Preventing Font Scaling in Jetpack Compose
What to do when you really need to keep text from resizing and how to check how your composables look with different font scales using previews.
Blog Posts
Using PreviewParameters and providing Composables to Jetpack Compose Previews
How to generate Jetpack Compose Previews from @Composable annotated data.
Typing on a Tiny Screen
How to implement user input for Android Wear OS
How to request user input using Jetpack Compose on Android Wear OS and how to chain several input requests to provide a great user experience - even on a tiny watch screen!
Effortlessly Add Pull-to-Refresh to Your Android App with Jetpack Compose
Up until recently, when using Jetpack Compose you needed to use the Swipe Refresh Accompanist library to implement pull to refresh. Now, the new stable API Pull Refresh is even easier to use!
Creating a Collapsing TopAppBar with Jetpack Compose
How to use the out of the box features to get a great result.
Using TopAppBar default scroll behaviours such as enterAlways and exitUntilCollapsed to create a collapsing Android app toolbar that can have a different style when expanded and collapsed.
It’s Time for an App Icon Makeover!
With new developments in Android 13 and other useful techniques you can make sure users like seeing your app take up some valuable home screen real estate!
The Best Advice I Have Ever Been Given
From one developer to another
I asked the developers at my company Bilue what was the best advice that they have received over their many years of experience.
Expanding Dialog in Jetpack Compose
Using AnimatedVisibility and embracing reusability
Creating a smooth scale in and scale out animation for a Jetpack Compose dialog using reusable components.
Card Flip Animation with Jetpack Compose
Using a Custom Layout and Target Based Animations
Exploring Target Based Animations, Custom Layouts and resetting remember states with Jetpack Compose using a simple animation of a playing card flipping.
Caring for your dependency garden: An approach to Android Dependency Management
Part 4: Pulling out the weeds — Suspicious and vulnerable dependencies
When building Android apps we also need to keep on top of any dependencies we add or update to make sure we are not including anything we don’t intend to.
