This post is sponsored by Practical Jetpack Compose. Since the announcement of Jetpack Compose, followed by the developer and alpha releases of the framework, excitement has been building around getting this into our apps. With the migration to Compose, we will see huge improvements in developer productivity, application stability and maintainability, as well as other… Continue reading
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Exploring Jetpack Compose: @Preview annotation
This post is sponsored by Practical Jetpack Compose. The ability to Preview Jetpack Compose composables within Android Studio is possibly one of my favorite things about this new way of building apps. Previews allow us to build, style and polish our composables without needing to run our app. The annotation offers a range of ways… Continue reading
Exploring Jetpack Compose: Card
This post is sponsored by Practical Jetpack Compose. The Card composable is a surface that can be used to present content and actions focused on a single topic. When it comes to displaying a Card, there is a single composable function that can be used to do so. Here we can see that there are… Continue reading
Server Driven UI, Part 1: The Concept
I’ve recently been having some conversations with developers from the community about GraphQL and how it is being used in their work, with the aim to influence some of the changes we are making in our stack at Buffer. During one of these chats with Maria Neumayer, there was some experience shared of designing GraphQL… Continue reading
Exploring Jetpack Compose: Column
This post is sponsored by Practical Jetpack Compose. The Column Composable provides us with the functionality of displaying a collection of composables in a vertically sequenced format, where each composable is displayed simultaneously one after the other. If you’re enjoying my posts on Jetpack Compose, check out some details on the book I’m writing on Compose! When… Continue reading