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Luca Fioravanti explains how Restore Credentials uses WebAuthn resident keys to sign users in on new devices automatically.
John O'Reilly demonstrates swapping Google's new Gen AI Kotlin SDK into a coroutine-based Gemini video-analysis tool.
Oğuzhan Aslan examines systems-engineering challenges for deploying on-device diffusion image generation on Android hardware.
Akshay Nandwana shares daily workflows using Gemini in Android Studio for coding, debugging, and prototyping.
Wassim Beltaief explains Formidable, a KSP-powered form engine generating typed Compose form controllers at compile time.
Nav Singh walks through implementing Android 17's new session-based Location Button in Jetpack Compose apps.
Sajid Ali walks through porting Compose Multiplatform's Gradle plugin and runtime modules to support tvOS targets.
Rob Orgiu demonstrates using adb emu terminal commands to fold, rotate, and resize emulators for adaptive testing.
John O'Reilly explains fine-tuning Gemma 4 with LoRA for on-device golf swing analysis on Android.
Segun Famisa builds a reusable JUnit rule that simplifies WorkManager test setup and constraint handling.
Joe Birch demonstrates animating numeric values in Jetpack Compose with animateFloatAsState, consistent formatting, and accessibility handling.
Justin Mancinelli argues Compose Multiplatform now makes cross-platform a strategic, low-risk choice over Flutter for engineering leaders.
Thomas Künneth examines how Google Play's sensitive-permission policies collide with developer freedom and digital sovereignty.
Tetiana Synytsyna builds an iOS-style layered bottom sheet stack using Navigation 3's SceneStrategy in Jetpack Compose.
Libraries & Code
A Jetpack Compose overlay for browsing, querying, and exporting Room/SQLite database contents directly on-device.
A zero-overhead Compose library that visualizes recomposition frequency with on-device heatmap overlays and audit reports.
An OkHttp interceptor with a Jetpack Compose overlay for injecting on-device network latency, errors, and timeouts.
An OkHttp interceptor and Compose debug overlay for inspecting JSON-RPC calls in Android Web3 apps.
A Kotlin Multiplatform library unifying iOS Live Activities and Android 16 Live Updates behind one API.
A headless, schema-driven form engine for Kotlin Multiplatform with type-safe generated controllers and built-in validation.
An Android Studio/IntelliJ plugin exposing Kotlin PSI semantic code analysis to AI assistants via MCP.
A Gradle plugin that adds Apple tvOS target support to Compose Multiplatform projects via dependency resolution tricks.
News
JetBrains releases Kotlin Toolchain 0.12 with multiplatform library publishing, Wasm app support, and Compose Hot Reload from the CLI.
Google ships Android Studio Quail 4 stable, adding bundled Android skills and native offline Gemma 4 integration.
Videos & Podcasts
Nicole Terc demonstrates using Filament's rendering engine to build particle and material-based UI effects in Compose Multiplatform.
Philipp Lackner demonstrates a simple way to optimize Android app performance without digging through complex traces.
Firebase's Marina and Peter continue building a spoiler-free book Q&A app using on-device AI and Firestore.
Kotlin by JetBrains explains how Google Search uses server-side Kotlin coroutines for scalable, low-latency streaming results.
Idan Nakav demonstrates using Kotlin's Analysis API to make code migrations semantically safe, not just syntactic.
Anna Kozlova explains how everyday Kotlin code style choices can quietly degrade IntelliJ IDE performance.
Android Developers previews new Android Studio Quail features: native LeakCanary profiling, Gemini-assisted crash fixes, and bundled Skills.
Philipp Lackner covers Android Studio Canary Rabbit's Play test track changes and new Compose Multiplatform MCP updates.
Jessalyn Wang shows how Amazon Delivery scales Kotlin Multiplatform and iOS using the App Platform framework.
Android Developers shows how PUBG MOBILE used the Google Play Games Level Up program to boost player retention.
Stanislav Sandler demonstrates KotlinLLM, a research project exploring how LLMs can power new Kotlin language features.
Alexander Sysoev demonstrates kotlinx-rpc's Kotlin-first gRPC support, covering Native/iOS targets, compiler plugin tooling, and code generation.
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