Kotlin Weekly - Kotlin Weekly #285

ISSUE #285

16th of January 2022

Articles

Understanding and Configuring your Kotlin Multiplatform Mobile Test Suite
Writing tests is part of every developer’s day-to-day routine. Gustavo Fão Valvassori wrote an article bout how can we do this properly when we use Kotlin Multiplatform.
touchlab.co

How Kotlin By Variable Delegate Helps Me Avoid Anti-Pattern
The By delegate in Kotlin can help you to avoid falling into an anti-pattern. Elye explains why in this article.
medium.com

Using Kotlin in a Java project: 10 lessons learned
Benjamin Komen has been recently used Kotlin in a Java 10 project. He wants to share his learnings with us.
xebia.com

Bytecode transformations: The Android Gradle Plugin
This article covers different approaches to bytecode manipulation in Java as well as how to make it work with Android and the Android Gradle plugin.
blog.sentry.io

Things every Kotlin Developer should know about Coroutines. Part 5: Cancellation
In this new article in the series of Coroutines, Max Kim writes about the options we have to cancel coroutines.
maxkim.eu

Android

Exploring Material You for Jetpack Compose
In this post, Jaewoong Eum takes a look at the new Material You library available for Jetpack Compose and sees how we can apply its dynamic colors for a fun, colorful, and personalized messaging experience.
proandroiddev.com

Videos

detekt, A static code analysis linter tool for Kotlin Android projects
detekt is a static code analysis linter tool for Kotlin Android projects. In this video, you will learn how detekt helps with codebase quality improvements and what features it brings.
www.youtube.com

Podcast

5 Years of Talking Kotlin Special
In this special episode of Talking Kotlin, Hadi walks us through the early days of the podcast, discusses its evolution, and sheds some light on the project's future.
talkingkotlin.com

Realm with Christian Melchior
Christian Melchior, Android Lead Engineer at Realm, speaks with Nico about everything Realm, including Kotlin, KMP, OSS and more. Do not miss this chapter.
thebakery.dev

Libraries

Update on ModernStorage
ModernStorage is a group of libraries that provide an abstraction layer over storage on Android to simplify its interactions by apps developers. The developer is now searching for community feedback, in case you can help.
www.reddit.com

Compose Destinations: simpler and safer navigation in Compose with no compromises
Annotation processing library for type-safe Jetpack Compose navigation with no boilerplate.
proandroiddev.com

I have created an API to get rid of ContentProviders when using the Contacts API
Alex Styl has been working on an API to get rid of ContentProviders when using the Contacts API. The result is Contact Store.
www.reddit.com

Kover : Code Coverage plugin for Kotlin
Kover is a code coverage tool for Kotlin. It's still in incubator phase but I took it for a spin and it is already very useful as part of local or CI workflows.
lengrand.fr

Resaca
Resaca is a Scoping library for objects and View Models in Android Compose
github.com

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