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Posted by Donovan McMurray – Developer Relations Engineer CameraX, Android’s Jetpack camera library, is getting an exciting update to its Dual Concurrent Camera feature, making it even easier to integrate this feature into your app. This feature allows you to stream from 2 different cameras at the same time. The original version of Dual Concurrent […]
Posted by Rebecca Franks – Developer Relations Engineer This blog post is part of our series: Adaptive Spotlight Week where we provide resources—blog posts, videos, sample code, and more—all designed to help you adapt your apps to phones, foldables, tablets, ChromeOS and even cars. You can read more in the overview of the Adaptive Spotlight […]
12 min read · Sep 22, 2024 Jetpack Compose’s animation API is both powerful and enjoyable to work with. And when combined with the graphicsLayer() and drawing modifiers, it really open up possibilities for creating some really cool animations. In this article, we’ll dive into exactly that by exploring how to create the following loading […]
Posted by Chris Assigbe – Developer Relations Engineer and Tom Buckley – Product Manager With stylus input, Android apps on phones, foldables, tablets, and Chromebooks become even more powerful tools for productivity and creativity. While there’s already a lot to think about when designing for large screens – see our full guidance and inspiration gallery […]
In a few recent projects, I’ve needed to utilise Google Maps within environments utilising Jetpack Compose. In the early days of Compose this felt light a sought-after piece of functionality – even though it is still being built on, it now seems to be in a place where I can confidently use it. In this […]
In a few recent projects, I’ve needed to utilise Google Maps within environments utilising Jetpack Compose. In the early days of compose this felt light a sought after piece of functionality – even though it is still being built on, it now seems to be in a place where I can confidently use it. In […]
12 min read · Aug 27, 2024 The article aims to show how to handle parameters of compose functions and use @PreviewParameter in Jetpack Compose UI. For any concerns about the article, contact me here. 🤝 The image has been created by Caner Kaşeler. I create a basic Android application with only Jetpack Compose in […]
The new strong skipping mode for controlling class stability in Jetpack Compose changes how to optimize recompositions in your app. In this blog post, we’ll cover what cases it solves for you and what needs to be manually controlled. We’ll also cover common questions you’ve had, such as whether remembering lambda functions is still needed, […]
As we migrate our apps to Jetpack Compose, we need to ensure that all existing functionality remains intact. This means that not only the way our UI looks, but the way that it behaves when users interact with it. When recently migrating part of an app to Jetpack Compose, I experienced a broken coordinator layout […]
In the world of Compose, there are a vast range of modifiers that are available at our disposable. As you build more and more UI with Compose, it’s likely that you’re going to discover new modifiers that you previously were not aware of. For me this week it was the aspectRatio modifier – so in […]