Richard Schattauer

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Koin Powered by Kotlin Compiler The next evolution of Kotlin dependency injection — powered by the Kotlin Compiler. Same simplicity, more power.

Koin now has a native Kotlin Compiler Plugin ✨

- Compile-time auto-wiring
- DSL + Annotations
- KMP & Compose Multiplatform ready
- No KSP needed

Same simplicity, compile-time power.

#Kotlin #Koin #AndroidDev

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How it started / How it's going

👀 Want to see a preview of what's coming up in #JetpackCompose?

We heard you that debugging shared elements is tricky. In 1.11.0-alpha03, a new composable LookaheadAnimationVisualDebugging was added.

Wrap your SharedTransitionLayout to add visual cues to track down those hard to debug issues. 🐛⤵️

Compose Multiplatform 1.10.0: Unified @Preview, Navigation 3, and Stable Compose Hot Reload | The Kotlin Blog Compose Multiplatform 1.10.0 has been released with common @Preview annotation, support for Navigation 3 on non-Android targets, and bundled stable Compose Hot Reload.

Compose Multiplatform 1.10.0 is out! 🎉

What’s new:
✨ Common @​Preview annotation
🧭 Support for Navigation 3 on non-Android targets
🔥 Stable and bundled Compose Hot Reload

Learn more: https://blog.jetbrains.com/kotlin/2026/01/compose-multiplatform-1-10-0/

Thank you, I really appreciate koin for what it is, this shouldn't be a "koin bad" comment, rather what I am missing :) if koin has compile safety I will not miss anything from dagger/hilt :)))

A "look" yes, seems promising, but migrating a full project over wasn't on my to-do list yet :)

The koin config check on multi module projects is sadly just not working correctly when interface and impl are split into separate modules.

I am missing Hilt, Koin is good but not good enough.

I was once handed an iPhone at droidcon to take a group photo. Making a joke that, as an Android developer, I didn't know how the thing worked, I gave it a shot anyway. That day I learned that the semi-transparent bars in the viewfinder aren't actually included in the photo! 😅

Amazing article about liquid glass and the math behind it. I really love such super nerdy stuff.

GitHub - jakala-germany/gradle-transitive-dependency-check: A gradle plugin that ensures that no declared dependency version is overridden by a newer transitive version A gradle plugin that ensures that no declared dependency version is overridden by a newer transitive version - jakala-germany/gradle-transitive-dependency-check

I am thrilled to announce that our Gradle transitive dependency check plugin is open-sourced! 🎉 It prevents version surprises in builds. Happy to give back to the community and that this is now available for everyone! 🙂

What's new in the Jetpack Compose December '25 release News and insights on the Android platform, developer tools, and events.

Compose 1.10 was released yesterday! 🔟

It includes some nice new features:

🧞‍♀️ Support for dynamic shared elements
👰🏻‍♀️ New Enter/Exit Transitions: unveilIn / veilOut
⏭️ Modifier.skipToLookaheadPosition()
📦 New retain APIs influenced by Circuit

android-developers.googleblog.com/2025/12/what...

Just purchased a ticket for me and for two of my colleagues!

Jetpack Navigation 3 is stable News and insights on the Android platform, developer tools, and events.

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...

Android developer verification: Early access starts now as we continue to build with your feedback News and insights on the Android platform, developer tools, and events.

Yes, annoy everyone with warning messages, I would be fine with that, but keep the possibility to sideload whatever I desire within my own hands! Good move!
android-developers.googleblog.com/2025/11/andr...

GitHub - skydoves/compose-stability-analyzer: 🦄 Real-time analysis of Jetpack Compose composable functions' stability directly within Android Studio or IntelliJ. 🦄 Real-time analysis of Jetpack Compose composable functions' stability directly within Android Studio or IntelliJ. - skydoves/compose-stability-analyzer

I'm happy to share that I published a new open-source library, Compose Stability Analyzer!

This is a plugin that provides real-time stability analysis for Jetpack Compose functions in Android Studio or IntelliJ IDEA.

github.com/skydoves/com...

I love the separated entry point modules and I would prefer a single shared module. If someone wants to implement further modularisation they can do that, but don't force two shared modules on users. Everything shared in a single "shared" module is fine. Maybe app/android, app/ios, ..?

Working on a plugin that provides real-time stability analysis for Jetpack Compose functions in Android Studio.

🎉 JUnit 6.0 is here, and it brings even deeper Kotlin support! Now, you get:

✨ Suspend and cancellation support
✨ Kotlin 2.2 baseline
✨ Improved nullability annotations
✨ Convenient UX with contracts

Check out the full release notes 👉 kotl.in/b8wncm?utm_c...

Don't you think that LLM just did a hiccup while showing the data at the correct position? Because the data is consistent on all four platforms, just wrongly aligned.

What are your thoughts about the wrong data being shown here? Total emission for France is different on Android compared to the other platforms. AI could mix those things easily up but I understand that it is a valid point for specific use cases. I just don't see data as a good/trustworthy one.

There's no good reason why people distributing apps outside the Play Store should need to provide their personal data to Google.

This is just taking Android into the horrible world of dev accounts and notarization that Apple enforces.

“GPT-5 is the first time that it feels like talking to an expert in any topic — a Ph.D.-level expert,” OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said.

Stop Calling AI a “Junior Engineer” They are tools, not teammates

Stop calling AI a "junior engineer"

blog.mmckenna.me/stop-calling...

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Support Kotlin Multiplatform (KMP) in the SDKs KMP is now stable and more libraries are being added to KMP ecosystem. There is a big opportunity for Firebase to be in Multiplatform and support developers adopting this tech.

Official KMP support for Firebase is requested a lot whenever we talk to developers. If you want to let the team at Google know, please vote for and add a comment on this issue explaining why you want to see this:

firebase.uservoice.c...

Did you know... Android Studio has introduced resizable previews for Compose previews? Allowing you to test your layouts across the spectrum of device sizes easily inside Android Studio. 💻

developer.android.com/studio/previ...

Thanks as always Ian. Any update on the screenshot plugin? Hasn't been updated in months :(