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!
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.
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!
I asked the developers at my company Bilue what was the best advice that they have received over their many years of experience.
Creating a smooth scale in and scale out animation for a Jetpack Compose dialog using reusable components.
Exploring Target Based Animations, Custom Layouts and resetting remember states with Jetpack Compose using a simple animation of a playing card flipping.
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.
See how we prune the dependencies we don’t need and correctly include the ones we do using some useful gradle plugins.
How to use the Gradle Versions Plugin to find out what Android app dependencies are ready to update and automate this using your CI/CD process.
Let’s look at some excellent gradle plugins, CI/CD features and tips and tricks to make dependency management as easy and predictable as possible!
