In the last blog post, we learned how to build an Immersive Preview Card for Android TV using Jetpack Compose. This component allows us to provide an immersive experience while browsing content on Android TV devices. While we covered how to build such a component, we didn’t cover how to utilise this inside of a… Continue reading
For the past few years, we’ve been getting to grips with Jetpack Compose and how we can use it to build apps for Handheld and Wear OS devices. Late last year, Composables built for Android TV apps started to surface as Alpha releases and in this series of blog posts, I want to dive into… Continue reading
In version 1.3.0 of Jetpack Compose we see the addition of two sought after composables, the LazyVerticalStaggeredGrid and LazyHorizontalStaggeredGrid. Both of these composables allow us to compose lists of content in a staggered fashion, allowing us to easily compose items that have a range of heights / widths while also supporting lazy composition. In this… Continue reading
In most applications on your device, there’s likely to be some kind of input field that requires a user to input some textual content. This could be a name, a location or some other kind of specific detail that is used to tailor their experience with your app. With any kind of text input, there… Continue reading
When it comes to the applications we build, there are many different scenarios and constraints that the end product will encounter. On Android we not only have a vast range of devices running the Android OS, each of which could be running one of many versions of Android, but we also have the different OEMs… Continue reading
When it comes to displaying text in Android Applications, Fonts are used to describe the styling, size and weight of a typeface. In some cases, developers render text in their applications without overriding the default font being used – which results in the default typeface for applications being applied. On the other hand, many applications… Continue reading
This blog post is a preview of the Authentication Form project from Practical Jetpack Compose. Pick up the course and learn how to build 11 other projects 🚀 Part one of this preview will teach you how to build an Authentication Form with Jetpack Compose. Next week, I’ll be publishing the second part of the… Continue reading
With the Android 12 beta now available, we’re starting to learn more about the new features that the latest version of Android gives to us. One of the things that caught my eye here is the introduction of a Splash Screen API – not only providing a standardised way for apps to present splash screens… Continue reading
There was a lot of exciting news announced at Google I/O this week – one of the things I had been looking forward to was hearing about large screen experiences. While these devices and design principles have existed side-by-side for some time, it’s always felt like support for developers has never quite fully been accessible…. Continue reading
This post is sponsored by Practical Jetpack Compose. A large amount of mobile apps will need some form of Navigation, allowing users to move between different parts of an application. When implementing these requirements within Android Apps, applications have either rolled their own solutions, relied on traditional intents or the fragment manager, or explored the… Continue reading