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How Compose Preview Works Under the Hood

Jaewoong Eum traces the full pipeline from @Preview annotation to rendered pixels inside Android Studio.

How I Found a 34% Startup Win in a Modern Compose App

James Cullimore's guide to improving your startup speed.

Beyond Positions: Kotlin's New Name-Based Destructuring

Nav Singh takes a quick look at name-based destructuring declarations.

CompositionLocal in Jetpack Compose

Stefan examines how to use CompositionLocal.

Monitoring Android Vitals with the Play Developer Reporting API

Julien Salvi shows how to automate Android Vitals monitoring using the Play Developer Reporting API and a Gradle task.

Don't Learn Coroutine Testing with Turbine

Tim Malseed argues for learning coroutine testing fundamentals before reaching for Turbine, to avoid flaky, over-specified tests.

Syncing Your AI Guidelines Across Workflows

Saurabh Arora shows how to keep AI coding guidelines consistent across Android Studio, CLI tools, and CI bots using a git pre-commit hook.

Libraries & Code

Tracey

A Kotlin Multiplatform flight recorder for Compose apps that captures gestures, screen views, breadcrumbs, and crashes for replay and reporting.

Kompass

A Compose Multiplatform navigation library built around pure reducers and immutable state for predictable, testable navigation on Android, iOS, and Desktop.

Android Source Explorer MCP Server

An MCP server that gives AI tools on-demand access to AOSP and AndroidX source code for accurate framework understanding.

kotlin-agent-skills

A collection of AI agent skills for Kotlin projects, installable via the Agent Skills standard.

News

Get Inspired and Take Your Apps to Desktop

Google launches desktop experience design guidance and the Android Design Gallery for adaptive app development.

Kotlin 2.3.20 Released

JetBrains releases Kotlin 2.3.20 with Gradle 9.3 compatibility, name-based destructuring, and new C/Objective-C interop.

Google Summer of Code 2026 Is Here: Contribute to Kotlin

The Kotlin Foundation announces participation in GSoC 2026, with four projects open for contributor applications until March 31.

Android developer verification: Balancing openness and choice with safety

Google announces an advanced sideloading flow and free limited-distribution accounts as part of upcoming Android developer verification requirements.

KotlinConf 2026: Talks to Help You Navigate the Schedule

JetBrains highlights selected talks from the full KotlinConf 2026 schedule, spanning language design, multiplatform, server-side, and AI.

Videos & Podcasts

6 Ways to Make Your Gradle Builds Super Fast

Philipp Lackner covers six practical techniques for speeding up Gradle builds in Android projects.

We Don't Need Designers Anymore.

Philipp Lackner tests the Figma MCP server to vibe-code Android UI designs using Claude Code.

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