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ISSUE #447

23rd of February 2025
 



Announcements


New Kotlin 2.1.20-RC
There is a new Kotlin RC out from the oven! Check out the lists that are coming out here.
github.com

OpenAI vs. DeepSeek: Which AI Understands Kotlin Better?
JetBrains has been benchmarking OpenAI and DeepSeek, and how they perform with Kotlin code. Check out the results.
blog.jetbrains.com



Articles


Retaining screen states with the compose runtime
This article teaches how to use rememberRetained or produceRetainedState to retain Compose states across recompositions and configuration changes.
medium.com

Kotlin Multiplatform Scalability Challenges on a Large Project
This article explores Kotlin Multiplatform's scalability challenges in a large project, covering library vs. product feature migration, network layer unification, A/B test results, and overall feasibility in enterprise mobile development.
beriukhov.medium.com

KSP Memory Leak Dive
An accounting of tools and techniques used to reproduce, visualize, fix and test a KSP memory leak by Jason Pearson.
www.jasonpearson.dev

Kotlin Multiplatform Architecture Best Practices for Mobile Apps
Ignacio Carrión summarizes in this article some of the best practices to create an architecture for Kotlin Multiplatform Mobile apps.
carrion.dev



Android


Meet the Android Studio Team: A Conversation with Engineering Director, Tor Norbye
In this new ongoing blog interview series from Google, meet Tor Norbye, Engineering Director at Google leading the development of Android Studio.
android-developers.googleblog.com

Seamless Camera and Media Access on Android 14+ and Legacy Versions
Valentine Rutto explores seamless camera and media access on Android 14+, covering permissions, image capture, and storage across versions.
medium.com

Room Debug DAOs in Android: Streamlining Your Workflow
Paul Blundell explains how to create debug-only Room DAOs in Android to streamline development workflows by isolating developer tools from production code.
blog.blundellapps.co.uk
 


Jobs

Lead Product Manager (AI Enterprise)
JetBrains is looking for a Product Manager for AI Enterprise! Check out if this job could be for you.
www.linkedin.com
 



Conferences


🚀 Jetpack Compose Recomposition – Master It in ONE Day!
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kt.academy



Libraries


Swift Package Manager For Kotlin Multiplatform
The Swift Package Manager for Kotlin Multiplatform Plugin, aka spmForKmp Gradle Plugin, is an alternative of the dying CocoaPods Plugin used by KMP cocoapods plugin.
frankois944.github.io

Compose ContinuousRoundedCornerShape
This library draws a smooth roundedCornerShape in Compose Multiplatform.
github.com

Carbon | Compose
Carbon design system implementation with KMP and Compose Multiplatform
github.com

xemantic-ai-tool-schema
A Kotlin Multiplatform library that generates JSON Schema for @Serializable classes to facilitate AI/LLM tool use (function calling).
github.com

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