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Creating a particle explosion animation in Jetpack Compose

Animations play a crucial role in bringing any user interface to life. They not only make the user interface more visually appealing but also provide feedback to the user, creating a more engaging experience In this article, we'll explore how to cre...

March 19, 2023hashnode

Android Stack Weekly — issue#65

Android Stack Weekly — issue#65 Welcome to Android Weekly — a newsletter on new development and updates of Android universe curated by Canopas team, delivered every Monday. Articles Don’t Prewarm App Features In this article, you’ll learn how prewarming affects app startup time, and how to manage it. How to Apply Stroke Effects to Text in Jetpack Compose This blog post explores DrawStyle API to create unique and creative stroke…...

March 27, 2023medium

Testing WorkManager Worker classes which use Assisted Dependency Injection

This article is for someone who wants to write tests for the business logic inside their Worker classes that use Assisted Dependency Injection. Suppose you have a Worker which looks like below and you want to test its business logic. @HiltWorker clas...

March 26, 2023hashnode

I've switched to iOS

I always wanted to get an iPhone. It used to be a great phone than the rest. But Android has caught up and closed the gap now. There are better/on-par phones available now for far less price. I don't believe that iPhone is a signaling/status symbol a...

March 20, 2023hashnode

From Dagger & Hilt into the multiplatform world with kotlin-inject

We've been taking advantage of Kotlin Multiplatform at Klima for a while, but it's the first time we're embracing KMM as much as we are right now while we build our brand new app: 🌎 Planet Wild. We went with a monorepo from the start for our apps (A...

March 20, 2023hashnode

How to use OR queries in Firestore?

How to use OR queries in Firestore? A solution for mastering logical OR queries in Firestore. Tips and Tricks for efficient Firestore queries. Starting with Cloud Firestore version 24.4.5, it was added support for disjunctions in queries (OR queries). Besides COUNT(), that’s a feature that I personally have been waiting for a long time. Now, Cloud Firestore has an OR clause. Let’s take a concrete example and see how it works. Let’s assume…...

March 27, 2023medium

Using Deeplink and UI Testing in Jetpack Compose Navigation

Using Deeplink and UI Testing in Jetpack Compose Navigation Unsplash Introduction Deep linking is directing users to specific content within a mobile app, rather than just the app’s homepage or landing screen. It allows users to directly access the content they are looking for, instead of navigating through the app’s menus and screens to find it. Android Jetpack Navigation, on the…...

March 27, 2023medium

Kotlin MultiPlatform Mobile (Part 1)

Kotlin MultiPlatform Mobile (Part 1) Kotlin Multiplatform Mobile is a cross-platform developed by JetBrains with Kotlin. It allows us to write and share the business logic(data-domain) between Android and iOS. For Android, Kotlin code transforms to Java bytecode and for iOS, Kotlin code transforms to native binaries. It brings us to native performance. Let's look…...

March 27, 2023medium