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SEO Tags: Kotlin Multiplatform, Jetpack Compose, Adaptive Layout, KMP iOS Android, Compose Multiplatform Reading time: ~18 minutes Level: Beginner-friendly introduction → Production-grade deep diveI was demoing the app on a tablet when a senior engineer leaned over and said, “why is it showing a phone

Previously, I implemented a solution, Stop Letting Duplicate API Calls Drain Your Android App, to prevent duplicate API calls while the same request was already in progress. That solved one problem:Request A starts → Request A is triggered again → Second request is blocked However,

With the hype that became attached to Android development, many engineers started using Clean Architecture without really considering why it was introduced in the first place. Before the recommendation of Clean Architecture, Android engineers were mostly left to design their own architecture based on the

If you are an Android developer, you probably have a muscle-memory relationship with SQLite. Whether you interact with it directly, wrap it in Room, it is the undisputed king of mobile persistence. And for good reason: SQLite is battle-tested, incredibly stable and ubiquitous. But here

Recomposition Count: 0Skipped Count: Maximum for all nodes Moving computation logic outside the composition phase and properly leveraging the capabilities of SubcomposeLayoutState (upon which LazyLayout is based) allows us to achieve a perfect framerate even on low-end devices.Conclusion We’ve built a high-performance custom component. Yes,

Posted by Ash Nohe and Amrit Sanjeev, Android Developer Relations Engineers Practicing gratitude may decrease symptoms of depression and anxiety, and improve mental health and life satisfaction1. Consistent gratitude practice may lead to sustained improvements that last months2. The mindfulness app Gratitude encourages consistency through

Fat AAR: Bundling Transitive Dependencies for Zero-Config Android SDK Consumers was originally published in ProAndroidDev on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

For five years, everything worked flawlessly. Notifications flowed in. Visitors were approved. Alerts showed up instantly. No complaints. No red flags. Just a quiet, dependable system doing its job. And then, one day, things started breaking. Not loudly. Not catastrophically. Just subtle cracks at first

A Senior Engineer’s guide to navigating the risks, trade-offs, and technical debt of Android’s modern storage migration. Before we dive into why you might want to wait on migrating, you can find the official implementation details in the Android DataStore Documentation. For over a decade,

Rethinking Screen Design in Jetpack Compose Navigation 3 If you’re building with Jetpack Compose Navigation 3, one design question appears surprisingly early:What should a screen actually receive? Should your composable take:HomeScreen(viewModel) or:HomeScreen(uiState) or maybe:HomeScreen(person) At first, all three seem fine. Then you check the official

Android Studio Quail 1 Canary 4 is now available in the Canary channel. If you already have an Android Studio build on the Canary channel, you can get the update by clicking Help > Check for Updates (or Android Studio > Check for Updates on

In the Kotlin Ecosystem Mentorship Program pilot, mentors and mentees worked together on real Kotlin open-source projects to make their first meaningful community contribution. Four pairs successfully completed the two-month program, and one eligible pair was randomly selected in the prize drawing to receive the

Posted by Vijaya Kaza, VP, Product, App & Ecosystem Trust The mobile ecosystem is always evolving, bringing both new opportunities and new threats. Through these changes, Android and Google Play remain committed to ensuring that billions of users can continue to enjoy their apps with

Android Studio Panda 4 Patch 1 is now available in the Stable channel. If you already have an Android Studio build on the Stable channel, you can get the update by clicking Help > Check for Updates (or Android Studio > Check for Updates on

“Write once, run anywhere” is the convenient abstraction we sell to stakeholders to get budgets approved. The reality? In large-scale production, it is usually “The “Gotchas”: Process Death & Persistence Android handles process death via SavedStateHandle. iOS uses different mechanisms. If your shared KMP logic

Posted by Thomas Ezan, Sr Developer Relations Engineer and Tracy Agyemang, Product Marketing Manager Karrot is a hyperlocal, community-driven peer-to-peer marketplace app that enables users to buy, sell, and trade items with other verified users. Since launching in South Korea in 2015, the platform has

Hi everyone! April brought exciting community news with the announcement of the Golden Kodee finalists, along with Kotlin and tooling releases, multiplatform progress, and fresh backend resources. I also came across the new Kotlin Professional Certificate on LinkedIn Learning, which is a great way to

Android Studio Quail 1 Canary 3 is now available in the Canary channel. If you already have an Android Studio build on the Canary channel, you can get the update by clicking Help > Check for Updates (or Android Studio > Check for Updates on

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This tutorial was written by an external contributor. As a developer, logging is usually the first technique that you reach for when something goes wrong in your application. You add a few log statements at the start and end of a function and in the

Android Studio Quail 1 Canary 2 is now available in the Canary channel. If you already have an Android Studio build on the Canary channel, you can get the update by clicking Help > Check for Updates (or Android Studio > Check for Updates on

Posted by Meghan Mehta, Android Developer Relations Engineer Today, the Jetpack Compose April ‘26 release is stable. This release contains version 1.11 of core Compose modules (see the full BOM mapping), shared element debug tools, trackpad events, and more. We also have a few experimental

Posted by Niharika Arora, Senior Developer Relations Engineer and Jean-Pierre Pralle, Product Manager, Credential Manager In the modern digital landscape, the first encounter a user has with an app is often the most critical. Yet, for decades, this initial interaction has been hindered by the

Android Studio Panda 4 is now available in the Stable channel. If you already have an Android Studio build on the Stable channel, you can get the update by clicking Help > Check for Updates (or Android Studio > Check for Updates on macOS). Otherwise,

JetBrains has partnered with LinkedIn Learning to offer the Kotlin Professional Certificate. This is a structured learning path that covers the full scope of modern software development – from Kotlin essentials all the way to building full-stack, multiplatform applications for mobile, desktop, web, and backend

Posted by Matt Dyor, Senior Product Manager Android Studio Panda 4 is now stable and ready for you to use in production. This release brings Planning Mode, Next Edit Prediction, and more, making it easier than ever to build high-quality Android apps. Here’s a deep

This post was written by external contributors from Touchlab. KMP is a strategic platform In the current competitive landscape, the traditional mobile development model characterized by maintaining independent, duplicated codebases for iOS and Android is no longer a sustainable use of capital. This approach systematically

Posted by Thomas Ezan, Senior Developer Relations Engineer If you are an Android developer looking to implement innovative AI features into your app, we recently launched powerful new updates: Hybrid inference, a new API for Firebase AI Logic to leverage both on-device and Cloud inference,

Android Studio Quail 1 Canary 1 is now available in the Canary channel. If you already have an Android Studio build on the Canary channel, you can get the update by clicking Help > Check for Updates (or Android Studio > Check for Updates on