Articles & Tutorials

Danny Preussler examines why you should avoid using the “NewApi” suppression.

Aleksey Kladov writes about tradeoffs to consider in code reviews.

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Jenn Bailey teaches how to use Bubbles in Android to add notifications and create conversational shortcuts for Direct Share

Rasul Aghakishiyev shows an example of how Jetpack Compose provides a nice API for creating animations in our application.

This post by Rachel Myers walks through how to approach reviewing and giving good feedback on Firebase Security Rules.

Florina Muntenescu shows how to use and test Room Kotlin APIs and also how things work under the hood.

In this post, Florina Muntenescu shows you the basics of WorkManager with coroutines by building on the WorkManager codelab.

In this third in a series of articles on the fundamentals of creating and using RecyclerView, Meghan Mehta covers how to handle click events.

In this article, Angélica Oliveira explains some steps that made this possible to become a Google Developer Expert.

Vlad Sonkin takes a closer look at custom fonts on Android and explores the best way to use them in your Android project.

A step-by-step walkthrough on how to implement In-App Updates in Android using Kotlin by John Codeos.

In using Jetpack Compose, Amr Yousef needed to customize a side drawer, so he shows how to do this.

Magda Miu is often asked how to start learning Android, or how to become an Android developer. So in this post, she shares a list or resources.

Kotlin Coroutines really simplifies the way we write asynchronous and concurrent code. However, Lukas Lechner identified some common mistakes that many developers make when using Coroutines.

Rebecca Franks has spent several years learning graphics programming with OpenGL. Here she shares a list of resources that she found useful for learning it.

Stojan Anastasov shows that when testing RxJava code, you do NOT have to replace all schedulers with Trampoline, which may make you miss possible concurrency issues.

If you’ve been struggling to formulate a mental model for Gradle, this post by Bruce Eckel provides some insights.

Harsh Shandilya goes over some things that you can do with Actions and also shares some safety related tips to ensure that your workflows are secure from both rogue action authors as well as rogue pull requests.

A high-order function is a function that takes function/s as parameter/s or returns function/s. This article shows some examples of how this powerful concept can be used in Kotlin.

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Libraries & Code

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An implementation of a gif decoder written 100% in Kotlin, plus an associated Drawable for Android

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News

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Videos & Podcasts

In this practical guide, Vlad Sonkin shows what the Android Activity Lifecycle is, why it's critical to know, and how to use it correctly.

In this tutorial series develop an Expense Tracker App Completely from scratch with Modern Android Architecture Components. In this Episode learn to set up project prerequisites in Android Studio.

When designing a library, minimizing your API surface is a great idea. In this talk, Márton Braun looks at all the ways that Kotlin lets you get your visibility just right.

Peter-John chats with Eliza Camber about Google Assistant and the new Actions Builder and also dived into custom intents for your Android app and more.