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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