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Rebecca Franks

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Android DevRel at Google Animations, graphics and all things #JetpackCompose South African living in the UK πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ https://riggaroo.dev

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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. πŸ’»

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

07.07.2025 09:59 β€” πŸ‘ 51    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
Creative UIs with Compose | Chris Horner
YouTube video by Kotlin by JetBrains Creative UIs with Compose | Chris Horner

Creative UIs with Compose by @chris-horner.bsky.social youtu.be/9KdP2idt6LE?... (from @kotlinconf). Very cool talk!

04.07.2025 17:46 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This animation bugs me so much πŸ˜‚ why is there a background on the X as part of it... Just remove the background and it'd be 100 times better... Someone at @itvx.com please save us.

04.07.2025 16:42 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
All about Androidify with Rebecca Frank and Roberto Orgiu!
Last stream before the summer break! Seb, Roberto and Rebecca talk about the new Androidify sample app, launched at Google I/O. Find out about some fun behin... All about Androidify with Rebecca Frank and Roberto Orgiu!

Need design inspo or just love smooth animations?
Androidify has it allβ€”built with Jetpack Compose and a ton of creative tricks.
Don’t miss our chat with Rebecca Franks and Roberto Orgiu β†’ youtu.be/Irc6moPhows

24.06.2025 08:05 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Super useful for use cases like:
πŸŽ₯ Playing and pausing videos automatically
πŸ”– Analytics tracking
✨Starting and stopping animations

Checkout the samples here: cs.android.com/androidx/pla...

24.06.2025 09:22 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Compose 1.9 just hit beta01 & another exciting feature landing is a way to reliably determine if something is visible on screen & a way to get notified of visibility changes πŸ“£

πŸ’… New modifiers are entering the chat in this space: Modifier.onFirstVisible() & Modifier.onVisibilityChanged().

24.06.2025 09:22 β€” πŸ‘ 40    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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Androidify isn’t just backβ€”it’s smarter, smoother, and built with the latest Android tech.
Rebecca Franks and Roberto Orgiu break it all down for us live!
Catch the episode β†’ cwti.link/twitch

18.06.2025 16:31 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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CodeWithTheItalians - Twitch All about Androidify with Rebecca Frank and Roberto Orgiu!

We are live streaming all about Androidify now on Twitch with @codewiththeitalians.it - join us! πŸ•https://www.twitch.tv/codewiththeitalians

18.06.2025 16:35 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Google I/O 2025 was a blast and getting to help put together the Androidify booth was really such a highlight. If you want to learn more about how the #Androidify app works behind the scenes, check out the blog post:
android-developers.googleblog.com/2025/05/andr...

18.06.2025 09:21 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The last stream before the summer break! Join us for a lot of Androids with the two MVPs @riggaroo.dev and @tiwiz.dev

18.06.2025 08:16 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Stay tuned πŸ˜‚

17.06.2025 08:57 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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You've asked for this... and now Compose 1.9 alpha introduces two new modifiers πŸ‘€ Modifier.innerShadow() and Modifier.dropShadow()

Allowing you to more closely align your designs to your Figma specs, unlocking fun effects like Neumorphic type UIs 😍

github.com/riggaroo/com...

17.06.2025 08:39 β€” πŸ‘ 79    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0

Uploading stuff on Instagram has to be my top buggy experience πŸ˜Άβ€πŸŒ«οΈ seen such weird state issues with it.

01.06.2025 12:49 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Getting back at the seagull who stole my croissant that one time in Melbourne 😁

31.05.2025 13:15 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Somebody's watching me... it's my anxiety

31.05.2025 11:46 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Building differentiated apps for Android XR with 3D content
YouTube video by Android Developers Building differentiated apps for Android XR with 3D content

I/O was a blast, & now our Android XR technical talks are live πŸŽ‰

Dereck & I presented on 3D content & AR youtu.be/KbTJNK1ALYc
Jan & Cecilia presented on Compose & Al on Android XR goo.gle/43ciNOc

Grateful to see all the team's hard work coming together, and I'm excited to see what folks build

28.05.2025 01:34 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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✨🎬 New video on creating delightful path animations in #JetpackCompose

youtu.be/20b_bshZo84
#AndroidDev #Kotlin #ComposeMultiplatform

19.05.2025 18:31 β€” πŸ‘ 51    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 3
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As announced at @kotlinconf.com , we can now write Kotlin/Wasm based Compose for Web code in play.kotl.in/compose

27.05.2025 21:46 β€” πŸ‘ 35    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0
What's new in Android development tools
YouTube video by Android Developers What's new in Android development tools

Our annual "What's new in Android Developer tools" presentation is now online! Most of these features are already available, but though the upgrade agent and the general agent are baking a little bit longer, should be out very soon if all goes according to plan!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXKP...

23.05.2025 20:29 β€” πŸ‘ 47    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Build more accessible UIs with Jetpack Compose
YouTube video by Android Developers Build more accessible UIs with Jetpack Compose

Our #IO25 talk on how to build more accessible apps with Compose is out! πŸ₯³ Lots of tips on choosing appropriate semantics, merging, clearing & hiding, inspection & debug, accessibility checks in tests 🫢

Check it out ☺️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=80qk...

23.05.2025 08:46 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ₯³ Excited to share our latest blog post on Material 3 Expressive Motion Theming!

🀿 Dive into how the new physics-based system brings interactions and transitions to life.

Read it here: m3.material.io/blog/m3-expr...

#AndroidDev

22.05.2025 23:19 β€” πŸ‘ 35    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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We had such fun with the #Androidify booth and the security dogs got involved πŸ₯° my favourite part of IO by far πŸ•
#googleio #io25

22.05.2025 03:30 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Androidify: Building powerful AI-driven experiences with Jetpack Compose, Gemini and CameraX The Androidify app is an open-source project, utilizing Jetpack Compose, Gemini, CameraX, and Navigation 3 to build AI-driven Android experiences.

We launched the #Androidify sample app on GitHub yesterday too to learn more about how it works behind the scenes. android-developers.googleblog.com/2025/05/andr...

21.05.2025 16:33 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Some of the cute transformations from today ❀️ #io25 #googleio #androidify

21.05.2025 16:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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A quick look at the #Androidify booth at IO, get a bot transformation in a few seconds πŸ₯° #io25 #googleio

21.05.2025 16:29 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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#io25 is a go! Excited to be here for the first time as a Googler! Find me at the Androidify booth for most of today πŸ‘€

20.05.2025 16:24 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ₯ΉπŸ•ΆοΈπŸ•

20.05.2025 01:06 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Importantly: To be very clear here β€” M3 Expressive isn’t a new version of the system. We’re not deprecating M3, and this isn’t "M4."

16.05.2025 00:16 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Want to learn more about the new M3 Expressive updates?

Material 3 Expressive is an evolution of the Material 3 design system. It’s a set of new features, updated components & design tactics for creating emotionally impactful UX.

πŸŽ₯ www.youtube.com/watch?v=n17d...
πŸ“„ m3.material.io/blog/buildin...

16.05.2025 00:15 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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I couldn't resist implementing this design I saw on Twitter using shared element API in Jetpack Compose.

19.04.2025 19:13 β€” πŸ‘ 33    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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