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September 15th, 2024

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The subtle art of making releases boring

Read how Squarespace’s Unfold team made their mobile release process boring: learn what these non-eventful releases are like and how they came about, dig into how eventful they used to be, and hear why having uneventful releases is a superpower.

Navigating Google Play’s Policy Maze: When Following the Rules Isn’t Enough

Ranjeet shares a store from the maddening world of automated app reviews

How to Add a Splash Screen to a Compose Multiplatform App

Pamela Hill takes you through what to do to add static and animated splash screens to Android and iOS applications.

Building A Custom Design System in Compose Multiplatform

Kashif Mehmood shows how creating a custom design system in Jetpack Compose can be as simple or as complex as you need.

Migrating Jetpack Compose for TV from alpha to stable

Paul Lammertsma shares the steps needed to move to the stable release of Jetpack Compose for TV.

Developer Preview: Desktop windowing on Android Tablets

Learn how to optimize your apps for desktop windowing and deliver the optimal experience to users.

CoroutineContext in Kotlin

Amit Shekhar teaches about the CoroutineContext in Kotlin by going through the source code. We will also cover how to customize it.

On building a digital assistant for the rest of us - Part 2

Thomas Künneth refines the user experience of the sample app: the user will be able to highlight an area of the image. If they do so, the app will ask Gemini to focus on the selection.

KMP (Kotlin Multiplatform) AndroidX Room setup and more

FunkyMuse shows how AndroidX Room can be integrated into a KMP project to handle local databases, providing a unified approach to data management.

Android hot and ready #1 : Preserving your android app state

Yves Kalume shares insights and practical strategies for managing state in your Android apps, from handling configuration changes to preparing for process death.

Using feature flags in GraphQL

Adam Bennett examines GraphQL Directives, which is a way of optionally including fields. But why is this useful?

When remember() Does Not Remember, Consider if()

Mark Murphy describes a surprise in Compose when alternating between light and dark modes.

The val Property != Immutable in Kotlin

Jaewoong Eum explores the intriguing question of whether a property defined with the val keyword in Kotlin is truly immutable or simply read-only.

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Libraries & Code

measure

Measure is an open source tool to monitor mobile apps.

bitwarden-android

The newly rewritten Bitwarden mobile app for Android.

News

Jetpack Compose APIs for building adaptive layouts

The 1.0 stable version of the Compose adaptive APIs with Material guidance is out, ready to be used in production. The library helps you build adaptive layouts that provide an optimized user experience on any window size.

Streamlining Android authentication: Credential Manager replaces legacy APIs

Developers with apps that still use legacy APIs should migrate to Credential Manager as soon as possible.

Videos & Podcasts

I am done with ViewModels...

Sebastian Sellmair rants about ViewModels and explains why he does not like them!

Building Responsive Applications with RxKotlin with Sarp Remzi Aksu

Sarp Remzi Aksu delves into the principles of reactive programming and demonstrates how RxKotlin can be leveraged to manage asynchronous operations, handle data streams, and implement reactive architectures.

The Reason We Need Compose Keys!

Charfaoui Younes examines why we need to set up some keys when working with Lazy List in Compose.

Navigation Compose meet Type Safety

Clara Fok talks about the new Type Safety feature for Navigation Compose and the new type-safe APIs.

Flow layouts | Jetpack Compose Tips

Rebecca Franks shows Flow layouts along with how to use them and tricks for using them to work on different sized devices. Making your experience delightful for all device sizes too!

Full Guide to Deep Linking With Type-Safe Jetpack Compose Navigation

Philipp Lackner shows how you can implement deep linking with the new type-safe Compose navigation.

Compose animations

Chet, Romain, and Tor chat with Doris Liu from the Compose team about animations in Compose -- covering everything from the basic primitives up to the recently added Shared Element Transitions.

Jetpack Compose For Beginners — Crash Course 2024

Daniel Atitienei teaches how to create your first composable, create a simple app using the state and the most used composables.

Beyond The Success Of Kotlin / The Documentary

This is how the story of Kotlin began. What led to the success of Kotlin, and what were the costs to earn its spot in the industry? In this documentary, you will hear the story from the source.

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