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November 17th, 2024

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StateFlow vs MutableState

State management is a crucial part of Android, and Kai Cilliers takes a look at two options.

The best dispatcher for a backend framework

Marcin Moskała analyzes which dispatcher is the best choice for a backend applications.

Mix Compose Multiplatform with native iOS UI

Gabriel Souza shows how the new Compose Swift Bridge simplifies mixing Compose Multiplatform with native iOS UI.

Android Interview Series 2024 — Part 1 — Android basics

Anitaa Murthy's revamped series of Android interview questions, broken down into 8 separate articles by areas of interest.

Collapsing Toolbar in Compose— PART 2

In part 2, Karishma Agrawal builds a dynamic UI with a collapsing toolbar and shows how to handle nested scrolling effectively.

Enhancing AI Powered Developer Tools with Gemini API

Read about Sublayer's story which showcases the transformative potential of the Gemini API.

A Curious Case of Mistaken Identity: How Lambdas Break Data Class Hashing

Matt McKenna tells the tale of the unstable hash that is a warning to all!

A Smoother Ride: Android Emulator Stability and Performance Updates

All about a Google initiative made up of several workstreams aimed at reducing crashes, speeding up startup time, closing out bugs, and setting up better ways to detect and prevent issues in the future.

Not a Phase - Text with Compose and Canvas

Eevis Panula looks at how to add text to Canvas and position and animate it, while also utilizing custom Google Fonts in the drawing.

Skipping the invocation of intermediate composables

Shreyas Patil walks through the concept of using lambdas in the composition scope and how they can be helpful in certain situations.

A Developer’s Roadmap to Mastering Kotlin Multiplatform

Jaewoong Eum explores the Kotlin Multiplatform (KMP) ecosystem using the Kotlin Multiplatform Developer Roadmap as a guide.

A Micro-optimization You Will Never Need

Romain Guy shows a micro-optimization more for the fun of it than for its real impact.

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A collection of impressive designs built with Compose UI Toolkit

News

Introducing Native Integrations for Gravatar Mobile SDK

Gravatar announced the release of native integrations for the Gravatar Mobile SDK, now available for both Android and iOS.

Videos & Podcasts

Fun with Function Types in Kotlin

Dave Leeds looks at the different kinds of function types in Kotlin to see how we can call regular functions - and even property setters - as if they were extension functions.

Accessing Camera in Kotlin Multiplatform (KMP)

Abdul Basit covers how we can use Camera on Android and iOS with Compose Multiplatform.

Firework: Introducing Compose Hot Reload

Sebastian Sellmair documents the journey of building "Compose Hot Reload" in the upcoming videos, demoing the current state and briefly introducing the project.

Previewing the Unpreviewable - Placeholder Previews in Compose

Philipp Lackner teaches how you can let AsyncImages, video views and other complex composables show up in your Compose preview.

Kotlin Symbol Processing Made Easy: Part 2

Welcome to Part 2 of the Kotlin Symbol Processing (KSP) series and dive deeper into advanced techniques to enhance your annotation processors.

Ultra HDR images | Android Build Time

Tune in to hear from the team at Google Drive and the Android platform team about new capabilities in Ultra HDR.

From Sprite Sheets to Stunning Animations in Jetpack Compose! KMP Library

Listen To Lifecycle Events In Jetpack Compose

Daniel Atitienei shows how to listen to lifecycle events in Jetpack Compose.

Graphics layers | Jetpack Compose Tips

Rebecca Franks teaches all about Graphics Layers in Compose and how you can use the APIs to composite graphics layers together to create interesting visual effects.

DevFest 2024

Playlist of all the presentations from DevFest Montreal 2024

There's a new king in DI town

Kaushik explores the evolution of dependency injection (DI) in Android development and chats with dependency injection expert Ralf Wondratschek for a final gut check.

Kotlin Compiler - Swift Intermediate Representation (SIR)

Mohit examines Swift Intermediate Representation and shares concrete examples of Swift and its SIR tree.