Published the latest issue of Dispatch yesterday. Lots of Android goodies in there that you should know about. You can read it here — www.jetpackcompose.app/newsletter/d... #AndroidDev #AI

The latest issue of Dispatch goes out in ~5 mins. This is a really important topic in the AI first world we live in and is based on my observation helping thousands of engineers at companies like Airbnb and Databricks be AI first. www.jetpackcompose.app/newsletter #AndroidDev #AI

The latest issue of Dispatch just went out 🚀 We cover some spicy topics and you don't want to miss the chance to learn a few new things in < 5mins. #AndroidDev

Wrote about something I like to call the "40/30/30 rule" for AI dev tools. I divide the choice of tools into 3 buckets think it's completely normal to use all the 3 types... in the same day!! More here - www.jetpackcompose.app/newsletter/d... #AndroidDev #AI

Want your Jetpack Compose library to be featured on our site? Well we now have a dedicated page where you can submit your libraries and reach thousands of Android developers 🚀 #AndroidDev

Want Gemini in Android Studio but worried about sharing sensitive IP? Use .aiexclude files—it's like .gitignore but for AI. Your private code stays private while you still get contextually rich AI suggestions. #AndroidDev

🐛 SPOT THE BUG 🐛 Is the onDispose callback GUARANTEED to be called? #AndroidDev

Converting a Composable to a Bitmap used to require black magic and a sacrifice to the Android gods. Not anymore. rememberGraphicsLayer() makes it ridiculously simple. Thread on capturing Composables as images 🧵 #AndroidDev

We are excited to announce our very first meetup 🥳 📍 Bengaluru (exact location TBD) 🗓️ Jan 4th, 2026 ⏰ 5–7 PM We are bringing together some of the smartest Android engineers in the city for a relaxed evening to hang out, grab a drink, and have fun conversations. luma.com/vslr0fgc #AndroidDev

Most Android PDF libraries weigh 10-16MB because they bundle native C/C++ code. Rajat Mittal built one that's 88 KILOBYTES. 🤯 How? By ditching native deps and using only Android's built-in PdfRenderer. Thread on lightweight library design 🧵 #AndroidDev

@romainguy.dev shared a Compose performance optimization that cut 1,062 ARM64 instructions down to 168. That's 85% reduction in the number of instructions. Thread on why manual function inlining matters 🧵 #AndroidDev

💡 Performance tip: Iterate in SQL, not in code. #AndroidDev

The difference between mediocre apps and great apps isn't code quality. It's understanding your customer and the problems they need solved. Thread on where Android developers still have the most leverage in this new era of software engineering 🧵 #AndroidDev

Why Android developers like cooking: You peel the carrot, you chop the carrot, you put the carrot in the stew. You don't suddenly find out that your peeler is several versions behind and they dropped support for carrots in version 4.3 😭😭 #AndroidDev

"For the first time, an app built in 2021 would look nearly identical to an app built in 2025" This from Gabriel Peal perfectly captures where Android is now. We're not chasing new primitives anymore. We're refining and building on a mature foundation. 🧵 #AndroidDev

Fun fact: toUpperCase() got deprecated because of... Turkey 🦃 Just kidding, not 🦃 but 🇹🇷 In Turkish, uppercase "i" is "İ" (with a dot!), not "I". Since toUpperCase() relied on Locale.getDefault(), your code could behave differently depending on location. #AndroidDev

Check the latest edition of this newsletter by @vinaygaba.bsky.social There is a must have library that I've never heard about before and now I'll never forget! www.jetpackcompose.app/newsletter #AndroidDev #JetpackCompose

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Compose 1.9 alpha just dropped two modifiers that'll make your designer's heart skip a beat: Modifier.dropShadow() Modifier.innerShadow() No more hacky Canvas drawing or third-party libraries. Native shadows are HERE. 🧵 #AndroidDev #JetpackCompose

The latest issue of Dispatch goes out shortly! 🚀 If you are not a subscriber yet, you know what to do - www.jetpackcompose.app/newsletter #AndroidDev

🚨 GAME CHANGER ALERT 🚨 You can now enable automated accessibility checks directly in your Espresso tests: That's it. No more manual a11y audits. #AndroidDev #JetpackCompose

The August '25 Compose release dropped 2D scrolling, better prefetching, and autoSize text. But the coolest feature? A modifier that tracks visibility WITHOUT killing your performance. Thread on onLayoutRectChanged 🧵 #AndroidDev #JetpackCompose

We only scratched the surface with the previous post on Metro. @jingibus.bsky.social peels the onion and helps you understand what it takes to ship a project of this scale

Bridget Phillips@jingibus.bsky.social · 9mo ago

This is fantastic and @zacsweers.dev deserves all the praise but it also is gonna give you a false idea of what Z is like as a maintainer and author, what the project is like, and how you might achieve something like this yourself

🤯 Mind-blowing fact: Both OpenAI's and Anthropic's official JAVA SDKs are written entirely in Kotlin. Let that sink in. Companies building SDKs FOR Java developers chose Kotlin as the implementation language. The Kotlin takeover is real 🫡 #AndroidDev

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JetpackCompose.app@jetpackcomposeapp.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Hot take: Dependency Injection on Android just got a huge upgrade!! Square just moved Anvil to maintenance mode to adopt Metro - a DI framework built by ONE PERSON that's 47-56% faster than Dagger+Anvil. This is what "individual developers changing ecosystems" looks like 🧵 #AndroidDev

Hot take: Dependency Injection on Android just got a huge upgrade!! Square just moved Anvil to maintenance mode to adopt Metro - a DI framework built by ONE PERSON that's 47-56% faster than Dagger+Anvil. This is what "individual developers changing ecosystems" looks like 🧵 #AndroidDev

ViewModel scoping in Compose has been broken from day one. You can only scope to Activity or navigation graphs, but Compose wants fine-grained components. Enter Resaca - the library that fixes this beautiful mess 🧵 #AndroidDev #JetpackCompose

ViewModel scoping in Compose has been broken from day one. You can only scope to Activity or navigation graphs, but Compose wants fine-grained components. Enter Resaca - the library that fixes this beautiful mess 🧵 #AndroidDev #JetpackCompose

🚨 ANSWER TIME 🚨 The bug: LazyColumn prefetches items OUTSIDE the viewport. So LaunchedEffect fires when items are COMPOSED, not when they're VISIBLE. With the new August '25 prefetching APIs, you'll log impressions for things users never see! #AndroidDev #JetpackCompose

JetpackCompose.app@jetpackcomposeapp.bsky.social · 9mo ago

🐛 SPOT THE BUG 🐛 This code logs impressions for list items. But with Compose's new prefetching APIs, there's a subtle bug lurking. Can you spot it? Drop your answer below 👇 #AndroidDev #JetpackCompose

🐛 SPOT THE BUG 🐛 This code logs impressions for list items. But with Compose's new prefetching APIs, there's a subtle bug lurking. Can you spot it? Drop your answer below 👇 #AndroidDev #JetpackCompose

99% of Android devs know about graphicsLayer and offset lambda Modifiers for performant animations. But I'm convinced most don't know the performant alternative for background(). Thread on a Compose optimization that'll make your animations buttery smooth 🧈👇