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The Future of Android Apps with AppFunctions
Exposing your app's core functionalities to the OS (or AI agents)
Mar 30, 20269 min read1.8K
Exploring CompositionLocal API internals in Jetpack Compose
Hello Composers 👋, In this post, we are going to dive deep into the internals of Composition Local API of Jetpack Compose. When you call LocalContentColor.current in your Compose code, a lot happens
Mar 9, 202625 min read1.7K
A Simple key to a Better LazyList in Jetpack Compose
Hey Composers 👋, It’s awesome to see Jetpack Compose being adopted in so many apps. If you're using Compose, you've almost certainly worked with its powerful LazyList APIs like LazyColumn and LazyRow. They are incredibly efficient for displaying lis...
Oct 8, 20259 min read3.0K
Exploring PausableComposition internals in Jetpack Compose
Hey Composers 👋, In the recent Compose release 1.9.X, a new internal API in compose-runtime called PausableComposition was introduced, which claims to solve performance issues. It can feel like magic, but under the hood, it's all thanks to some very...
Jul 14, 202512 min read7.5K
Deep dive into annotations in Jetpack Compose
Know how knowing and using some annotations at right places can improve the performance of the composables
May 19, 202519 min read5.7K
Understanding Dispatchers: Main and Main.immediate
Hi Androiders 👋, there's no doubt that Kotlin coroutines have become the standard in the Android world for multithreading and reactive programming. Coroutines are easy to use, but there's always something that feels a bit complicated. I often get qu...
Apr 2, 202515 min read5.9K