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4/25/2024
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Learning about Android Runtime
View in browser 🔖 Articles Learning about Android Runtime I always enjoy reading articles that explore how something works under the hood. Here's an article that does exactly that, providing
4/18/2024
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The First Beta of Android 15
View in browser 🔖 Articles The First Beta of Android 15 This new version of Android focuses on enhancing productivity, providing a premium app experience, ensuring user privacy and security, and
4/13/2024
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Airbnb's Trio framework for Jetpack Compose
View in browser 🔖 Articles Airbnb's Trio framework for Jetpack Compose Delve into Airbnb's Trio framework for Jetpack Compose screen architecture in Android, focusing on navigation. Learn how
4/5/2024
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How to safely update state in your Kotlin apps
View in browser 🔖 Articles How to safely update state in your Kotlin apps I have been building reactive, fully asynchronous, high-performance, multiplatform apps for multiple years now. Over time, I
3/29/2024
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Understanding Jetpack Compose: Internal Implementation and Working
View in browser 🔖 Articles Understanding Jetpack Compose: Internal Implementation and Working With introduction of Compose, there is a lot of talking about optimisations. Everyone wants to avoid
3/22/2024
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Retaining beyond ViewModels
View in browser 🔖 Articles Retaining beyond ViewModels This is a quick post to highlight a feature in Circuit which I really like, along with a quick deep-dive into some recent updates for that feature
3/15/2024
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Now in Android #100
View in browser 🔖 Articles Now in Android #100 Welcome to post 100 of Now in Android, your ongoing guide to what's new and notable in the world of Android development. @Composable Modifier vs
3/8/2024
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Better, faster, stronger time zone updates on Android
View in browser 🔖 Articles Better, faster, stronger time zone updates on Android What happens when time laws change? If you look globally, governments can and do change their time laws, sometimes every
3/1/2024
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So Long, and Thanks for All the Bytes 🦎
View in browser 🔖 Articles Android Studio Iguana is stable With features like Version Control System support in App Quality Insights, to the new built-in support to create Baseline Profiles for Jetpack
2/23/2024
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So Long, and Thanks for All the Bytes
View in browser 🔖 Articles So Long, and Thanks for All the Bytes is with very mixed feelings that I am leaving Google (as in, leaving right now — today is my last day). Or perhaps I should say instead
2/19/2024
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Cloud photos now available in the Android photo picker
View in browser 🔖 Articles Cloud photos now available in the Android photo picker Our photo picker has always been the gateway to your local media library, providing a secure, date-sorted interface for
2/9/2024
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Accessibility Amplified: A Journey to Inclusive Android Apps
View in browser 🔖 Articles Accessibility Amplified: A Journey to Inclusive Android Apps In this post, we'll look at accessibility on Android and how it might help build a more inclusive and fair
2/2/2024
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Prompt users to update to your latest app version
View in browser 🔖 Articles Prompt users to update to your latest app version We are introducing a new tool that will prompt these users to update, bringing them closer to the app experience you
1/26/2024
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What’s new in the Jetpack Compose January ’24 release
View in browser 🔖 Articles What's new in the Jetpack Compose January '24 release This release largely focuses on performance improvements, as we continue to migrate modifiers and improve the
1/19/2024
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Kotlin: An Illustrated Guide - Sealed Types
View in browser 🔖 Articles Kotlin: An Illustrated Guide - Sealed Types In the frigid lands of the antarctic, there's a store called Cecil's Ice Shop, a thriving business where the locals can
1/12/2024
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What's new with Google Cast?
View in browser 🔖 Articles What's new with Google Cast? Since we launched Google Cast in 2013, we've been working to bring casting capabilities to more apps and devices. We have come a long way
1/5/2024
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How to handle single-event in Jetpack Compose
View in browser 🔖 Articles How to handle single-event in Jetpack Compose How can we handle a side effect inside our Jetpack Compose Application? Recently, in my company, we have started to migrate some
12/22/2023
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Crash Course on the Android UI Layer | Part 2
View in browser 🔖 Articles Crash Course on the Android UI Layer | Part 2 This blog post series aims to summarise the Android Developer guidance on the UI layer. We'll explore all the entities
12/15/2023
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Crash Course on the Android UI Layer
View in browser 🔖 Articles Crash Course on the Android UI Layer This blog post series aims to summarise the Android Developer guidance on the UI layer. We'll explore all the entities involved in it
12/8/2023
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KSP2 Preview: Kotlin K2 and Standalone Source Generator
View in browser 🔖 Articles KSP2 Preview: Kotlin K2 and Standalone Source Generator After getting feedback on the new architecture and continuing to address gaps we will work towards releasing KSP 2.0