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Three Dots Loading Animation with Jetpack Compose

Souvik Sarkar demonstrates creating a three-dots loading animation in Jetpack Compose by utilizing rememberInfiniteTransition for staggered animations and applying a shared Modifier to achieve bouncing and fading effects.

Android Performance — Overdraw

Gokul Raja T S explains overdraw in Android, how to detect it using “Debug GPU Overdraw,” and techniques to reduce unnecessary rendering for better performance.

Loading Initial Data properly with MVI

Maxime Michel explores best practices for loading initial data in MVI architecture, comparing ViewModel initialization with LaunchedEffect in Jetpack Compose.

Using Ktor In Jetpack Compose. A Full Fledged Explanation

Tomer Pacific provides a comprehensive guide on integrating Ktor into Jetpack Compose applications, covering setup, client instantiation, making network requests, and deserializing JSON responses.

Kotlin Multiplatform Architecture Best Practices for Mobile Apps

Ignacio Carrión outlines best practices for architecting Kotlin Multiplatform mobile applications, emphasizing a multi-module project structure and the application of Clean Architecture principles to enhance scalability and maintainability.

Random Musings on the Android 16 Beta 2

Mark Murphy shares insights on Android 16 Beta 2, discussing deprecations like elegantTextHeight, new APIs for UI jank detection, and the introduction of AdvancedProtectionManager for enhanced security.

A Visual Guide to TopAppBar Variants in Jetpack Compose

Alex Zhukovich provides a visual guide to various TopAppBar components in Jetpack Compose’s Material 3 library, detailing their default typography, heights, and use cases to help developers choose the appropriate variant for their designs.

TrustedTime API: Introducing a reliable approach to time keeping for your apps

Google introduces the TrustedTime API, which provides a reliable time source independent of device settings, enhancing accuracy for functionalities like scheduling, security protocols, and event logging.

Advanced Exception Handling in Kotlin Coroutines: A Guide for Android Developers

Dobri Kostadinov provides an in-depth guide on advanced exception handling in Kotlin coroutines, covering topics such as exception propagation in coroutine hierarchies.

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Kotlin Multiplatform Tooling – Shifting Gears

JetBrains will be deprecating support for KMP in Fleet in the next three months and will no longer be releasing a standalone IDE for KMP.

Get ready for Google I/O May 20–21

The Google I/O 2025 developer conference is scheduled for May 20–21 at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, California. Registration is now open, allowing participants to receive updates and personalize their experience

Meet the Android Studio Team: A Conversation with a Staff Developer

Meet Trevor Johns, a seasoned Staff Developer Programs Engineer at Google.

The Second Beta of Android 16

Google announces the release of Android 16 Beta 2, introducing enhancements for professional camera experiences, including hybrid auto-exposure modes and precise color temperature adjustments, as well as support for UltraHDR images in HEIC format.

Videos & Podcasts

Goodbye Fleet as the official Kotlin Multiplatform IDE

Yanneck Reiß talks about the recent announcement of the KMP tooling support Fleet will mean for the future of KMP development IDE support.

Create Stunning Animations for Mobile/Web with New Lottie Lab!

How To Land An Android Dev Role In 30 Days (Full Step-By-Step Course)

Jov Mit teaches how to land an Android dev role in 30 days with this full step-by-step course

The Full Guide to Supporting Edge-to-Edge On Android 15+ (Compose + XML)

Philipp Lackner shows how you can deal with Android 15's edge-to-edge enforcement and make sure no critical content is overlapped by system components.

5 Minutes to Faster Edits in IntelliJ and Android Studio - Multiple Cursors

Dave Leeds shows you the keyboard shortcuts that have given the biggest boost when working with code in IntelliJ IDEA and Android Studio - multiple cursors!

Android API Calls for Beginners (Networking) - Ktor & JSON

Daniel Atitienei about API calls, JSON objects and how you can deal with them.

Custom signals for Remote Config - Release Notes Deep Dive

Custom signals for Remote Config in Firebase allow you to match arbitrary signals that you define in the app with conditions server side

Dependency Injection in KMP with Koin

Learn what dependency injection design pattern is and why we use it. As well as how to apply it in your Kotlin Multiplatform app with Koin which is a dependency injection library.

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