Announcing the Android Workgroup

We are excited to announce the creation of the Android Workgroup! The primary goal of the Android workgroup is to establish and maintain Android as an officially supported platform for Swift. To learn more and get involved with the Android Workgroup: Read the Android Workgroup charter Discuss ideas in the Android forum Use the @android-workgroup handle to reach out to the workgroup directly in the forums

androidify/feature/camera/src/main/java/com/android/developers/androidify/camera/RearCameraUseCase.kt at main · android/androidify

Sample app for Androidify. Contribute to android/androidify development by creating an account on GitHub.

Enhancing R8 and ProGuard for Robust Android Code Protection | Medium

Learn how to improve Android app security with advanced R8 and ProGuard obfuscation: custom dictionaries, reserved keywords, and unique build strategies.

Celebrate the code you didn't write :: Ryan Harter

Over the past few years I've been driving an architecture and tech spec review process at work. This has been helpful in breaking down certain silos, distributing knowledge across the organization, and building skills and experience in more junior engineers. A recent tech spec caught my eye, and resulted in a really valuable learning opportunity.

Kotlin 2.2 — guards when with subject, more than a technical question.

Kotlin 2.2 is in RC2 stage, and soon we’ll get it. I saw many (not all of them I read) articles about the introduction of “when guards”. Most shows the syntax, which is pretty technical. However…

Coding by Magic

Most of my programming ventures begin with a single line of code I’m curious about. Who is calling the code, and how does this code fit into the larger jigsaw puzzle? As a result, “find usages”, “go to declaration”, and “go to implementations” are three of my most often

Stack overflow is almost dead

Today, Stack overflow has almost as few questions asked per month, as when it launched back in 2009. A recap of its slow, then rapid, downfall.

Announcing Jetpack Navigation 3

Explore Jetpack Navigation 3, a new Compose-first navigation library with increased flexibility so Android developers to build robust experiences.

Once Again, Uri Access Lifetime Is Shorter Than You Might Think

Announcing Kotlin Multiplatform Shared Module Template

Explore Android Studio's new Kotlin Multiplatform Shared Module Template designed to simplify cross-platform development across Android and iOS apps.