Issue #645

October 20th, 2024
Articles & Tutorials
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sinasamaki shows how to add a stretchy animation on a slider.
Sergej Shafarenka considers what dependency injection looks like without a framework.
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Would you trade a little bit of memory for a whole lot of concurrency? CharlieTap shares the concept behind a concurrent data structure implemented in a Kotlin Multiplatform library.
Jimly Asshiddiqy examines the new Type Safety that was introduced in Compose Navigation.
Tomáš Repčík shows how ApplicationExitInfo and the new ApplicationStartInfo can be used to analyze the causes of why and how the app was launched.
CameraX gets an update to its Dual Concurrent Camera feature, making it even easier to integrate this feature into your app.
Using Jetpack Compose enables you to build a responsive dashboard-like layouts by leveraging several different techniques.
Eevis Panula shares first impressions about using Compose Multiplatform.
Donovan LaDuke looks at several ways to build reusable styles in Jetpack Compose.
Kai Cilliers shares a better understanding of how popBackStack() and navigateUp() behave.
theapache64 writes some raw notes about how to track down a curious issue in Jetpack Compose.
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Libraries & Code
Jentry is a command line tool to analyze Kotlin/Java public information inside the jar/aar files
Sample App: Changing Launcher Icon Programmatically
News
This year's survey for the Gradle build tool.
The 1.7.0 release brings more components to common code, support for type-safe navigation, significant performance improvements on iOS, and changes from the latest Jetpack Compose update.
Chrome on Android will soon allow third-party autofill services (like password managers) to natively autofill forms on websites.
Videos & Podcasts
Dave Leeds shares a traditional version of the Builder Pattern, and then considers how to improve upon it with Kotlin's language and library features.
This is how the story of Kotlin began. What led to the success of Kotlin, and what were the costs to earn its spot in the industry? In this documentary, you will hear the story from the source.
Learn more about adaptive on all form factors like tablets and foldables, including using adaptive layouts, adopting the Ink API, and supporting desktop windowing.
Nav Singh shares a recent experience with an application's localization support being broken due to resource configurations.
Charfaoui Younes looks at a feature of Compose that allows us to share some objects within the Compose tree to achieve many behaviors;.
Nicola dives into the world of Chucker, an open-source library that helps you debug network requests in Android.
Learn the principles for how to build Adaptive layouts in Compose following the phase system, with examples of custom layouts using tips and tricks to bring designs to life.
Learn how to integrate native iOS Libraries in a Kotlin Multiplatform app with Cocoapods.
Code with the Italians, along with guest, Roberto Orgiu, AndroidDev Relations Engineer at Google, as they explore the cutting-edge developments shaping the future of mobile and foldable devices.
Daniel Atitienei looks at Preferences DataStore, which is ideal for storing user preferences such as basic app configurations.
Videos of all the presentations from droidcon New York 2024.