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Articles & Tutorials
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Frederik Pietzko explores adding server-side rendering to Compose HTML, letting JVM developers replace templating languages with type-safe Kotlin components.
Vitaliy Gribko traces two DKA-triggered production bugs to retained ViewModels and shows the lazy-init fix.
Katie Barnett demonstrates testing Android's new App Functions API locally via ADB and Google's Testing Agent.
Darryl Bayliss shares progress building a Kotlin Multiplatform, SwiftUI, and Firebase app for the Shipaton hackathon.
Libraries & Code
A Compose Multiplatform library for browsing, viewing, and deleting device photos and videos on Android and iOS.
An Android background-work runtime with journaled resumption, durable coroutines, and platform-backed diagnostics explaining pending work.
An Android app turning your phone into a portable RF lab with 29 tools for wireless, sensor, and security auditing.
News
Google ships Media3 1.11 with expanded Compose UI player slots, PlayerPool preloading, Cast Output Switcher support, and a Ktor data source.
JetBrains shares 2025 survey findings on why developers switch languages, highlighting Kotlin's unique experience-driven adoption.
Google introduces a Wear OS 7 gestures framework and Compose API letting apps support touch-free, one-handed interactions.
Google ships Jetpack Compose 1.12 with Mesh Gradients, Wide Color Gamut support, named Grid areas, and Credential Manager integration.
Google shares adaptive layout, foldable, Wear OS 7, and on-device Gemini Nano guidance following the Pixel 11 launch.
Videos & Podcasts
Akniyet Arysbayev shows how to trace Kotlin coroutines and Flow performance on Android using Perfetto.
Philipp Lackner builds a cloud file manager with AI while discussing balancing fundamentals with AI-assisted coding.
Lauren and Eric debate balancing rich, delightful UI against startup speed and memory on low-end devices.
Stevdza-San demonstrates structuring Jetpack Compose apps with multiple ViewModels for cleaner architecture.
Dan Kim demonstrates using Kotlin/Wasm to finally build a full stack Kotlin webapp end to end.
Kotlin by JetBrains covers Kotlin 2.4's collection literals, Swift export, and SPM import support.
Sony's Sergio Carrilho discusses six years of adopting Kotlin Multiplatform and Compose Multiplatform for the Sound Connect app.
Kotlin by JetBrains explores how filesystem abstractions leak, causing data races and security vulnerabilities.
Philipp Lackner walks through common pitfalls in AI-generated Android code and how to fix them.
Elif Morris and Daniel Rivera demonstrate bringing Room and DataStore storage libraries to Kotlin Multiplatform Web.
Firebase's Rosário demonstrates surfacing Gemini's thought summaries in Firebase AI Logic using the Friendly Meals sample app.
Paul Merlin traces Gradle's DSL evolution from dynamic Groovy through Kotlin DSL to its new declarative language.
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