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I Built a LangGraph Agent That Audits Android Projects — Here's the Architecture

Samuvel Pandian walks through DroidDoctor, a Python CLI using a 7-node LangGraph state machine to audit Android Gradle configs, manifests, deprecated APIs, and Compose adoption.

Syntax Highlighting on Android: Bringing Shiki Engine to Compose

Hossain Khan explores two approaches to Compose-native syntax highlighting: a Shiki microservice and on-device TextMate grammars.

When Text Input Becomes Document Editing in Jetpack Compose

Sergey Drymchenko explores the architecture needed when Compose text fields must behave as a full block document editor.

Gradle plugin to catch version conflicts and their sources early

Daniil Chernyaev builds a Gradle plugin that automatically surfaces dependency version conflicts and their full resolution paths on every sync.

Next-Level Observability with OpenTelemetry

Kevin Kimani shows how to instrument a Kotlin/Spring Boot service with OpenTelemetry tracing to go beyond basic logging in distributed systems.

Compose Styling Is Changing — Here's What Google's New Style API Gets Right (and What It Still Needs)

Simon Topchyan assesses Google's experimental Foundation Style API and what it means for Compose design systems at scale.

More Accessible Focus Indicators with Compose

Eevis Jonna shows how to build custom, accessible keyboard focus indicators in Jetpack Compose using the Indication API.

The Modern Guide to Android SDK Development: Testing & Distribution (Part 2 of 3)

Dmytro Petrenko walks through SDK testing strategies, binary compatibility validation, and Maven Central publishing.

Tuning Compose Animations Without Rebuilding: Hot Reload for Dynamic Design

Jaewoong Eum demonstrates how Compose hot reload enables real-time animation parameter tuning without app rebuilds.

Senior Mobile Engineer - KMP (Remote (Spain/Portugal/Germany/UK))

At Yazio, our product squads drive our mission to help people live healthier lives. We’re looking for a product-minded Senior Mobile Engineer to build impactful features for millions. You’ll work closely with Product, Engineering, and Design, using Kotlin Multiplatform to deliver for iOS & Android.

MBCompass

A free, open-source Android compass and navigation app built with Jetpack Compose, supporting track recording, GPX export, and OpenStreetMap integration.

librootkotlinx v2.0.0-alpha01

A Kotlin coroutines library for executing Android root commands, now rewritten with Flow-based streaming and libsu backend.

ParticleEmitter

A Jetpack Compose library for physics-based particle animations, with Canvas and layout-based rendering engines.

dependency-conflict-analyzer

A Gradle plugin that automatically detects major-version dependency conflicts during sync and shows full resolution paths.

compose-ai-tools

A Gradle plugin that renders Jetpack Compose @Preview composables to PNG so AI coding agents can see what they're changing.

DeviceIntelligence

An open-source Android telemetry SDK that collects device integrity signals — root, hooking, bootloader, and emulator detection — as structured JSON.

compose-performance-skills

A curated library of agent skills for diagnosing and fixing Jetpack Compose performance issues.

Android Developers Office Hours - Modern Android App Performance

Android Developers team hosts an office hours session on optimizing and scaling app performance across the Android ecosystem.

Android Got a New CLI Tool! (Game Changer For AI-First Setups!)

Philipp Lackner demonstrates the new Android CLI tool and its most important commands for AI-first development setups.

Exposed 1.0 and Beyond | Talking Kotlin

Talking Kotlin covers the Exposed SQL framework reaching 1.0 and what comes next.

Insane Compose Changes, New Android Studio Panda & More

Philipp Lackner covers the latest Android dev news including major Compose API changes and the new Android Studio Panda release.

Effective Kotlin Item 36: Prefer Composition over Inheritance

kt.academy covers why composition is preferred over inheritance in Kotlin and when each approach makes sense.