Issue #648

November 10th, 2024
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Rikin Marfatia & Ryan Brooks share how they used Previews as a core part of their Compose development workflow.
Nathan Kayumba dives into what a ViewModel is, why it’s essential, and how it integrates within the architecture of an Android app.
Blaž Vantur announces new and exciting features that make Inspektify even more robust, intuitive, and user-friendly.
Leo N explores differences, focusing on how they handle exceptions, manage child coroutines, and why choosing the right scope for each task is crucial
Kai Cilliers looks at the Jetpack Compose API that isolates the intergration for credential management of our user’s into a single API and supports multiple sign-in options.
Marcello Galhardo looks at why the EXTENSION_SHADOWED_BY_MEMBER warning is expected to be removed in Kotlin version 2.1.0.
Jaewoong Eum helps you prepare for an interview by mastering the fundamental knowledge essential for working as an Android developer.
Iury Souza shows how the AI Edge SDK let's you run Gemini locally.
sinasamaki creates a glowy centered slider based on the Material 3 slider.
A tutorial demonstrating touchlab's Compose Swift Bridge
Dobri Kostadinov's guide to understanding and avoiding common pitfalls in asynchronous programming with Kotlin Coroutines
Chris Banes announces Haze 1.0, out and ready for your blurring pleasure. This version marks a dramatic change in how the library works, along with new features.
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Libraries & Code
IntelliJ IDEA / Android Studio plugin to convert SVG/XML into Compose ImageVector and previewer.
A Kotlin Multiplatform library for effortless alarm and local notification scheduling on both Android and iOS.
Automate the boilerplate of blending Compose UI and native UI on iOS
Twine is a multiplatform RSS reader app built using Kotlin and Compose Multiplatform. It features an nice user interface and experience to browse through the feeds, and supports Material 3 content based dynamic theming
News
Colin White announces Coil 3.0, out now with full support for Compose Multiplatform.
Amper 0.5.0 is now available with an improved the IDE experience and several more changes.
Google shares the latest product updates to help your business thrive.
Android Maps Compose team wants to gather some feedback about what the community thinks.
Videos & Podcasts
Daniel Atitienei creates a simple splash screen using the splash screen API
Philipp Lackner summarize the most important news that affect us Android developers.
Colin Marsch provides a comprehensive overview of the current state of accessibility in Compose Multiplatform.
Charfaoui Younes explores various ways to customize text fields in Jetpack Compose, focusing on their appearance and behavior.
Dave Leeds considers a way to create a design system in Compose where we use a slot API that doesn't allow any composable but only allows specific ones.
Code with the Italians for an insightful exploration into the world of Android with Mishaal Rahman! In this episode, we delve deep into Android's trunk-stable and aconfig, uncovering the intricacies of how Android maintains stability and flexibility through its configuration management.
Caching the Data in a KMP App Using SQLDelight & Ktor (Compose Multiplatform)
In this episode, learn about Android API level and schedule updates, Gemini in Android Studio, Google Play, Spotlight weeks on Adaptive Android Apps and Android AI, and more!
Mixing Compose and native iOS views involves a fair bit of boilerplate. Not anymore! Touchlab is launching our new library that generates that glue code for you.