Kotlin Weekly - Kotlin Weekly #450

 
 

ISSUE #450

16th of March 2025
 



Announcements


Building a Better Developer Experience: A Collaboration Between Gradle, Google, and JetBrains
JetBrains, Google, and Gradle are collaborating to improve the Kotlin development experience by simplifying build configurations, enhancing IDE integration, and optimizing performance, with a strong focus on developer feedback.
kotlinfoundation.org

The Third Beta of Android 16
Android 16 Beta 3 is now at Platform Stability, locking APIs and finalizing behaviors—apps targeting Android 16 can be published on the Play Store.
android-developers.googleblog.com



Articles


Getting Started with MockK in Kotlin
In this, first article of a new series by Piotr dedicated to MockK and Kotlin, learn how to create mocks, define stubbings and utilize matchers.
codersee.com

Koin Annotations 2.0 — Release is out!
Koin Annotations 2.0 is a major update for Kotlin dependency injection, and it has just been released. Check out the announcement here.
blog.insert-koin.io

Beyond the Law of Instrument
Mark Marcel presents a framework to avoid the Law of Instrument trap in programming by evaluating tools like lateinit in Kotlin based on their responsibility, mechanics, and semantics.
markmarcel.hashnode.dev

Centering top-level dialog windows in Compose Multiplatform
The latest article of Thomas Künneth explores centering top-level dialog windows in Compose Multiplatform using window.locationOnScreen for precise positioning.
dev.to

Kotlin Tips and Tricks You May Not Know: #7 — Goodbye try-catch, Hello runCatching!
Elena van Engelen presents a cleaner way to handle exceptions in Kotlin with runCatching.
proandroiddev.com

Understanding Hot and Cold Flows in Kotlin
Ignacio Carrión explains on detail how Hot and Cold Flows work in Kotlin.
carrion.dev


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Videos


Can Junie generate Kotlin code from UML?
Dave Leeds tests Junie, JetBrains' AI coding agent, to see if it can generate Kotlin code from UML diagrams using context, notes, and other clues.
www.youtube.com

Typesafe Libraries & Gradle Convention Plugins
Duncan McGregor explores integrating Gradle Version Catalogs with Convention Plugins, improving dependency management in Kotlin DSL while upgrading his video editing style.
www.youtube.com



Libraries


Bubbles
Chat sample app designed and exported entirely via Paper, with support for KMP.
github.com

Writeopia
Writeopia is a modern text editor that integrates AI while prioritizing offline functionality and user privacy.
github.com

http4k MCP Desktop Client
A command-line desktop client for connecting to MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers via standard input/output.
github.com

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Kotlin Weekly #449

Sunday, March 9, 2025

ISSUE #449 9th of March 2025 Articles Building & Deploying a simple KMP app — Part 1: App icons Guide by Robert Munro to setting up app icons for a Kotlin Multiplatform app, including tools,

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ISSUE #448 2nd of March 2025 Announcements Apply for Google Summer of Code 2025 and Contribute to the Kotlin Ecosystem The Kotlin Foundation is once again participating in Google Summer of Code. If you

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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

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