Jetpack Compose August '26 Release: Mesh Gradients, Wide Color Gamut, and Grid Areas
A rundown of Compose 1.12, from the seat of someone building UI for Android TV and signage devices Google just shipped the stable Jetpack Compose rel...
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Making Amaze Discoverable as a File Manager on Android TV
This article covers the analysis and fix for Amaze File Manager issue 4079, where Amaze was installed on Android TV but other applications still repo...
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I just released Faceplate v1.0.0 , a small GNOME Shell extension that adds a personal profile menu to the top panel. Repository: github.com/muhamadsy...
Read logKotlin 2.4.0: New Features That Confuse Patrick (Again)
Patrick: "SpongeBob, they say there's a new Kotlin out, version 2.4.0. Does it taste good?" SpongeBob: "Patrick... this isn't ice cream. It's a progr...
Read logR8 Just Made Kotlin Coroutines on Android 2x Faster and You Didn't Have to Touch a Single Line
Picture this: you bump your Android Gradle Plugin version, rebuild, run the app exactly as before — no code changes — and suddenly every LaunchedEffe...
Read logCelebrating 5 years of Jetpack Compose
July 28, 2021 — July 28, 2026. Five years since Jetpack Compose 1.0 officially shipped, and this week the Android team is marking the occasion by loo...
Read logThe 4 Ways an Android App Can Die (and a 3-Layer Defense to Survive Them)
Most Android engineers only prepare for one failure mode: a crash caused by a bug. But there are actually four distinct ways an app can "die" — and t...
Read log🛠️ When the Numbers Don't Lie: JetBrains Tests an AI Token-Saving Tool and Demystifies Go's Heap Allocations
Two very different JetBrains articles dropped on the same day — and together they say something bigger about where developer tooling is headed in 202...
Read logThe Future of Productivity: Android Studio Quail 2 & Android Bench
Here's a question worth sitting with: if you could run three AI agents at once — one refactoring your UI, one hunting a memory leak, one fixing a cra...
Read logIntelliJ IDEA 2026.1.4: Four Fixes That Matter More Than They Look
Patch releases are easy to scroll past. "Just bug fixes," we tell ourselves, and move on. But if you've ever been bitten by a Git panel that won't re...
Read logVS Code 1.127: Smarter Agents, Safer Browser, and a Much Tidier Workspace
Visual Studio Code dropped version 1.127 on July 1, 2026, and this one's a solid update — especially if you've been leaning into the AI/agent workflo...
Read logKotlin News Roundup: Turning 15, Kotlin 2.4.0, and the Kotlin Toolchain
Image: JetBrains May and June 2026 turned out to be a busy stretch for the Kotlin community. Besides celebrating its 15th anniversary , Kotlin shippe...
Read logEclipsa Video: HDR That Actually Looks Right, On Any Screen
You know the feeling: scrolling your feed in a dark room, and suddenly an HDR clip autoplays so bright it makes you squint. Or the opposite — a video...
Read logJetBrains Is Sunsetting Kotlin Notebook - What It Means for Kotlin Developers
JetBrains just dropped news worth paying attention to if you live in the Kotlin ecosystem day to day: Kotlin Notebook is being sunset as an official ...
Read logAndroid 17 Just Changed the Long-Term Roadmap for Every Android Developer
Google officially dropped Android 17 on June 16, 2026, alongside the June Pixel Drop. And honestly? This release feels different from the usual yearl...
Read logKotlin 2.4.0 Is Out — Here's What Actually Changed for Android Developers
Kotlin 2.4.0 just dropped, and this release is more than just housekeeping. Several features that have been experimental for a while finally graduate...
Read logApexFetch: The Enterprise-Grade Kotlin Multiplatform Download Manager That Supports Jetpack Compose, Android XML, and Desktop
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