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Kotlin Multiplatform as a Real Answer to Complex Mobile App Challenges For years, the debate between native and cross-platform development has been driven by ideological … Read more
Android Studio Otter 2 Feature Drop is now stable
Google has released the stable version of Android Studio Otter 2 Feature Drop, the final major IDE update of 2025. This release consolidates months of … Read more
Compose Multiplatform 1.9.0: key updates in design, accessibility, and web support ๐
Version 1.9.0 of Compose Multiplatform marks a major step forward in its evolution as a declarative, cross-platform UI framework. With improvements in previewing, shadows, web … Read more
๐๐ง Whatโs Next for Kotlin Multiplatform & Compose Multiplatform ๐ง๐
JetBrains has shared their ๐๐๐ด๐๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ for Kotlin Multiplatform (KMP) and Compose Multiplatform, setting priorities for the next 6โ12 months. ๐น ๐๐ผ๐๐น๐ถ๐ป ๐ ๐๐น๐๐ถ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ … Read more
๐ฑ๐ Mobile dev 2026: my personal forecast ๐ฎ๐ฑ
๐๐ผ๐๐น๐ถ๐ป ๐ ๐๐น๐๐ถ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ (๐๐ ๐ฃ): increasingly mature, now officially backed by Google to share business logic across Android and iOS. By 2026, it will be the standard … Read more
๐ Splash Screen in an Android App with Jetpack Compose and Material 3 ๐จ
Implement a proper launch screen (splash screen) in a modern Android app built with Jetpack Compose and Material 3, following Googleโs official recommendations. 1. Add … Read more
How to detect if your app is in the foreground from the ViewModel in Android
Detecting when your app returns to the foreground can be useful in many situations โ such as triggering analytics events, refreshing data, or improving security. … Read more
๐ โ๏ธ ๐ก๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐ ๐๐ง๐ง๐ฃ ๐๐น๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฝ๐น๐๐ด๐ถ๐ป ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ฑ๐ถ๐ผ:
โ๏ธ Execute HTTP, gRPC, GraphQL, and WebSocket requests directly from the editor. ๐ Trigger requests from URLs in the code (Retrofit, OkHttp, Ktor). โ๏ธ Configure … Read more
๐ D-KMP is no longer being updated ๐
Since 2020, the D-KMP repository has been a go-to reference for those of us who wanted to share business logic in Kotlin Multiplatform (KMP) without … Read more
๐ ๏ธ Android Studio Narwhal | 2025.1.1 is now stable ๐ฆ
๐น ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฏ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐: now with ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฒ-๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ and ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ ๐น ๐ฆ๐๐๐ฑ๐ถ๐ผ ๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐: try out ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ directly from the stable channel ๐น ๐๐ ๐ฃ … Read more