Issue #498

December 26th, 2021

Articles & Tutorials

 
Interested in cross-platform development with KMM?

Are you interested in cross-platform development with Kotlin Multiplatform Mobile? Check out this thread with helpful content from the community.

 
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Learn how to create your own customized chat experience by tweaking just a single parameter, using Stream's Compose Chat SDK and its MessageList component.

 
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Mark Murphy, aka CommonsWare, has released his full catalog of books available for download. PDFs, EPUBs, and MOBI/Kindle editions are available for all of the books, and many of the newer ones are also available for direct reading on the site.

 
Things you should know about Coroutines. #3: Structured Concurrency

Max Kim continues his series on Kotlin Coroutines, looking at the meaning of Structured Concurrency.

 
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UI tests vs. snapshot tests on Android

Sergio Sastre Florez shows how to pick the right tool for the job when writing UI tests.

 
Filtering and modifying text input in Jetpack Compose way

Shreyas Patil shows how using VisualTransformation is the right way in Compose to modify the contents of a TextField.

 
Hands on Jetpack Compose VisualTransformation

In this article, Julien Salvi covers how he managed to create a reliable phone number formatter for Compose with VisualTransformation.

 
Introducing Jetpack Compose into an existing project

In this part of the series, Ziv Kesten plans the first screen in Jetpack Compose and shows how we can think differently when building UI with Compose.

 
Sending One-Shot ViewModel Events to the UI

Michael Ferguson focuses on Google’s new guidance with respect to the communication pattern for one-shot actions between an Android view model and its associated view.

 

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Jobs

 
Lead Android Developer

“You do remarkable things and solve tough problems where many others have failed before. Robots and Pencils is looking for Android Developers with 7+ years experience who are driven to be pioneers and leaders. If this is you -- we want to hear from you!”

 
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We’re a Series B startup in YC's Top Companies helping healthcare professionals find shifts at nearby facilities. CBH is a two-sided marketplace and we've grown 20x in the past 18 months. We need your help in serving more healthcare professionals, facilities and patients.

 
Software Engineer (Android)

Driver is dedicated to making life-saving driving technology available to everyone. We’re leveraging the power of computer vision and big data analysis to make collision alerts and driver assistance features available on common mobile devices.

 
Senior Android Developer

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Libraries & Code

 
link image   Restaurants-Compose

An example concept of MVVM and Kotlin. Display, Filter & Sort the given restaurants from assets with Jetpack Compose and AAC.

 
TimelineView

A customizable and easy-to-use Timeline View library for Android

 
snippet-timekeeper

Snippet is an extensible android library to measure execution times of the code sections in a way that does not compromise with the readability and can be shipped to production without any additional setup.

 
avatarview-android

Supports loading profile images with fractional styles, shapes, borders, indicators, and initials for Android

 

News

 
Introducing kotlinx.coroutines 1.6.0

Following the release of Kotlin 1.6.0, the 1.6.0 version of the kotlinx.coroutines library is out.

 

Videos & Podcasts

 
link image   What's new in Kotlin Coroutines 1.6.0

In this episode, Anton Arhipov talks about the highlights of Kotlin Coroutines 1.6.0

 
Accessibility test framework and Espresso

In this episode, learn how Espresso and the Accessibility Test Framework can help you create automated accessibility tests.

 
Firebase Release Notes: Crashlytics Kotlin, Firestore App Check & more

Frank van Puffelen discusses better Kotlin support for Crashlytics, easier async event handling with Combine for iOS/Apple, downloading bytes and files from Cloud Storage in your web app securely, and much more!