The Android Bench docs has been updated. developer.android.com/bench

Just published a new article, 'How an AI Agent Builds Android UI It Has Never Seen: A First Look at a2ui'. This article breaks down agent-driven UI concepts via a new experimental Jetpack a2ui library and explores its core architecture. doveletter.dev/articles/a2ui-agent-driven-ui

The hardcover version of "Jetpack Compose Mechanisms: A dissection of what runs beneath every Composable" has been published on Amazon! The hardcover version is almost 500 pages long. www.amazon.com/dp/B0H7MTC5K8

I just published a new article, "Inside Compose Side Effects: RememberObserver and the Composition Lifecycle". This article explores the internal mechanics, lifecycle integration, and API differences of Jetpack Compose effect handlers. doveletter.dev/articles/com...

Compose Navigation Graph 0.2.1 has been released. ⛵️ Compose Navigation Graph plugin for Android Studio that visualizes your entire app flow as an interactive map of rendered previews, typed arguments, and transitions. github.com/skydoves/com...

Being named the winner of the Golden Kodee Award at KotlinConf 2026 made for an incredibly special day. Huge thanks again to the developer communities and the JetBrains/KotlinConf team for truly honoring my long-term dedication to the community.

Compose HotSwan v2 Beta02 has been released. Compose Hot Reload for Android is getting more stable. You can completely change the whole screen in a blink, or watch your AI edit your code changes in real time on your Android device. hotswan.dev/blog/compose...

FlexibleBottomSheet 0.3.0 has been released. 🐬 Advanced Compose Multiplatform bottom sheet for segmented sizing, non-modal type, and allows interaction behind the bottom sheet similar to Google Maps. github.com/skydoves/Fle...

These three books will provide the perfect roadmap for your Android engineer interviews. They move beyond mere API usage and memorization, taking an anatomical approach to unlock the 'how' and 'why.' leanpub.com/b/android-co...

Jetpack Room 3.0 has been released. developer.android.com/jetpack/andr...

Quiz for Jetpack Compose Mechanisms is dropped! What score would you get? Test your understanding of Compose's core mechanisms with this insightful quiz, exploring the intricacies of the Compose compiler, runtime, state, effects, and UI layout system. doveletter.dev/quiz/compose

Compose HotSwan 1.3.7 has been released. 🦢 Compose Hot Reload for Android with Compose HotSwan. Instant UI updates on your running Android app with state preserved. hotswan.dev

Compose Effects 0.2.0 has been released. 🧵 Compose Effects enable you to launch efficient side-effects without unnecessary operations for Android and Compose Multiplatform. github.com/skydoves/com...

It seems Jetpack Web Compose will be coming soon. android.googlesource.com/platform/fra...

Anyone remember this repo? Find myself coming back to a true classic. github.com/wasabeef/awe...

The 2026 Monetization Success Formula. This playbook turns the numbers in RevenueCat's State of Subscription Apps 2026 (SOSA) into a checklist you can act on. revenuecat.github.io/codelabs/mon...

My open-source library, Balloon (github.com/skydoves/Bal...), was featured as an R8 optimization success story at Google I/O Connect Berlin. Thank you very much for making this, Ataul Munim!

The Jetpack PDF libraries will be 1.0.0-beta01 very soon. It supports Jetpack Compose. android-review.googlesource.com/c/platform/f...

Compose Navigation Graph 0.2.0 has been released. Now, a single-module app organized by feature packages can view and export the navigation graph one feature at a time. github.com/skydoves/com...

Cloudy 0.6.0 has been released. ☁️ Kotlin Multiplatform blur and liquid glass effect library for Compose, with GPU-accelerated rendering and CPU fallback for older devices. github.com/skydoves/Clo...

Published a new article, 'Understanding Google Play’s Billing Choice: a complete guide to offering alternative billing'. Billing Choice comes down to two decisions who renders the choice screen and where payment happens. www.revenuecat.com/blog/enginee...

I will be traveling to Tokyo in August, and again in September 🇯🇵

The 2nd edition of the Manifest Android Interview book is here! Thanks to 4,000+ readers, the book has grown from 385 to 500 pages based on your feedback over a year. Following the 'Compose-first' paradigm, View/XML topics are now vastly minimized. android.skydoves.me

Landscapist 2.10.0 has been released. 🌻 A pluggable, lightweight, highly optimized Jetpack Compose and Kotlin Multiplatform image loading library that fetches and displays network images. github.com/skydoves/lan...

