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Jaewoong Eum dives deep into the internal mechanisms of the kotlinx.serialization compiler plugin.
Abhi says Compose "retain" lets you drop ViewModel ceremony by retaining simple injectable presenters and cleaning them up via RetainObserver.
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Oğuzhan Aslan takes a closer look at the new Embedded Photo Picker.
Miguel Montemayor says Android 17 targeting forces large screen resizability and orientation support, pushing apps to adopt adaptive layouts, resilient camera previews, and robust state handling.
Leonidas Partsas implements a custom TopAppBarScrollBehavior that translates RecyclerView scroll into smooth collapse and expansion without partial rendering.
Pamela Hill says iOS-targeted multi-module KMP apps need an umbrella framework to prevent stdlib duplication and incompatible binaries across modules.
Mark Murphy warns that Android 17 Beta 1 mainly adds behavior hardening that can break apps using a small set of rare features.
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Google says Android 17 Beta 1 mostly advances adaptability and media, connectivity, and companion device tooling alongside ongoing privacy, security, and performance work.
Videos & Podcasts
Dave Leeds explores a Kotlin feature change allowing return keywords in expression bodies.
Amit Shekhar provides a detailed comparison of Retrofit and OkHttp, two popular libraries used by Android developers for networking.
Philipp Lackner explores the Media3 library along with its Jetpack Compose toolkit to build a custom-styled video player with our own UI letting you control media playback.
Alan Viverette and Aurimas Liutikas discuss the challenges and evolution of API design, particularly within the Android ecosystem.
Stevdza-San examines the new Koin Kotlin compiler plugin, which brings auto-detect constructor parameter features and compile-time code transformation, catching errors during the build process
Peter Friese and Marina Coelho attempting to port their "Make It So" to-do list app from iOS to Android using AI-powered coding agents, specifically Antigravity and Stitch
Daniel Atitienei presents a detailed AI-powered workflow for developing and launching profitable apps as a solo developer
Philipp Lackner explains structured concurrency in Kotlin coroutines, using a cooking analogy to illustrate concurrency concepts.
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