How to Display Styled Strings in Jetpack Compose

Joseph James shows how styled text in your strings.xml—using tags for bold, italic, underline, and more—can be displayed in Jetpack Compose without losing those styles.

Setup Room in Kotlin Multiplatform

Setting up Room for Android is simple enough. But setting up Room for iOS in newer versions of Room (after alpha05) is trickier than expected, and Manpreet Kunnath helps out.

Introducing the Pinata Android Library

Onyx Mueller announces the release of a new library: Pinata for Android, to simplify your integration with Pinata’s platform.

Android Jetpack Goes Multiplatform with Kotlin

A rundown of TJ Dahunsi's favorite Android Jetpack releases in 2024, in order of architectural layer.

Reverse-Engineering the Compose Compiler Plugin: Intercepting the Frontend

Amanda Hinchman focuses on how Jetpack Compose compiler diagnostics are retrieved by the Kotlin compiler.

Managing API Breaking Changes in Your Android Library

Hlayan Htet Aung discusses what Binary Compatibility Validator is, what it’s used for, and how it’s useful.

Full Guide: How to Form Validation With Jetpack Compose

Iosu Lizarraga walks you through the process of integrating form validation in an Android application using Jetpack Compose.

Four useful tips for Compose Kotlin Multiplatform (KMP)

Iosu Lizarraga encountered some problems and blockers updating to Compose Multiplatform, so this article is aimed at both if you are migrating or starting a KMP project from scratch.

Understanding Memory Leaks in Android & How LeakCanary Can Help

Leo N explores what memory leaks are, why they happen, and then introduce LeakCanary as a powerful tool to detect and fix these leaks.

Handling One-Time Events in Jetpack Compose: Channels vs. SharedFlow

Ioannis Anifantakis examines two popular tools for delivering events from your ViewModel to the UI: Channels and SharedFlow.

Jetpack Compose Adoption — E2E

Siamak Mahmoudi explores Jetpack Compose AndroidView component compatibility with common large-scale E2E testing platforms (Appium + Pytest).

Compose Tips for Delightful UI — ’24 wrap up

Simona Milanović recounts Season 1 of "Compose Tips for Delightful UI" which covered a variety of different, delightful topics that will make your UIs shine.

Support Time to Take Action with Compose

Eevis Panula takes a look at an accessibility setting called time to take action.

I Spent $400 on Ads: How Many App Installs Did I Get?

I Spent $400 on Ads: How Many App Installs Did I Get?

Android XR

Adam McNeilly's collection of stream recordings/videos about developing for Android XR

How to Create a FAB Explode Transition Animation in Jetpack Compose

Philipp Lackner shows how you can implement a floating action button explode animation in Jetpack Compose that transitions into a new screen.

8× faster 5× memory savings with Dan Rusu’s Immutable Arrays

Kaushik Gopal sits down with Dan Rusu to discuss the pods4k Immutable Arrays library which can deliver 2–8× speed boosts and 5× lower memory usage in Kotlin/Android apps.

Strategies for Developing Resilient Native Mobile Applications

This report explains the importance of client-side reliability, describes the challenges of working in such an environment, and provides a useful set of SRE concepts and potential tools to apply to your own client applications.