Kotlin Weekly - Kotlin Weekly #440

 
 

ISSUE #440

5th of January 2025
 



Articles


Reverse-Engineering the Compose Compiler Plugin: Intercepting the Frontend
Amanda Hinchman examines how the Jetpack Compose compiler transforms annotated functions by hooking into the Kotlin compiler's frontend.
hinchman-amanda.medium.com

Becoming A Successful Android Open-Source Librarian
Guide by Jaewoong Eum to become a successful Android Open-Source librarian, where he outlines strategies for creating impactful open-source projects, focusing on life cycle planning, API design, resource optimization, and clear documentation.
proandroiddev.com

Jetpack Compose Modifier Guessing Game!
Marcin Moskała explained the process behind creating the Jetpack Compose Modifier Guessing Game, which we already shared here. Check it out!
kt.academy

Four useful tips for Compose Kotlin Multiplatform (KMP)
In this article, Iosu Lizarraga shares four useful tips for Compose Kotlin Multiplatform (KMP), including solutions for previews, BackHandler actions, test mocking, and UI tests.
proandroiddev.com



Android


Integrating AdMob in Kotlin Multiplatform: The Complete Guide
Andres Sandoval wrote a detailed guide on integrating Google AdMob into KMP projects, providing step-by-step instructions for implementing banner ads on both Android and iOS.
andresand.medium.com



Videos


Just-in-Time Tooling with Mermaid, Kotlin & JUnit
In this new video by Duncan McGregor, he demonstrates how Kotlin can be used to build ad-hoc tools, like adding events to JUnit test visualizations, to enhance productivity and streamline development.
www.youtube.com

Set Up the Kotzilla Platform in less than 5mins
Learn how to set up the Kotzilla Debugging Platform for your Kotlin applications in under 5 minutes.
www.youtube.com

Top 10 Exception Handling best practices in Kotlin
In this video, Mohsen Mirhoseini explores the Top 10 Exception Handling Best Practices in Kotlin, designed to help you write more robust and user-friendly Android applications.
www.youtube.com



Libraries


Compose Hot Reload IDEA plugin
IDEA Plugin to hot reload Compose - and a good example to see hot to create IDEA plugins
github.com

Khonshu
Khonshu is the foundation of how the Freeletics team build apps, providing the general set up for screens as well as navigation.
github.com

Re.This
Re.This is a coroutine-based, multiplatform Redis client written in Kotlin.
github.com

Spraypaint.kt
Kotlin Multiplatform JSONAPI client inspired by Spraypaint.JS
github.com

Alchemist
Type safe management and arithmetic of physical units, inspired by kotlin.time.Duration.
github.com

The Swift Package Manager for Kotlin multiplatform Plugin
Gradle plugin designed to simplify integrating Swift Package Manager (SPM) dependencies into Kotlin Multiplatform (KMP) projects.
github.com

Vite for Kotlin
Gradle plugin to use Vite and Rollup in Kotlin Multiplatform projects
gitlab.com

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