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R8 optimizedResourceShrinking: Reduce Android APK Size by 50%

4d ago · 7 min read · Resource shrinking has been around forever, but it's always been... okay. You enable it, you get some size reduction, but there's always unused stuff that slips through. Android Gradle Plugin 8.12 cha

Jetpack Compose Layouts: When to Use Row, Column, Box & ConstraintLayout

Mar 20 · 9 min read · Every time I start a new screen in Compose, I ask myself the same question: Row, Column, Box, or ConstraintLayout? After building 40+ production screens across multiple apps, I've developed a pretty c

Jetpack Navigation 3 Migration: Type-Safe Routes & Nav2

Mar 19 · 8 min read · I have a production app with four bottom tabs, nine navigation graphs, and 40+ screens. Deep links from push notifications. OAuth callbacks from third-party services. Shared ViewModels across multi-sc

Jetpack Compose Navigation Tutorial: Type-Safe Routes & popUpTo

Mar 16 · 9 min read · I'll be honest - navigation in Android has always been a pain. Fragment transactions, back stack bugs, losing state when rotating the screen... I've spent countless hours debugging navigation issues o

Kotlin Coroutines: From Callback Hell to Clean Async Code

Mar 13 · 11 min read · I spent years writing callback-based Android code. Nested callbacks inside callbacks, trying to chain API calls, handling errors at every level. It worked, but reading that code six months later was p