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How to fix the Compose preview naming problem

Alex Zhukovich explains how to give descriptive names to Compose preview states instead of index-based default names.

Dependency Injection with Koin, interfaces and qualifiers

Tezov shows how Koin uses interfaces and qualifiers to inject specific implementations of the same contract in Kotlin.

Want to start building with React Native?

An Android developer's guide to React Native explores the mental shift from Android. Whether from View/XML or Jetpack Compose, learn how React components map to Android's Activities and Intents, discover Flexbox vs XML layouts, and understand state management. Read the full guide.

How to Avoid Common Pitfalls With JPA and Kotlin

Teodor Irkhin and Thorben Janssen advise modelling JPA entities as open mutable classes using compiler plugins, not Kotlin data classes or val.

Kotlin DSLs in 2026: Patterns That Stood the Test of Time

Eugene Petrenko examines patterns that not only survived but have become fundamental to how we build modern JVM applications.

How 16 AI Agents Fixed Our Documentation Problem

Eugene Petrenko used 16 AI agents to refactor docs around a single quick-start command, cutting length 39% and improving navigation for both humans and agents.

Building a Text Sentiment Classifier in Kotlin Multiplatform

Shubham Panchal shows how to target Android, iOS, and Desktop (JVM) with platform-specific Text Sentiment Classifier APIs.

How to Create a Tubelight Effect in Android Compose

Roman Khrupa demonstrates a Compose Canvas sweepGradient animation that produces a tubelight-style neon scan.

Understanding Kotlin’s "Suspicious Indentation" Warning

Sehaj Kahlon demystifies Kotlin’s Suspicious Indentation warning so you catch newline-terminated statements that look like continuations.

Swipe-to-Dismiss with Compose Material 3

Domen Lanišnik shows how Material 3 SwipeToDismissBox handles swipe-to-dismiss or update interactions in Compose lists.

Serverless AI for Android with Firebase AI Logic

Stevan Milovanovic writes about building generative, multimodal features on Android without managing backend infrastructure.

How I got tired of writing boilerplate in Compose

Andrew Malitchuk introduces YARC, an Emmet-like DSL plugin that generates Compose UI trees from abbreviations.

Don’t Block Suspend Functions

Jesse Wilson warns that blocking inside suspend functions breaks coroutines and shows why suspend functions must always suspend rather than block.

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yet-another-rapid-compose

Yet Another Rapid Compose - build Jetpack Compose layouts effortlessly with an intelligent shorthand generator.

Try using Play Console’s new Save for later feature

Google adds Play Console Save for later so you can hold back selected changes and submit only what is ready for review.

Exposed 1.0 Is Now Available

Simon Vergauwen reveals Exposed 1.0 with R2DBC support and a stable API that ensures no breaking changes until the next major version.

The AI coding ladder

Kaushik Gopal and Iury Souza map AI coding into four paradigms so experienced developers can align tooling choices.

Everything New in Kotlin 2.3 in Roughly 10 Minutes

Kotlin 2.3 is packed with nice updates: new language features like the unused return value checker and explicit backing fields, and a lot more.

How To Handle Deep Links With Navigation3

Jov Mit shows how to handle Deep Links with Navigation 3

Firebase After Hours: Agentic coding with Gemini Skills

Explore the brand new "Agent Skills" feature in the Gemini CLI. If you've been stuffing everything into a massive GEMINI.md file, you're doing it the hard way.

Gradle 9 Will Break Your KMP Project - Here's the Full Migration Strategy

Philipp Lackner shows the core changes of Gradle 9 to KMP projects, so you can migrate your own projects.

Stop using LaunchedEffect for passing an Argument to a ViewModel

Stop using LaunchedEffect for passing an Argument to a ViewModel

Gemini CLI Tips & Tricks: The Context Bloat Solution

Learn how Skills solve the problem of context bloat by using progressive disclosure