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Feels really really good to fly again, especially when having close family in multiple countries. I used to fly every 6 months at minimum to see them, then COVID happened

A little update on an old blog post of mine 😅 galex.co.il/2022/12/02/Mon… #AndroidDev #gradle

Firebase WILL (probably) support KMP!🔥🔥🔥 To get Kotlin Multiplatform on Firebase fast, YOU can do something worth your time 🙏: 1. Click the link to the feature request (below) 2. Sign-in (w/ Google) 3. Click VOTE 4. Share this post 5. Share it again firebase.uservoice.com/forums/948424-…

Android Jetpack ViewModel has KMP Support! touchlab.co/kmp-viewmodel (from Touchlab )

Android Developers, this is for you! 🖖 Process Death can easily be overlooked but it's the rule, not the exception! 🤯 Check out this post for more information on this important topic. 💪 galex.dev/posts/process-… #Android #AndroidDev #ProcessDeath

Dear Android Developers! 🖖 Do you know how to Detect Process Death issues? 🤯 galex.dev/posts/how-to-d… #Android #AndroidDev #Kotlin #Mobile

#Kotlin 2.0 is coming soon, and you can try out the new K2 compiler now. Sure, published benchmarks can give a rough idea of what kind of performance increases you can expect, but will you see similar gains in your own project? 💡Well, now you can find out! The Kotlin team

Android Developers and Automation engineers, this is for you! 👋 galex.dev/posts/how-to-d… Enjoy! 😊 #AndroidDev #Kotlin #Mobile #QA #automation

The 31st issue of the Mobile Automation Newsletter is out 📬 🔗 testableapple.com/newsletter/31/ Thanks a mill Ruslan Alikhamov, Hugo Vanderlei, Utpal Barman, Alejandro Ferrero 💙, Aayush Kedawat, Pavel Sulimau, Sherief Abul-Ezz, @cjmash, JC Pastant, Alexander Gherschon 🇮🇱, @yanneckreiss, Japneet Sachdeva and more! 👏 And

I've been working as a native mobile developer for 14 years now and that ecosystem has been on a trajectory of constant improvements over that time. Other approaches come and go, but native development continues to be the dominant tech used for developing mobile apps.

Today, we've shipped the first alpha for Room that supports Kotlin Multiplatform, like a dream finally come true. Give it a try and let us know what you think! developer.android.com/kotlin/multipl…

A dream come true!

Let's finally look at all the available tools we have to solve System-initiated Process Death! 🤯 galex.dev/posts/how-to-s… #Android #AndroidDev #Kotlin #MobileDev

Amazing news for all Android Apps created before #Jetpack #Compose ! Is there a way to use Fragments inside Compose? 🤔 galex.dev/posts/android-… #Android #AndroidDev #MobileDev

Hey #Kotlin Developers! 👋 A new version of Kotlin In Action, the Second Edition, is finally out! 😁 I am very grateful to Manning Publications for providing an exclusive 45% discount code. Enjoy! 💙 galex.dev/posts/new-book… #Kotlin #Android #AndroidDev #Backend

Dev for 15 years and yesterday I ran a "rm -rf Library" on a newly installed and pefectly running Mac. 🤦🤦🤦 Spoiler alert, don't do it 😅

🎉Google now officially supports Kotlin Multiplatform! android-developers.googleblog.com/2024/05/androi…

🌈 Kotlin 2.0 is almost here! There’s less than 48 hours to go. Get ready for smarter and faster development with an even smoother multiplatform experience. Tune in to the opening keynote, live from KotlinConf: 📆 May 23 ⏱️ 9:00 am CET 🔗 kotl.in/konf24-live