ISSUE #233

17th of January 2021

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Articles

My MutableStateFlow Didn’t Emit!
You should rather be using MutableStateFlow when dealing with Flow. Read this article by Sam Edwards to learn the reasons.
handstandsam.com

The future of apps: Declarative UIs with Kotlin MultiPlatform (D-KMP) — Part 1/3
First article in the series by Daniele Baroncelli explaining how can Declarative UIs be achieved from KMP.
danielebaroncelli.medium.com

Avoid backing properties for LiveData and StateFlow
Using prefixes in backing fields in LiveData is wrong, but there are also some other potential issues Danny Preussler wants to warn you about.
medium.com

Enable iosMain sourceSet in Kotlin Multiplatform Mobile projects
When developing iOS in KMP, the code is considered by the compiler in several versions: iosArm64, iosX64, and also iosArm32. This article explains how to approach this scenario.
medium.com

Nested tests with Junit5
Nested tests in Junit5 allow us to group test cases. Check how to do this in presenter tests.
kotlintesting.com

Helping You Understand The Syntax of Jetpack Compose
This article by Oussama Hafferssas aims to clarify the syntax of Jetpack Compose from a Kotlin perspective.
oussamahaff.dev

Deploying server-side Kotlin Ktor applications on Dokku
In this article by Sebastian Aigner, you will learn how to deploy ktor apps on Dokku.
dev.to

Android

Drawing and painting in Jetpack Compose: More on Canvas
This article describes how to use Canvas on Jetpack Compose.
dev.to

Jobs

Senior Software Engineer at Squarespace
Squarespace is seeking a Senior Software Engineer - Android to join our small, collaborative team responsible for the end-to-end development of our Android applications and the long-term vision of Squarespace on mobile devices.
grnh.se

Libraries

Chip-8 Kotlin Multiplatform
Chip-8 emulator written in KMP by John O'Reilly.
github.com

permissions-ktx
Kotlin Lightweight Android permissions library that follows the permission request principles and its Jetpack Compose friendly.
github.com

Kotlin JNI Interface to Intel Open Image Denoise Library
Kotlin library and JNI interface to the Intel Open Image Denoise Library - see inside the article the before and after image, to get more context.
github.com

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