ISSUE #436

8th of December 2024

Announcements

Kotlin Multiplatform User Survey
The team at JetBrains has released a Survey to help them shape the future of KMP. Consider taking a look at this - your feedback matters!
surveys.jetbrains.com

Arrow 2.0 release
Arrow 2.0 has been released! Check out this page to read everything included in this new version.
arrow-kt.io

KotlinConf 2025 CfP extended
The KotlinConf 2025 CfP has been extended one week! Sunday at 11:59 UTC+01:00 is the last time, so consider using your Sunday to submit a talk!
sessionize.com

Code, Learn, Repeat: Get Ready for KotlinConf 2025
While getting ready for the KotlinConf 2025, here there are some recordings from the best talks last year! Just to get on the mood.
blog.jetbrains.com

Articles

A Developer’s Roadmap to Mastering Kotlin Multiplatform
Jaewoong Eum provides a roadmap for mastering Kotlin Multiplatform, highlighting its architecture, library ecosystem, and advantages for efficient cross-platform development.
proandroiddev.com

How to Open System Settings in Compose Multiplatform
Ever wondered how to open Systems Settings while using Compose Multuplatform? Raed Ghazal wrote an article about it.
raed-o-ghazal.medium.com

Using BlockHound to track blocking calls in non-blocking dispatchers
This article by Marcin Moskala demonstrates how to use BlockHound to detect blocking calls in Kotlin Coroutines, ensuring safe and performant suspending functions.
kt.academy

Sponsored

Kotlin & Jetpack Compose Training
We are looking for developers eager to enhance their skills in 2025! Join our open workshop on Kotlin or Recomposition Optimization at an exclusive, highly attractive price and learn how to tune your applications for peak performance.
kt.academy

Android

Voice to Text | Kotlin | Android Jetpack Compose
Andres Sandoval keeps exploring Compose, this time demonstrating a button for speech recognition with permission handling and activity launch via rememberLauncherForActivityResult.
andresand.medium.com

Videos

Firework: Introducing Compose Hot Reload
Sebastian Sellmair introduces Hot Reload for Compose and its current state.
www.youtube.com

Turbocharge Testing with JUnit, Gradle & IntelliJ
This week Duncan McGregor has been learning and teaching how JUnit, IntelliJ and Gradle interact.
www.youtube.com

Immutable and Persistent Lists - TypeAlias Show Clip
In this 12-minute clip from the TypeAlias Show Livestream, Dave Leeds looks at the kotlinx.collections.immutable library.
www.youtube.com

Jobs

Brilliant.org is hiring engineers to build the future of interactive learning
Engineers at Brilliant think about both “building the right thing” AND “building the thing right” while pursuing high standards of excellence for ourselves, our users, and our codebase. 💰 $180k - $225k. Join us!
brilliant.org

Libraries

App Sizer
App Sizer is a tool designed to analyze the download size of Android applications.
github.com

Passage
Passage is a Kotlin Multiplatform library designed to simplify authentication flows across Android and iOS platforms.
github.com

Konan Plugin
Gradle plugin for compiling C source files to static libraries for all targets supported by Kotlin Multiplatform.
github.com

KTViewModelBuilder
A macro for wrapping a Kotlin ViewModel into a SwiftUI ObservableObject.
github.com

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