Thanks @androidweekly.bsky.social for featuring my recent open-source plugin, Compose Navigation Graph, this week! ⛵️ Compose Navigation Graph plugin for Android Studio that visualizes your entire app flow as an interactive map of rendered previews and transitions. github.com/skydoves/com...

Google Play Billing Library 9.1.0 Release. developer.android.com/google/play/...

Compose HotSwan v2 beta is here! Now, you'll be able to change the whole screen with hot reload and just watch as your LLM changes the UI code in your running Android app in real-time. Check out the announcement blog: hotswan.dev/blog/compose...

With Maven Central's recent policy changes, open-source might just become developers' most luxurious hobby, costing maintainers not only their time but also their own money. (hundreds of bucks every month)

Oh yeah surely now I should pay for Maven Central.

Maven Central Publishing Limits central.sonatype.org/publish/mave...

Jetpack Compose Mechanisms just hit #1 on Leanpub's front page! 🥳 Over 100 copies found their way to readers on Leanpub and Gumroad in just a single day. howcomposeworks.com

Use the Jetpack Picture-in-Picture Library. developer.android.com/develop/ui/c...

The Jetpack Compose Mechanisms book is finally here! 🚀 A dissection of what runs beneath every Composable function: how the compiler, runtime, and UI actually work, and how all three converge on performance in Jetpack Compose. howcomposeworks.com

Zero to Ship for RevenueCat. Four quick questions, one personalized route: from an empty project to your first shipped subscription. Every stop links to a hands-on RevenueCat codelab. revenuecat.github.io/start/

I just published an article, 'Compose Navigation Graph: Visualize Your Entire App Flow in Android Studio'. You'll explore the usage of Compose Navigation Graph, generating graphs/previews, wiring with other nav libraries, and the future of this plugin. doveletter.dev/articles/com...

I just published a new open-source project, Compose Navigation Graph! ⛵️ Compose Navigation Graph plugin for Android Studio that visualizes your entire app flow as an interactive map of rendered previews, typed arguments, and transitions. github.com/skydoves/com...

Introducing the RevenueCat Codegen Gradle Plugin: type-safe entitlements and offerings on Android. In this article, you'll explore RevenueCat's Codegen Gradle plugin, which generates product data code automatically. www.revenuecat.com/blog/enginee...

Compose Stability Analyzer 0.10.0 has been released, and it now introduces the Stability Doctor and trace-all mode. You can find what to fix first and apply the fix in one click with the Stability Doctor. doveletter.dev/articles/com...

Published a new open-source project, Cat Paywall SwiftUI! 🐈 Cat Paywall SwiftUI demonstrates building in-app subscriptions and paywalls with RevenueCat in a modern SwiftUI app. github.com/RevenueCat/c...

Practical Kotlin Deep Dive book and course v1.2 have been released for Kotlin 2.4.0! leanpub.com/kotlin-deep-...

The future of Compose HotSwan v2. So, you'll be able to just watch as your LLM changes the UI code in your running Android app in real-time using hot reload. The video was not sped up. hotswan.dev

Published a new article, 'Migrating native BillingClient and StoreKit code to shared Kotlin Multiplatform in-app purchases'. You'll add the RevenueCat SDK to an existing project, replace two platform initializers with one commonMain IAP configuration. www.revenuecat.com/blog/enginee...

Thanks @androidweekly.bsky.social for featuring my new open-source project, Play Billing Skills, this week. 🐱 Agent-ready instruction recipes for integrating Google Play Billing & RevenueCat SDK: grounded, drop-in guidance for Android in-app purchases. github.com/revenueCat/p...

Just published a new article, "Inside Kotlin 2.4: Context Parameters, Explicit Backing Fields, and the End of K1". Explore the changes in Kotlin 2.4's K2-exclusive features (explicit backing fields, context parameters, and collection literals). doveletter.dev/articles/wha...

My new book 'Jetpack Compose Mechanisms' is coming soon.

ColorPicker Compose 1.2.0 has been released! 🎨 Compose Multiplatform color picker library for getting colors from any image by tapping on the desired color. github.com/skydoves/col...

Compose Stability Analyzer, the Jetpack Compose stability analyzer plugin for Android Studio, has crossed 50k downloads from the community! github.com/skydoves/com...

My talk for DroidKaigi has been accepted! See you at the conference in Japan 🇯🇵

Compose Stability Analyzer 0.9.0 has been released! It's been migrated to Kotlin 2.4.0 and supports new Compose inference types: `Stability.Unknown`. github.com/skydoves/com...

IntelliJ Plugin for @revenuecat.com 1.2.7 has been released. Now, you can see the paywall result in your IDE plugin directly while creating/editing your paywall within AI agents. plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/29265...