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September 8th, 2024

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Avoiding the Auto-Completion Trap in Android Studio

Jaewoong Eum explores how to selectively disable auto-completion suggestions in Android Studio

Kotlin KSP — how to automate everything in the world

Serhii Hryshyn implements automating navigation descriptions in the Compose Navigation library using KSP.

Best Practices for Managing and Resolving Dependency Conflicts in Gradle

Harman Khera explores strategies to resolve dependency conflicts in Gradle.

How to develop an AI app with a local model in Kotlin Multiplatform

Karol Wrótniak shows how to create an AI app using Kotlin Multiplatform and a local AI model, with a technical focus specifically for developers.

Creating a Custom Gauge Speedometer in Jetpack Compose

Sahil Thakar shows how to build a custom speedometer using the canvas approach.

Type safe navigation for Compose.

Don Turner covers the stable API and points out changes since the first alpha release of Jetpack Navigation 2.8.0.

Google Maps in Jetpack Compose: Getting Started

In this new series of blog posts, Joe Birch shares how we can use the different parts of the compose mapping package.

Zsolt Bertalan wraps up his series on how architecture-related decisions can have serious implications.

Improve Compose UI with Spacing Constants

Donovan LaDuke shares a simple way to enforce spacing design standards when implementing UI with Jetpack Compose.

On building a digital assistant for the rest of us - Part 1

This series of articles by Thomas Künneth is about implementing a small digital assistant on Android that uses Gemini 1.5 Pro.

Shimmer animations in Jetpack Compose without extra dependencies

Mike Yerou shows a simple to implement shimmer animation in Jetpack Compose without adding another dependency to our project.

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News

TensorFlow Lite is now LiteRT

LiteRT is the new name for TensorFlow Lite (TFLite).

Android 15 is released to AOSP

Google has released Android 15 and is making the source code available at the Android Open Source Project (AOSP).

Our first Spotlight Week: diving into Android 15

The Android 15 "Spotlight Week" will provide resources — blog posts, videos, sample code, and more — all designed to help you prepare your apps and take advantage of the latest features.

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