Make your clunky Compose code more readable

Here's a codelab on how to declare a record in Android Studio Flamingo.

I came across an article a while back that covered replicating an animated action menu in Compose. It was an excellent read but the final animation felt like it was lacking some nuance in my eyes. I had some thoughts on improvements to make the motion sparkle…

Tips and techniques for efficient usage of location services in Kotlin Android apps.

Approach every new issue, idea, or question as an opportunity to learn something new.

📢 The Kotlin 1.9.0 release is out and the K2 compiler for the JVM is now in Beta. This release contains new language features as well as improvements for Kotlin Multiplatform and Kotlin/Native. Here are some highlights from this release:

✅ New Kotlin K2…

👋 Hi, this is P-Y, over the last three years I've been steering Square's focus on mobile performance and building a framework for thinking about it and prioritizing work. In this article I share my approach, let me know what you think!

Useful metri...

Using `git rebase` in combination with its `--autostash` and `--autosquash` options makes amending historical commits easy. Using git's message-based revision syntax makes it even easier.

Mobile performance at Turo

Let’s take a look at a 5 Kotlin tips for writing code that is easy to read, understand and maintain.

In this concise article, we will explore the utilization of Gradle Version Catalogs + Gradle Precompiled Scripts using Gradle Kotlin DSL…

Today, we are thrilled to announce the stable release of Android Studio Giraffe 🦒 : The official IDE for building Android apps!

In this Android Studio release, we have upgraded the IntelliJ platform to 2022.3, including a brand new visual look and feel in…

Jetpack Compose provides modifiers to change the look and feel of the Composable. But the order in which modifiers are provided affects…

Android has made significant progress in becoming a DI-Friendly Framework. Throughout the years, new APIs like AppComponentFactory and FragmentFactory have been introduced, allowing apps to incorporate their own custom constructors and facilitating the development…

As Android engineers, one of the key challenges we face is keeping our project’s dependencies up-to-date.

Learn how to model the domain layer using composable use cases. Understand the importance of repositories and use cases in the Android codebase and how to effectively use them.

When creating Android apps, One common pitfall is the use of string resources in ViewModels.

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Dive into the journey of optimizing build performance in a large Gradle project at Square

Detecting Jetpack Compose Usage: A Quick Guide for Android Developers to Verify App Architecture