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Android SDK lifecycle management with Hilt dependency injection

Jaewoong Eum shows how Hilt’s component scopes and cleanup hooks enable safe SDK lifecycle management and prevent resource leaks.

Orchestrating our UI test suite with Maestro

Prateek Prasad shows that migrating from Espresso to Maestro dramatically improved test reliability, cost, and speed at Doist.

Reverse Proxy in Ktor

Eugene Petrenko shows how to use Ktor as an HTTP proxy to intercept and manipulate requests and responses.

Building AI Agents in Kotlin – Part 2: A Deeper Dive Into Tools

Bruno Lannoo shows how to extend Koog agents with custom tools (like shell-command execution) to enable real execution and feedback.

🧩 Koin Injection on iOS Without Reified Crashes: A Clean KMM Pattern

KMP Bits demonstrates a KMM pattern where Kotlin exposes helper APIs for DI so Swift can get dependencies safely without using reified generics.

Pragmatic Modularization: The Case for Wiring Modules

Alex Krafts recommends a wiring module to decouple the app module from feature implementations and improve build performance.

RemoteCompose: Another Paradigm for Server-Driven UI in Jetpack Compose

Jaewoong Eum describes RemoteCompose as a way to serialize Compose UI into a binary document for server-driven, runtime rendering on Android.

From File to Fetch: Mastering Lottie Animation Sources in Jetpack Compose

Katie Barnett shows how to integrate Lottie animations in Compose with flexible sources (file, remote fetch), including proper loading, retry and error handling.

Fine-Tuning Gemma with LoRA for On-Device Inference (Android, iOS, Web)

Sasha Denisov demonstrates LoRA fine-tuning of Gemma for on-device use by updating only adapter weights and deploying via MediaPipe for mobile and web.

Yes, Gemini can do object detection

Nitin Tiwari shows Gemini can produce bounding boxes and labels for objects in images, supporting zero-shot object detection.

Does AI Generate Accessible Android Apps?

Eevis Panula finds AI-generated Android apps fraught with accessibility issues and concludes AI can’t yet replace human developers for accessible UI.

Seamless KMP on iOS: Enhancing the Experience with SKIE

Ignacio Carrión explains how SKIE provides Swift-native Kotlin Multiplatform APIs for sealed classes, suspend coroutines, and flows to improve iOS interop.

RemoteCompose: Cute or Crucial?

Mark Murphy recommends cautious experimentation with RemoteCompose, which serializes Compose UIs into binary documents for cross-process or cross-device playback.

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News

Amper Update, November 2025 – Extensibility Preview

JetBrains outlines November Amper updates focused on faster builds, better KMP support and improved Gradle interoperability.

Videos & Podcasts

Explore how to automate testing across alpha, beta, and RC tracks

How do you automatically test alpha/beta/RC versions without losing your mind? Jake Wharton joins the Coding with the Italians team live.

My Top 3 Koin Dependency Injection Hacks

Philipp Lackner shares 3 helpful tips you can use to improve your Koin setup and app performance.

How to Prevent Race Conditions in Kotlin Coroutines

Dave Leeds shows several tools to choose from to prevent race conditions, including atomics, confinement, mutexes, and more.

Responsive Layouts with Navigation 3 out of the box 📦

Learn more about responsive layouts with Navigation 3 out of the box.

Suspend Functions vs. Flows In Kotlin & Android

Philipp Lackner clarifies the confusion between suspend functions and Flows once and for all.

Advent of Code 2025 in Kotlin

Day-by-day playlist of Advent of Code 2025 solutions in Kotlin

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