metrics at the end of the build.

compose-report-to-html

A utility (Gradle Plugin + CLI) to convert Jetpack Compose compiler metrics and reports to beautified HTML page.

navigation-recents-url-sharing

This library provides easy integration with the Android OS "Recents" screen by automatically figuring out if you are in a screen which has a deep link, and provides that deep link as the copyable/shareable link using the URL Sharing feature.

composable-sheep-lib

This library includes the standalone functions for Composable Sheep, Composable Fluff and Loading Sheep.

News

The Ktor Plugin Registry Has Launched!

The new Ktor Plugin Registr enables the submission of community-based plugins to the Ktor team, categorizes plugins for easy searching, and provides users with essential documentation.

Kotlin Multiplatform State of the Art Survey 2024

A survey about the Kotlin Multiplatform State of the Art 2024, which aims to shed light on the state of Kotlin Multiplatform development in 2024.

Videos & Podcasts

Adaptive Navigation Bar Using Jetpack Compose

Daniel Atitienei shows how to create an adaptive navigation bar using Jetpack Compose in this tutorial.

Building a Speedometer widget using Jetpack Compose Canvas API

Mohsen Mirhoseini and Saurabh Arora guide you step by step on how to create a stunning Speedometer using Jetpack Compose Canvas!

Aptabase with Guilherme Oenning

Nicola Corti interviews guest Guilherme Oenning, creator of Aptabase!

Here’s How to Improve your Project Architecture - Tips and Tricks!

Stevdza-San lists several tips that will improve you're app's architecture.

Compose Preview Parameter Provider

Charfaoui Younes shows how to provide data to Preview Composables functions, thus making your preview dynamic and easy to implement.

Improving Video Playback with ExoPlayer

Alexey Bykov shares practical approaches with ExoPlayer that go beyond what is documented.

Every Kind of Class in Kotlin

Kotlin offers many different kinds of classes and in this video, Dave Leeds looks at all of them.

Android Studio Iguana, Compose Multiplatform Changes & More

Philipp Lackner shows you all the Android News for April 2024!

Google Play PolicyBytes - April 2024 policy updates

Payal, Product Marketing Manager for Android and Google Play, shares important updates from our April 2024 Google Play policy announcements.

New Release Monitoring dashboard in Firebase

The beta version of the Firebase Release Monitoring dashboard allows you to monitor all the data you need to feel confident about your releases in real time

Google I/O 2024, Women’s History Month, Vulkan on Android, and more!

Updates on Google I/O 2024, Women's History Month, Vulkan on Android, and much more!

Kotlin/Wasm — Compile Once Run Everywhere

Learn about recent developments in Kotlin/Wasm: tools, compiler, and the ecosystem around it. Zalim Bashorov shares practical examples, demonstrating how Kotlin/Wasm could be used in various environments

Mastering Map Magic: Jetpack Compose GroundOverlay Tutorial & Code!

Luca Nicoletti shows how to add a GroundOverlay, using images, on top of a Google Map using Jetpack compose.