Kotlin Weekly #-437!

Modern Android Maps Feedback 2024 (docs.google.com) The teams at Google Maps is collecting some feedback from their Open Source library Maps Compose. If you have used it and you would like to help them, consider filling the following doc.

Koin IDE Plugin: A Koin Configuration Tree (proandroiddev.com) Kotzilla announces the Koin IDE Plugin, launching in Q1 2025, featuring a configuration tree view and real-time dependency validation.

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Google Maps in Jetpack Compose: Polygons (joebirch.co) Joe Birch keep exploring Google Maps Compose. In this new article, he explore how polygons work.

You Are Going to Need It (www.romainguy.dev) Romain Guy dives into benchmarking pitfalls, showing how ART optimizations can mislead results.

Best Practices for Composition Patterns in Jetpack Compose (proandroiddev.com) Suhyeon Kim explores the Slot and Compound Component patterns in Jetpack Compose, proposing some best practices to enhance UI flexibility and reusability.

ModifierOrderGuesser (marcinmoskala.com) Marcin Moskala developed a game where you need to guess how different modifier orders affect the final layout in Compose. Check it out!

Integrate Kotlin-Inject-Anvil To Tv Maniac (proandroiddev.com) Thomas Kioko shares his journey integrating Kotlin-Inject-Anvil into a Kotlin Multiplatform project, simplifying dependency injection and reducing boilerplate.

Kotlin Tips and Tricks You May Not Know: #5 — Simplify Functional Composition with let (medium.com) This article discusses how Kotlin’s let function simplifies functional composition by making code more readable and maintainable through chaining transformations.

Now in Android: 112 - Android 16 Developer Preview 1, Passkeys Spotlight Week, and more! (www.youtube.com) Now in Android #112 highlights the Android 16 Developer Preview 1, Passkeys Spotlight Week, Android Emulator improvements, and more!

Automate Android Feature Creation with Gradle (proandroiddev.com) Streamline Android development with a custom Gradle Task that automates screen, ViewModel, and UI state creation from reusable templates—check out this guide for step-by-step implementation.

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