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Gabriel Bronzatti Moro walks through adopting the Koin Compiler in a multimodule Compose Multiplatform project.
KMP Bits explains how to contain coroutine failures using SupervisorJob, supervisorScope, and CoroutineExceptionHandler.
Siarhei Krupenich explores advanced Android repository patterns for orchestrating multi-source concurrent data with priority-aware conflict resolution.
Miguel Valdes Faura tests Firebase Performance Monitoring against the Kotzilla Platform on NowInAndroid, revealing where each tool falls short.
Adrian Blanco explains how rewriting three core files migrated a million-line Android codebase from Java threads to coroutines overnight.
Marcin Moskała explains how Jetpack Compose renders UI under the hood, tracing everything through modifier nodes, layout phases, and recomposition.
Edward Harker explains how Android screenshot detection works, comparing the Android 14 callback API with the legacy MediaStore approach.
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Libraries & Code
A non-root FOSS call recorder for Android that uses Shizuku to record both sides of phone calls.
An open-source Android app that provides real-time hearing assistance and personalized amplification profiles, working with any earbuds, no root required.
News
Google announces Eclipsa Video, a new open HDR standard built into Android 17 for consistent video rendering across all displays.
JetBrains announces Kotlin Notebook will be sunset in IntelliJ IDEA 2026.2, moving to open-source community maintenance.
JetBrains announces Kotlin support in BlueJ, a popular introductory OOP teaching environment used by over 25 million learners.
JetBrains rounds up Kotlin's 15th anniversary, the Kotlin 2.4.0 release, Kotlin Toolchain 0.11, and Koog 1.0.
JetBrains interviews the five Golden Kodee Community Award winners from KotlinConf 2026 on their contributions to the Kotlin ecosystem.
Videos & Podcasts
Simona Milanovic demonstrates Android Studio's new AI features and Skills for faster app development, migration, and maintenance.
Philipp Lackner covers how to design effective onboarding flows, from welcome screens to tutorial-style experiences.
Dave Leeds shows how to convert callback-based libraries into coroutines using a thin adapter layer.
Android Developers Office Hours covers how testing can improve app robustness and reliability.
Kotlin by JetBrains covers what's new in Compose Multiplatform, including iOS rendering, Web features, and developer experience improvements.
Sergio Carrilho recounts Sony's 6-year journey using KMP and Compose Multiplatform to ship a BLE-driven app for millions of devices.
Ben Weiss and Jolanda Verhoef deep dive into AppFunctions for building agentic Android experiences with AI assistants.
Kristina Simakova and Shahd AbuDaghash demonstrate combining Gemini API and Jetpack Media3 to automate creative video editing on Android.
Dereck Bridié covers the basics of Android XR development, including spatial layouts, 3D models, and spatial video.
Android Developers covers memory management, app footprint optimization, and startup improvements ahead of Android 17's stricter memory limits.
Rob Orgiu covers Compose's new Grid, FlexBox, and MediaQuery APIs for building adaptive UIs across form factors.
Android Developers covers building tailored experiences for Wear OS, Android TV, and Auto using Jetpack Compose and Gemini.
Kotlin by JetBrains previews the Kotlin Ecosystem Plugin for Declarative Gradle, showing how it simplifies Kotlin Multiplatform builds.
Marcin Moskała covers why eliminating critical sections leads to safer, more maintainable concurrent Kotlin code.
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