Ian Lake
@ianlake.bsky.social
Android Toolkit Developer and Runner Also at: - https://androiddev.social/@ianlake - https://twitter.com/ianhlake
The video for our @kotlinconf.com 2026 session is now live! If you missed @ianlake.bsky.social and me in Munich, you can catch the full recording of "Peeling back the Layers: A Navigation3 Deep Dive" right here: youtu.be/6g2mjgljn7M #AndroidDev #Kotlin #KotlinConf
Peeling back the Layers: A Navigation3 Deep Dive | Marcello Galhardo and Ian Lake
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After over 5,000 hours across the past 14 years of Guild Wars 2 and lots of Guild Wars 1 too, I'm *soo* excited to dive into Guild Wars 3 too! 3️⃣❗❗❗
Guild Wars@guildwars2.com · 2mo agoIt's official. GW3 is a thing - we are developing Guild Wars 3! buff.ly/w3tbqpd
Today we're releasing two essential resources for Android devs: Official Android skills and Android CLI! 📑 Android Skills (github.com/android/skills) fill gaps when state-of-the-art models don't have enough training data. We're focusing on hard migrations, niche APIs, performance, etc.
GitHub - android/skills
Contribute to android/skills development by creating an account on GitHub.
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This week's #JetpackReleaseNotes include Compose 1.10.0, SwipeRefreshLayout 1.2.0, and bug fixes in Activity 1.12.1, NavigationEvent 1.0.1, ExifInterface 1.4.2, and Wear Compose 1.5.6. developer.android.com/jetpack/andr...
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Jetpack Navigation 3 is stable! 🎉🎉🎉 Leaning into Jetpack Compose and the idea of combining smaller building blocks together really helped make Nav3 a much more flexible library that made it a joy to work on and hopefully for you to use as well! android-developers.googleblog.com/2025/11/jetp...
Jetpack Navigation 3 is stable
News and insights on the Android platform, developer tools, and events.
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The first #JetpackReleaseNotes of November include SplashScreen 1.2.0, SavedState 1.4.0, Navigation 2.9.6, RC releases in Navigation3, NavigationEvent, Activity, and Lifecycle and Compose 1.10.0-beta02. developer.android.com/jetpack/andr...
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That was fast! @donaldturner.bsky.social's really nice talk about Navigation 3 at #dcldn25 available now www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1Oi...
Navigating the future with Jetpack Navigation 3 - Don Turner | droidcon London 2025
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This week's #JetpackReleaseNotes include Work manager 2.11.0, Compose Material3 Adaptive 1.2.0, Graphics 1.1.0, bug fixes in Compose 1.9.4, Wear Compose 1.5.4, and Room 2.8.3 plus beta01 releases of Navigation3 (🎉), Lifecycle, Activity, DataStore, and Compose. developer.android.com/jetpack/andr...
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This week's #JetpackReleaseNotes include Metrics (aka 'JankStats') 1.0.0, Heifwriter 1.1.0, Health Connect 1.1.0, bug fixes in Camera 1.5.1, Compose 1.9.3, Room 2.8.2, and Wear Compose 1.5.3 plus lots of changes in Navigation3 1.0.0-alpha11. developer.android.com/jetpack/andr...
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Would you like to work on Compose at Google (Mountain View CA office)? Apply here and let's work together www.google.com/about/career...
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This week's #JetpackReleaseNotes includes Window 1.5.0, Compose Material3 1.4.0 plus bug fixes in Compose 1.9.2, Navigation 2.9.5, Room 2.8.1, Sqlite 2.6.1, Wear Compose 1.5.2, and WorkManager 2.10.5. developer.android.com/jetpack/andr...
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Today's #JetpackReleaseNotes includes Camera and Camera ViewFinder 1.5.0, Room 2.8.0, Hilt 1.3.0, plus bug fixes in Compose 1.9.1, Navigation 2.9.4, and Navigation3 1.0.0-alpha09. developer.android.com/jetpack/andr...
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Today's #JetpackReleaseNotes include Wear Compose 1.5.0 (the first stable release with Material 3 Expressive), more KMP targets in Lifecycle 2.9.3, SavedState 1.3.2, Paging 3.4.0-alpha03, and Navigation3 1.0.0-alpha08 plus the first Material3+Navigation3 alpha! developer.android.com/jetpack/andr...
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45 more library updates are part of today's #JetpackReleaseNotes including Compose 1.9.0 going stable, Core 1.17.0, bug fixes in Fragment 1.8.9 and Media3 1.7.1, Room 2.8.0-rc01, Hilt 1.3.0-beta01, the first Compose 1.10.0-alpha01, and minSdk 23! developer.android.com/jetpack/andr...
