Recomposition Pipeline in Jetpack Compose

Manifest Android Interview has passed 3,000 copies in the hands of Android developers worldwide. 🎉 Grateful for the support from Android developers everywhere. www.android.skydoves.me

Introduces `ResultEventBus` and `ResultStore` to `navigation3-runtime` to facilitate passing results between entries. android-review.googlesource.com/c/platform/f...

Compose Stability Analyzer plugin crossed 20k downloads. An IntelliJ + Kotlin Compiler plugin for Android developers, providing real-time analysis of Jetpack Compose composable functions' stability directly within Android Studio or IntelliJ. plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/28767...

I just published a new article, '5 Kotlin Internals You Should Know'. In this article, you’ll explore five Kotlin internals that most developers should know, revealing what really happens when the compiler transforms your Kotlin code into Java bytecode. skydoves.medium.com/5-kotlin-int...

Working on the Manifest Android Interview course. 250+ quiz questions + 380+ practical questions with complete answers for all of them that were previously left as open questions in the book. It will take another 2~3 months to complete.

Just published a new article, 'Building a Google Maps Style Bottom Sheet with Jetpack Compose'. In this article, you'll explore how to build a Google Maps-style bottom sheet using FlexibleBottomSheet, covering how to configure three expansion states. doveletter.skydoves.me/preview/arti...

Add encryption support for Datastore with Tink. android-review.googlesource.com/c/platform/f...

Practical Kotlin Deep Dive Course v1.0.1 has been published! Now each lesson features a Code Playground with ready-to-run Kotlin examples, step-by-step explanations, and open challenges that let you practice concepts immediately after learning them. doveletter.skydoves.me/course/kotlin

Article - Compose Stability Analyzer 0.7.0: Recomposition Cascade and Live Heatmap. doveletter.skydoves.me/preview/arti...

Compose Stability Analyzer 0.7.0 has been released! Now, it introduces a real-time recomposition tracing, Recomposition Heatmap, and Recomposition Cascade Visualizer directly in your IDE. github.com/skydoves/com...

Docs for Compose Stability Analyzer, Android Studio plugin. skydoves.github.io/compose-stab...

I just published a new Kotlin article, 'How kotlinx.serialization generates code: a compiler plugin deep dive'. Dive deep into the internal mechanisms of the kotlinx.serialization compiler plugin and explore the real use cases from the @revenuecat.com SDK. www.revenuecat.com/blog/enginee...

4 exclusive articles on Android, Compose, and Kotlin were delivered via Dove Letter over the past 7 days. doveletter.skydoves.me/preview?tab=...

Compose Stability Analyzer 0.6.7 has been released! Real-time visibility into your composables' stability directly in Android Studio, and automatically catch stability regressions in CI before they reach production. github.com/skydoves/com...

Excited to publish the Course: Practical Kotlin Deep Dive! 🚀 Unlock the 'how' and 'why' behind Kotlin internals and fundamentals with 160 interactive quizzes, including advanced topics, and earn a certificate upon completion. doveletter.skydoves.me/course/kotlin

I just published a new article, 'Scalable API Response Handling Across Multi-Layered Architectures with Sandwich'. doveletter.skydoves.me/preview/arti...

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I’m incredibly grateful to everyone who sponsors me on @github.com for my open-source projects and Dove Letter.💖 Your support motivates me to keep contributing to the open-source community and the Android, Kotlin, and Compose ecosystems.

Thanks @androidweekly.bsky.social and @kotlinweekly.bsky.social for featuring my recent article, 'Shared Internals: Kotlin's New Proposal for Cross-Module Visibility'. The KEEP proposal about the new visibility level sits between internal and public. doveletter.skydoves.me/preview/arti...

The Android Developer Quiz has crossed 1,000+ submissions, and the median score is 40.

What score will you get on this Android Developer quiz? 😁 Test your knowledge on Android, Jetpack Compose, and Kotlin. Select all correct answers for each question. Each question is worth 10 points. doveletter.skydoves.me/quiz

My open-source libraries have achieved 37.5 million total downloads worldwide over the past year, estimated to work on more than 1 billion+ user devices based on the Scarf Maven metrics. I’m glad to help developers and give back to the community through my open-source work 💚

I just published a new article, "Handling edge cases in Google Play Billing". Explains how to correctly handle common edge cases in Google Play Billing, including pending purchases, errors, multi-quantity consumables, subscription downgrades, and etc. www.revenuecat.com/blog/enginee...

