⚡️Thunder: WebSocket have come through the clouds. | by Jeremy | Aug, 2023
There are a lot of factors to consider when developing a service using WebSockets. How to make connections, how to maintain connections, How do you handle network conditions, how do you handle error handling and retry logic, how do you handle asynchronous processing? There are…
Different Ways to Achieve Function Composition in Kotlin | by Stephen Siapno | Aug, 2023
FUN [CTIONAL] PROGRAMMING SERIES Function Composition Strategies: 8 Chess-Like Moves to Enhance Your Kotlin Skills with Function Composition Photo by Randy Fath on Unsplash “Function composition is a powerful concept in programming where you combine multiple functions to create a new function.” Have you ever…
Build, Sign and Create Release build using Github Actions | by Saqib | Aug, 2023
5. Github workflows Everything is available to create Github workflow. 5.1 Trigger Event We want to trigger the workflow whenever code is pushed to the main branch. 5.2 Permission to workflow We want to give permission to workflow in order to create Release over Github…
Migrating an Android app to iOS with KMP — Part I: First steps and architecture | by Igor Escodro | Aug, 2023
Since I started Alkaa, a task management open-source app, I have dreamt of also releasing it on iPhone. However, I don’t have experience in developing apps for iOS, and porting all the features to Swift would be an exhaustive job. Imagine how surprised I was…
Getting Better with Kotlin — Exploring Advanced Features and Effective Coding Strategies | by Nirbhay Pherwani | Aug, 2023
1. Inline Classes — Compact Abstractions Example — Inline classes allow us to create lightweight wrappers around primitive types without runtime overhead. Inline Class Example Explanation — In this example, we define an inline class Meter that wraps a Double value. The toCentimeter function showcases…
Writing Swift-friendly Kotlin Multiplatform APIs — Part VIII: Generics | by André Oriani | Aug, 2023
Learn how to code libraries that your iOS teammates will not frown upon using them. In this chapter: generics An Android head encapsulating an apple — DALLE-2 My initial plan was that an article on Flows would follow the chapter about Coroutines, and then I…
Seeing your composable in shades of grey | by Katie Barnett | Aug, 2023
Creating a greyscale modifier in Jetpack Compose and how to make complex composables look disabled. Photo by Rodion Kutsaiev on Unsplash Recently, I needed to make a composable look disabled, my friendly design team wanted something quite complex turned to greyscale and made slightly transparent….
Why Build a Pattern Library in Jetpack Compose? — Elevating User Experiences in Large-Scale Applications | by Nirbhay Pherwani | Aug, 2023
A pattern library acts as a resource for UI design and development. It comprises reusable UI components and custom styles that ensure a cohesive user experience. Pattern libraries offer several key benefits — Sourced from Dribbble 1. Consistency Across User Experience Regardless of the app’s…
Everything about storage on Android | by Pragnesh Ghoda | Aug, 2023
Understand the key concepts of storage and take advantage of recent APIs to improve both your developer productivity and users’ privacy. Photo by Pat Whelen on Unsplash Android provides different APIs to access or expose files with different tradeoffs. You can use app data to…
More Accessible Graphs with Jetpack Compose Part 3: Differentiating without Color | by Eevis Panula | Aug, 2023
This blog post is the third one in my series on more accessible graphs with Jetpack Compose. You can find the previous two from the following links: The third topic we will cover is differentiating data by other means than color. Color is a convenient…