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Today's #JetpackReleaseNotes include Benchmark 1.4.0, Browser 1.9.0, Security Crypto's final deprecation in 1.1.0 stable, bug fixes in Navigation 2.9.3 and WorkManager 2.10.3, Compose 1.9.0-rc01, new alphas for Lifecycle+SavedState, plus a ton of XR updates! developer.android.com/jetpack/andr...
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Today's #JetpackReleaseNotes include more KMP platform support in Lifecycle 2.9.2 and SavedState 1.3.1, bug fixes in Navigation 2.9.2 and TV Material 1.0.1, Compose 1.9.0-beta03, and new tools to migrate to Bundled SQLite in Room 2.8.0-alpha01. developer.android.com/jetpack/andr...
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Live wallpaper apps always felt like one of the best ways to really customize your Android phone, which is part of why I got into working with @roman.nurik.net on #Muzei so many years ago. So glad to see people still enjoying it! www.howtogeek.com/best-live-wa...
I Wanted a Live Wallpaper for My Phone—These 6 Were the Best
I begin and end this list with bangers.
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I'm on vacation, but the #JetpackReleaseNotes don't stop! Navigation 2.9.1 fixes an important Lifecycle issue, Hilt 1.3.0-alpha02 decouples hiltViewModel() from Nav2, Paging 3.4.0-alpha01 adds more KMP platforms, and more! developer.android.com/jetpack/andr...
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The recording of my @kotlinconf.com 2025 talk with Jeremy, "Lessons Learned Decoupling Architecture Components from Platform-Specific Code", is now live. Watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDz_... #AndroidDev #Kotlin #KMP
Lessons learned decoupling Architecture Components from platform specific code
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More #JetpackReleaseNotes are out today with bug fix releases in Room 2.7.2, WorkManager 2.10.2, and Compose 1.8.3 alongside Compose 1.9.0-beta01 and brand new Compose integrations in Ink 1.0.0-alpha05 and NavigationEvent 1.0.0-alpha03. developer.android.com/jetpack/andr...
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We're back from conference season with more #JetpackReleaseNotes including Wear ProtoLayout 1.3.0 (first Material3 release!) and Wear Tiles 1.5.0, bug fixes in AppCompat 1.7.1 (compat with Nav3!), Fragment 1.8.8, Lifecycle 2.9.1, and a new PhotoPicker library! developer.android.com/jetpack/andr...
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It is #GoogleIO2025 today, but that also means new #JetpackReleaseNotes! Bug fixes in Compose 1.8.2, DataStore 1.1.7, and Fragment 1.8.7 are nice and Window 1.4.0 is out, but I'm more excited about the brand new libraries: Navigation3 and NavigationEvent! developer.android.com/jetpack/andr...
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For an idea of the cool stuff you can do with this, I built this with nav3
TJ@tunji.dev · last yr.This is so so special to me, and my favorite developer relations contribution when I was at google. If you've seen any of my open source projects over the past couple of years, you'll see bits and pieces of experiments and cobbled together navigation code that this library refines expertly.
Today, we've released a brand new Jetpack library - Navigation3! A pure Compose, state based navigation library: android-developers.googleblog.com/2025/05/anno...
Announcing Jetpack Navigation 3
Explore Jetpack Navigation 3, a new Compose-first navigation library with increased flexibility so Android developers to build robust experiences.
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Navigation 2.9.0, Lifecycle 2.9.0, and SavedState 1.3.0 are out today along with a bunch of other #JetpackReleaseNotes including Core Telecom 1.0.0, DataStore 1.1.6 (fixing the 1.1.5 release!), and Compose 1.8.1. developer.android.com/jetpack/andr...
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Compose 1.8.0 is out today alongside a bunch of other #JetpackReleaseNotes including Transition 1.6.0 and bug fixes in DataStore 1.1.5, ExifInterface 1.4.1, Room 2.7.1, and WorkManager 2.10.1. developer.android.com/jetpack/andr...
Stable Releases | Jetpack | Android Developers
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Android 16 Beta 4 is here, and it's the last call for testing before the official launch! → https://goo.gle/4jcc7Gv Here’s what you need to do: ✅ Compile against the new SDK 🧪 Test your current app for compatibility 📢 Report any issues on the feedback page
Room 2.7.0, the first KMP release, is out today! 🎉🎉🎉 Other #JetpackReleaseNotes include Core 1.16.0, Core i18n 1.0.0, long alpha releases going stable, Compose Material3 1.3.2, Compose 1.8.0-rc03, plus SavedState, Lifecycle, and Navigation going beta01. developer.android.com/jetpack/andr...
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