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ISSUE #439

29th of December 2024
 

And that's a wrap! Thanks for being with us throughout 2024. We had the opportunity to meet many of you at KotlinConf and provide live coverage. We witnessed significant development in CMP and KMP, and we welcomed Kotlin 2.0 with open arms. We’re looking forward to an even better 2025.



Articles


Debugging Kotlin Coroutines: Making “Optimised Out” Variables Visible
Tom Sabel shares tips on debugging Kotlin coroutines, tackling 'optimised out' variables with dynamic build configurations for a smoother development experience.
tomsabel.com

Kotlin companion object explained
Michal Ankiersztajn demystifies Kotlin's companion objects, explaining their purpose, behavior, and how they simplify code with constants, utility functions, and singletons.
proandroiddev.com

Kotlin Multiplatform GitHub Actions Automated Pull Request Labels
Aleksander Jaworski automates GitHub Actions labels for Kotlin Multiplatform projects, streamlining CI processes and ensuring safer code reviews.
akjaw.com



Android


All I Want For Christmas is Android XR - Android Faithful
Huyen Tue Dao, Jason Howell, Ron Richards, nterview Shahram Izadi and Mishaal Rahman talk about the new Android XR platform.
www.youtube.com



Videos


Test Visualisation with Mermaid
Duncan McGregor explores visualizing test runtimes with Kotlin, from Gantt charts to AI solutions – check out the GitHub repo and join his KotlinConf 2025 workshop.
www.youtube.com

Kotlin 2.1 - Pattern Guards, Swift Export, and More!
Dave Leeds covers the latest in Kotlin and Android and explores Kotlin 2.1 features like pattern guards.
www.youtube.com



Podcast


8× faster 5× memory savings with Dan Rusu’s Immutable Arrays
Dan Rusu discusses his pods4k Immutable Arrays library with Kaushik Gopal, highlighting performance boosts and memory savings in Kotlin/Android apps.
fragmentedpodcast.com



Libraries


Thumbnail Fixer
Tool designed to repair and enhance embedded thumbnails in images.
github.com

AdaptiveStack
This library is a simple multiplatform AdaptiveStack.
github.com

Stove
Stove is an end-to-end testing framework that simplifies testing by managing physical dependencies and your application in a unified way.
github.com

Zoomable
Compose multiplatform library that enables the content to be zoomable by gestures
github.com

Gadulka
Gadulka is a minimalistic player library for Kotlin Multiplatform.
github.com

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Kotlin Weekly #438

Sunday, December 22, 2024

ISSUE #438 22nd of December 2024 Announcements klibs.io JetBrains has introduced the alpha version of klibs.io – a web service that speeds up and simplifies discovering KMP libraries that best meet

Kotlin Weekly #437

Thursday, December 19, 2024

ISSUE #437 15th of December 2024 Announcements Modern Android Maps Feedback 2024 The teams at Google Maps is collecting some feedback from their Open Source library Maps Compose. If you have used it

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Tuesday, December 10, 2024

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

Kotlin Weekly #435

Sunday, December 1, 2024

ISSUE #435 1st of December 2024 Announcements Kotlin 2.1.0 Released Right before the end of 2024, we have a new Kotlin version released. Check out some of the goodies being delivered here. blog.

Kotlin Weekly #434

Sunday, November 24, 2024

ISSUE #434 24th of November 2024 Hi Kotliners! Next week is the last one to send a paper proposal for the KotlinConf. We hope to see you there next year. Announcements State of Kotlin Scripting 2024

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