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November 3rd, 2024

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Thoughts on Kotlin Multi Platform (KMP)

Benjamin considers the first experience with Kotlin MultiPlatform (KMP), sharing thoughts and aspirations for the technology.

Compose Navigation The Old Way

Davies Adedayo AbdulGafar walks through how to safely define Navigation string routes, break down the structure of these routes, and address common problems encountered when using this method.

Widgets with Glance: Blending in

Katie Barnett shows how with Jetpack Compose Glance you can easily theme your widgets to use dynamic colors.

Kotlin Multiplatform — How to improve the iOS development experience

Guilherme Delgado explores a range of helpful techniques aimed at improving the development workflow in KMP projects.

Koin: My Favorite Dependency Injection Library for Android

Explore why Koin is Stefano Natali's favorite DI library and how you can use it effectively in your Android projects.

Using Vertex AI in a Compose/Kotlin Multiplatform project

John O'Reilly shows how to use the Vertex AI Android and iOS SDKs in a Compose/Kotlin Multiplatform project.

Parameterized Android Tests with Burst 2.0

Sam Edwards considers how Burst 2.0 seems like the right solution to run parameterized tests and for sharded test runners to deterministically compute all test method names using static analysis.

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Libraries & Code

Film-Simulator

FilmSimulator is a cross-platform mobile application developed using Kotlin Multiplatform and Compose UI Multiplatform. The app allows users to apply different film-like LUTs (Look-Up Tables) to their images, providing a unique aesthetic reminiscent of classic film styles.

burst

Burst is a library for parameterizing unit tests implemented as a Kotlin compiler plug-in. Burst supports all Kotlin platforms and works great in multiplatform projects.

News

Kotlin Multiplatform parameterized tests with Burst

Jesse Wilson announces Burst 2.0, a Gradle plug-in that adds support for parameterized tests to Kotlin/Multiplatform projects.

Kotlin Multiplatform Development Roadmap for 2025

Egor Tolstoy examines how JetBrains is focused on enhancing the Kotlin Multiplatform ecosystem in 2025, including upgrading Compose Multiplatform for iOS to Stable.

Videos & Podcasts

Bittersweet beginnings - Fragmented

They’re back from the hiatus with a SemiQuicentennial episode! With the momentous 250 comes some big announcements and a shift in the way they do things.

Koin the Secret to Fast & Simple Dependency Injection

Daniel Atitienei implement Koin in an Android app and discuss some differences between it and Hilt.

Dangerous Minds: How we're getting developer education wrong with David Rawson

This talk examines common advice aimed at beginners in Kotlin and Android development and shows how these can actually harm both codebases and, long term, the career trajectories of new software engineers.

TypeAlias Show #3 - Immutable and Persistent Lists • Subtyping Composables

Dave Leeds checks the Compose Multiplatform 1.7 updates, explores the Immutable Collections library and examines how we can subtype Composables.

Navigation In Multi-Module Android Apps - Why You're Doing It Wrong!

Philipp Lackner shares the correct way of implementing navigation in a multi-module Android project.

Learn how Android devs are getting the most out of Gemini in Android Studio

Gemini in Android Studio just got a huge update, making it useful across every stage of the dev lifecycle.

Gemini in Android Studio: now helping you at every stage of the dev life cycle

Gemini in Android Studio is your AI powered coding companion and it’s getting the biggest set of updates since launch. For the first time, Gemini is bringing AI to every stage of the development lifecycle.

More frequent Android SDK releases, and a look into updates on Android

Google announced that Android will have more frequent SDK releases going forward, with two releases planned in 2025 with new developer APIs.

AnchoredDraggable | Compose Tips

Jossi Wolf covers Compose AnchoredDraggable, which is a Jetpack Compose API that lets you build components that can be dragged between anchor points and settles an anchor point at the end of the gesture.

Google Play PolicyBytes - October 2024 policy updates

Paul, from Regional Operations North America, Trust and Safety, Google Play, shares important updates from our October 2024 Google Play policy announcements.

How Compose Compiler Plugin Works

mohit examines the architecture of the Compose compiler plug and how IR is transformed for the different part of the composable method.