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Why KMP Android SDKs Need Fat AARs for Zero-Config Installs
Standard AARs leak Ktor, Koin, and serialization dependencies to consumers. Fat AARs bundle them so Android matches iOS's zero-config story.
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Production-Grade Kotlin Multiplatform SDKs: A Practical Guide
A hands-on architecture for shipping Kotlin Multiplatform SDKs to Android and iOS, plus Embrace's donation of a Kotlin implementation to…
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Six Hard Lessons in Android SDK Design
Practical architecture tips for building SDKs developers actually want to use.
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Gradle Composite Builds: A Faster Way to Test Android SDKs Locally
How Gradle composite builds let Android teams test shared SDKs in place, with code samples and the trade-offs against Maven…
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Android 16 Preview Drops: What Developers Need to Know
First look at Android 16 DP1: new photo picker, Health Connect FHIR APIs, and a shifted release timeline.
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AndroidX Drops a Dozen New Lint Rules in November 2024 Update
The November 2024 Jetpack release adds twelve new Lint rule packages, mostly targeting Compose code quality.
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How androidx.tech Scraped Every Jetpack Artifact from Maven
A look at how androidx.tech indexed every AndroidX artifact version, scraped POM files, and mirrored source jars from Google's Maven…
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Google Drops Big AndroidX Wave: Cross-Platform Annotations and Camera Updates Land
AndroidX November 2024 release adds cross-platform annotation support and previews new camera APIs.
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JCenter Is Gone: A Practical Guide for Teams Still Hitting Missing-Artifact Errors
The JCenter Maven repository has shut down. If your Gradle build just broke, here is the recovery playbook, plus how…
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When to Skip the Product Roadmap (And What to Do Instead)
Product roadmaps sound useful but sometimes cause more harm than good. Here's when to ditch yours and what planning tools…
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Fixing AGP 8.5.2 Build Errors: A Practical Guide
Upgrading to Android Gradle Plugin 8.5.2? Here is how to solve NoMatchingGraphVariantsException and R8 network code crashes.
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How to Implement Ripple Effects in Custom Compose Design Systems
Material ripple logic lives in a standalone library, but documentation gaps make it tricky to use outside Material3. Here is…