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KMP Bits builds Composure, a shared form-state library adding typed validation, touch/dirty tracking, and cross-field rules.
Jake Wharton uses Molecule to stream live HTML updates from Compose state over WebSockets with kotlinx.html.
Darryl Bayliss explains how to install a JDK via Homebrew so Xcode Cloud can build a KMP library's Gradle build.
Gustavo Fão Valvassori shows how SKIE simplifies consuming Kotlin Flows inside SwiftUI views.
Qamar A Safadi uses memory allocation data to uncover hidden Compose recompositions the Layout Inspector missed, then fixes them.
Zeyad Gasser forks Android's pagecurl library to bring a real page-curl animation to iOS with Compose Multiplatform.
Alex Zhukovich shows how to make screenshot tests deterministic using coil-test fake image loaders or Compose inspection mode.
Nav Singh explores Jetpack Compose's new SelectionState API for programmatic, hoisted text selection control.
Rifqi M Fahmi rebuilds an Android app from a single .class file, adding javac, kotlinc, and Gradle layers by hand.
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Libraries & Code
A Jetpack Compose showcase app demonstrating ML Kit barcode scanning, text recognition, and document scanning with CameraX.
A sample app demonstrating Android 16 Live Updates delivery tracking with Notification.ProgressStyle and Jetpack Compose.
A searchable gallery of ready-to-use Jetpack Compose gradients with copyable code for each design.
A FOSS Android compass and navigation app with sensor fusion, live tracking, and offline maps, no ads or tracking.
A Gradle plugin that catches R8 shrinking regressions and lints toxic consumer rules for Kotlin/Android libraries.
A Gradle plugin that turns Compose previews and XML views into a browsable web catalogue of your app's UI.
A Kotlin ORM using KSP-generated data classes and a SQL builder, preserving direct control over SQLite queries.
News
Google details AAOS SDV's security architecture: VM isolation, deny-by-default SELinux, APEX signing, Rust, and DICE-based mesh authentication.
JetBrains updates the Kotlin roadmap, adding Wasm stabilization, Swift Export beta, and a unified Kotlin Toolchain entry point.
JetBrains releases Compose Multiplatform 1.12.0 with an MCP server for AI agents, web font fallback, and a new window/dialog API.
Google Play introduces new memory usage thresholds and a Zero-Tap Sign-In requirement for device migration.
Google Play details its multi-layered defenses and best practices for developers to prevent AI-generated non-consensual intimate content.
Google details how WhatsApp adopted passkeys via Credential Manager API, reaching one billion users with phishing-resistant sign-in.
Videos & Podcasts
Philipp Lackner tests whether test-driven development improves results for AI agent-based Android app development.
Dmitri Chernysh demonstrates using an AGENTS.md file to scaffold Android feature modules ten times faster.
Denis Ambatenne demonstrates using Kotlin LSP and Hot Reload to build KMP apps from Cursor.
Michal Harakal presents SKaiNET, an open-source Kotlin framework bringing on-device machine learning to Kotlin developers.
Firebase livestreams building an offline-capable, spoiler-free book Q&A app using on-device AI and Firestore.
Jeffrey van Gogh explains why using Reflection can cause problems in JVM and Kotlin applications.
The Developers' Bakery marks its 100th episode, reflecting on five years of open source interviews and welcoming two new co-hosts.
Philipp Lackner shows how to set up GitHub Actions CI for Android, from first pipeline to automated code quality checks.
Wojtek Kalicinski demonstrates the Kotlin Build Tools API for reliably integrating the compiler into custom build systems.
Phil Burk explains building cross-platform, low-latency audio for music apps using Kotlin Multiplatform expect/actual classes.
Stevdza-San demonstrates using GraphQL with Apollo Kotlin in an Android project.
sinasamaki rebuilds a striking timer's design and animations in Jetpack Compose using his ChromaDial library.
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