ISSUE #266

5th of September 2021

Announcements

Introducing the Kotlin/JS Inspection Pack: IR Migration Help, Quick-Fixes, and More
Kotlin has introduced a new plugin for your Kotlin/JS applications – the Kotlin/JS Inspection Pack. It adds valuable inspections and quick-fixes that help you build and maintain your Kotlin/JS projects.
blog.jetbrains.com

Idiomatic Kotlin: Solving Advent of Code Puzzles, Passport Validation
In the new chapter of Idiomatic Kotlin, “Idiomatic Kotlin”, take a look at day 4 of the Advent of Code 2020 challenges, in which we tackle a problem that feels as old as programming itself: input sanitization and validation.
blog.jetbrains.com

Try the New Kotlin/Native Memory Manager Development Preview
The development preview of the new memory management approach for Kotlin/Native is now ready for you to try out in your project. Check out the entire announcement in this post.
blog.jetbrains.com

Announcing new AWS SDK for Kotlin alpha release
Amazon jumps also on the Kotlin train, this time releasing their AWS SDK for Kotlin.
aws.amazon.com

Articles

Kotlin 1.5.30 and KMM/KMP
Kotlin 1.5.30 is a turning point in KMP. Kevin Galligan has written a post explaining everything new in the KMP universe in the new release.
medium.com

Build iOS apps using the Kotlin Multiplatform framework
We know that KMP is not only for Android. In this article, Justin Nguyen explains how can we use it to buy iOS applications, including tests, a proposed architecture and more.
pixelcarrot.com

What is CoroutineContext and how does it work?
Learn in this article what is a Context in a Coroutine, different types and how can we use them.
kt.academy

Kotlin Sets - Abhas Kumar
Abhas Kumar explores Sets in Kotlin, and some of the things we can do with them.
abhas.tech

Building an XCFramework on Kotlin Multiplatform from Kotlin 1.5.30
A few days ago, Kotlin 1.5.30 has been released. One of the features contained in the release is the official support for XCFrameworks on Kotlin Multiplatform. Marco Gomieron has written an article about how to achieve it.
www.marcogomiero.com

Write once, run anywhere?
This article narrates what a migration to Kotlin Multiplatform taught Quizlet about the nuances of cross-platform development.
increment.com

Sponsored

World's First Jetpack Compose Chat SDK!
Stream's new Jetpack Compose team has worked hard for the past few months to build the first Compose Chat SDK out there! Please try it out and let us know what you think.
getstream.io

Android

Jetpack Compose: Implementing the Detail View (Part IV)
Waseef Akhtar keeps exploring Compose. In this new article, he implements the detail view for an app.
www.waseefakhtar.com

Videos

Backend for mobile engineers with Kotlin and Ktor
Yev Kanivets speaks at the Virtual Kotlin User Group about how to use ktor for the backend.
www.youtube.com

Podcast

Kotlin in AppCode: What? Where? Why?
Hadi and Sebastian speak with Aydar Mukhametzyanov about Kotlin and AppCode – the what, how, and why.
talkingkotlin.com

Libraries

Essenty
Recopilation of the most essential libraries for Kotlin Multiplatform development.
github.com

FontSizeRule
A Junit4 TestRule to do simulate changing the font size on a device/emulator, as it would be done by going to Settings > display > Font size.
github.com

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