I’ve been working on the Practical Kotlin Deep Dive course, covering Kotlin fundamentals, Coroutines, Kotlin compiler/plugins, and Kotlin Multiplatform. With 160 quizzes and exercises (including advanced ones), you can test your knowledge and earn a certificate upon completion.

I just published a new article, Shared Internals: Kotlin's New Proposal for Cross-Module Visibility. The new visibility (shared internal) level sits between internal and public, allowing modules to explicitly declare which internals they share and with whom. doveletter.skydoves.me/preview/arti...

A new KEEP proposal for sharing internals between modules. The proposal suggests a way to share internal implementation details across multiple modules in Kotlin libraries while still encapsulating them from external API consumers, improving modularization and reuse. github.com/Kotlin/KEEP/...

Connect Firebender to RevenueCat. Connect Firebender to RevenueCat to manage subscriptions and analyze revenue data. docs.firebender.com/context/mcp/...

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Deep Dive into Kotlin Data Classes, Coroutines, Flow, and K2 Compiler. doveletter.skydoves.me/book/kotlin

Continuing my journey with the Google Developer Experts program 🚀

Compose Stability Inference. 📚 A comprehensive study of how the Compose compiler determines type stability for recomposition optimization. github.com/skydoves/com...

I published a new article, "Introducing the Experimental Styles API in Jetpack Compose". It introduces the Styles API as a new way to define interactive, stateful Compose UI with automatic animations and efficient style application. doveletter.skydoves.me/preview/arti...

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Add web targets to room-runtime. Jetpack's Room will supports wasmJs and Js. The main changes to support web in Room is the proliferation of suspend functions to support the asynchronous APIs in the SQLiteDriver APIs. android-review.googlesource.com/c/platform/f...

AI is undeniably a major productivity boost and a real game changer, but it’s also beginning to challenge the health and sustainability of the existing open-source ecosystems.

I just published a new article, Understanding Google Play’s subscription price changes: a complete guide. You will cover how to manage subscription price changes, covering opt-in vs. opt-out models, notification requirements, and implementation details. www.revenuecat.com/blog/enginee...

Dagger 2.59. github.com/google/dagge...

My friend @jorgecastillo.dev launched ScreenshotWhale, which generates professional App Store screenshots in minutes. It provides auto internationalization for supporting multiple languages, quick switches between templates, and a smart AI generator for your full project. screenshotwhale.com

I just published a new article, 'Explore internal mechanisms of Retrofit, and how it works'. This article dives into Retrofit’s internals, from dynamic proxy–based implementations and annotation parsing to how method calls become OkHttp requests. doveletter.skydoves.me/preview/arti...

Manifest Android Interview v1.11 has been released. It introduces Metro instead of Anvil, improves the explanation of ART vs. AOT, View vs. ViewGroup, and LiveData. skydoves.github.io

ColorPickerView 2.4.0 has been released. 🎨 Android colorpicker for getting colors from any images by tapping on the desired color. github.com/skydoves/Col...

Balloon 1.7.3 has been released. 🎈 Modernized and sophisticated tooltips, fully customizable with an arrow and animations for Android and Jetpack Compose. github.com/skydoves/Bal...

Support dynamic metadata in EntryProvider in Navigation3. Adds overloads to `entry` and `addEntryProvider` that accept a `metadata` lambda `(Key) -> Map<String, Any>`. android-review.googlesource.com/c/platform/f...

A total of 25 blog posts have been delivered to Dove Letter subscribers. doveletter.skydoves.me/preview?tab=...

A preview of "Practical Kotlin Deep Dive" is now available. This covers essential Kotlin concepts such as data classes, delegated properties, coroutines, flows, and the K2 compiler, focusing on both usage and differences. doveletter.skydoves.me/book/kotlin

I just published a new article, 'Building animated custom Paywalls in Jetpack Compose'. In this article, you'll explore how to build sophisticated "Day & Night" animated paywalls in Jetpack Compose. www.revenuecat.com/blog/enginee...

FlexibleBottomSheet 0.2.0 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...