Focus is the main thing that differs TV from mobile as we don't have touch support on TV. In this article I'm presenting a comprehensive solution to focus management with Jetpack Compose on TV.

Throughout my professional career as an Android developer, I have encountered a few “facts” that I just accepted without really asking how or why. We all have some tools we use without knowing how…

We generally use columns and rows to arrange components in compose. But when we want to display large set of data we should use LazyColumn…

This article will discuss some best-practices in Jetpack Compose for state management.

Android Studio Jellyfish (2023.3.1) is making waves with its official stable release! Dive into cutting-edge AI features like Gemini in Android Studio, seamless Google services integrations like Android Device Streaming, and much more. All designed to supercharge…

Leland and I were recently discussing how to best implement a new data structure to speed up a specific aspect of Jetpack Compose. He came up with a great idea, and nerd sniped me in the process. The problem was to efficiently encode the occupancy of an 8x8…

We're ensuring that important updates to the IntelliJ IDEA platform reach the Android Studio Stable channel more frequently for increased quality.

It's the Compiler!

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New Features

KT-65327 Support reading klib contents in Analysis API

Performance Improvements

KT-65560 K2: Anaysis API: ContextCollector triggers redundant resolution in t...

Android Device Streaming is now in beta, with device streaming available to you at no cost with Firebase projects on either a Spark or Blaze plan.

Using AnchoredDraggable and SubcomposeLayout

I recently decided to migrate the Settings screen from SharedPreferences to DataStore for one of my projects. This screen was built with…

When working with an Android library, it’s common to make changes and quickly test them in your app. Constantly switching between using…

Kotlin 2.0.20 has been released! This version includes performance improvements and bug fixes for Kotlin 2.0.0, where we announced the Kotlin K2 compiler as Stable. Learn more!

Designing an effective architecture for your Android project is crucial, especially when you aim to maintain it long-term. The strategy you…

Scope any ViewModel to the composition of the Composable it is in, while surviving configuration changes, by using the power of Lifecycle.

When initializing or fetching data upon entering a screen, it’s crucial to select the right trigger point for loading the initial data…