Issue #397

Articles & Tutorials

(proandroiddev.com)

Rick Busarow describes a cleaner way to access Kotlin Coroutines Dispatcher objects.

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(dev.to)

Harsh Shandilya shares a story of his ups & downs on a Dagger adventure.

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(medium.com)

Great piece, by Patxi Bocos, about Kotlins Any, Unit and Nothing. If you're into the subtle differences which makes a great language a great language then this post right for you.

(www.raywenderlich.com)

In this Jetpack Compose tutorial, Alex Sullivan teaches how to use the new declarative UI framework being developed by the Android team by creating a cookbook app.

(goobar.io)

Nate Ebel examines a few general questions like “What languages should I learn?” and “How can I get my name out there?” and then unpack some specific questions to shed light on the different ways in which you might consider building a career as an Android developer, and really just as a developer in general.

(hackernoon.com)

A short tutorial on MaterialDatePicker by Aneke Peter.

(proandroiddev.com)

Vasya Drobushkov describes SQLite database change triggers and how well they integrate with Room.

(blog.autsoft.hu)

István Béri introduces you to the tools and methods to use with the ARCore framework, focusing mostly on the Sceneform helper library.

(blogs.dropbox.com)

Mike Nakhimovich describes how the Store library was updated in the latest version to current Android development patterns and practices.

(developer.squareup.com)

In this blog post, Py shares a few utilities Square built on top of Firebase Test Lab.

(joebirch.co)

Joe Birch describes how the Compose FlexRow and FlexColumn elements can declare child component weights to depict how they are to be laid out inside of the corresponding parent container

(zarah.dev)

Have you ever found yourself drowning in breakpoints? Zarah Dominguez shows how to name them to help differentiate each one.

(medium.com)

In this article, Vadims Savjolovs guides you through the end-to-end feature migration from RxJava to coroutines.

(proandroiddev.com)

A KotlinConf presentation sparked Javier Arroyo's curiosity to try the MVVM pattern + LiveData for Android and iOS apps and Clean Architecture on the common shared code.

(jelmini.dev)

Coming from Java, Kotlin final classes may seem impractical. Carlo Jelmini shows how Kotlin encourages disciplined use of class inheritance and provides native support for composition with class delegation, which is a good alternative to inheritance.

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Jobs

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We’re looking for an Android Engineer to help bring new features to our current Android apps as well as create new mobile products in the future. We have a large codebase and focus on building clean code. We’re looking for a fast learner who can contribute from day one. Come join us!

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Dubsmash inspires creators by offering fun & easy products that bring joy to the world. Get the unique opportunity to work on an app used by millions of people world wide, working with a small team of passionate engineers who care about code quality, great UX and changing lives - every day!

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Mobimeo is changing the way cities move. We are a technology company working on simplifying everyday mobility in urban centers. Our Android team develops digital mobility applications using Kotlin involving mapping, routing and live navigation topics.

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MYPINPAD is the global leader in personal authentication for payment solutions residing on everyday smartphones and tablets. We are looking for a passionate Android Developer that likes working on UI, has an interest in scaling CI/CD and improving Ops flow and likes a challenge.

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Peloton uses technology and design to bring studio-style workouts into millions of homes globally. We continuously innovate and bring Members socially-connected fitness experiences. Adding a Sr. Android Engineer, experienced with writing code in Kotlin, to our fast-growing team of smart creatives.

Libraries & Code

(github.com)

Ok Gradle is an Android Studio plugin for searching artifacts ids of popular Java libraries. If this becomes stable it's a huge timesaver for kicking off projects.

(github.com)

Expands and collapses a layout horizontally and vertically sequentially.

(github.com)

Android library for enabling edge-to-edge content and insetting views using simple Kotlin DSL

(github.com)

Kotlin MultiPlatform App (Android, iOS, JVM & JS). MVVM/MVP - Kotlin MultiPlatform

(github.com)

This library replaces the usage of Kotlin Coroutines Dispatchers singleton object with reference to an interface.

Videos & Podcasts