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🌒 Expanded Dark Theme in Android: Smarter Inversion for a More Inclusive UI

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navczydev.bsky.social @navczydev.bsky.social · Sep 10

I just published 🌒 Expanded Dark Theme in Android: Smarter Inversion for a More Inclusive UI

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#android #androiddev #compose #darktheme

Dark theme has evolved from a design trend to a core accessibility feature. With Android's latest update, a new expanded dark theme option…

Recent Release Notes | Android Developers

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Ian Lake @ianlake.bsky.social · Aug 28

Today's #JetpackReleaseNotes include Wear Compose 1.5.0 (the first stable release with Material 3 Expressive), more KMP targets in Lifecycle 2.9.3, SavedState 1.3.2, Paging 3.4.0-alpha03, and Navigation3 1.0.0-alpha08 plus the first Material3+Navigation3 alpha!

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navczydev.bsky.social @navczydev.bsky.social · May 31

Thank you for all the work you did, It was great to met you at last year's IO 🙏⭐

navczydev.bsky.social @navczydev.bsky.social · May 31

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Live Updates in Android 16: Exploring the Next Evolution of Notifications

navczydev.bsky.social @navczydev.bsky.social · May 30

I just published Live Updates in Android 16: Exploring the Next Evolution of Notifications medium.com/p/live-updat...

#android #android16 #AndroidDev

Starting with Android 16, we have a new notification style Notification.ProgressStyle which we can use to create progress-centric…

Automate A11y Testing in Compose

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navczydev.bsky.social @navczydev.bsky.social · May 27

I just published Automate A11y Testing in Compose medium.com/p/automate-a...

#Android #JetpackCompose #Accessibility #a11y

This article will explore how the Accessibility Testing Framework (ATF) can automate accessibility-related checks for Compose-based UIs.

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#Android #GoogleIO #JetpackCompose #AndroidDev

navczydev.bsky.social @navczydev.bsky.social · May 26

#jetpackcompose #androiddev #kotlin #composeui #android… | Nav Singh

🚀 New in Jetpack Compose 1.9.0-alpha03! 👋 Say hello to the brand new 👁️ Modifier.𝐨𝐧𝐕𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐝 𖣠 It lets us track when a Composable becomes 👁️ visible or hidden 🫥 on the screen — perfect for u...

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navczydev.bsky.social @navczydev.bsky.social · May 16

I just published Express Yourself: Designing with Material 3 Expressive in Compose

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#AndroidDev #material3expressive #JetpackCompose

Express Yourself: Designing with Material 3 Expressive in Compose

Greetings, fellow Android developers! Today, we will learn about Material 3 Expressive, Google’s new design system, which was announced at…

🔆 Keep the Lights On: Using keepScreenOn in Jetpack Compose

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navczydev.bsky.social @navczydev.bsky.social · May 7

I just published 🔆 Keep the Lights On: Using keepScreenOn in Jetpack Compose medium.com/p/keep-the-l...

#android #androiddev #JetpackCompose

In this article, we will look at how Compose-based applications can use the new modifier to keep the screen on 🔆

Mastering LinkAnnotation: The Modern Approach to Text Links

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navczydev.bsky.social @navczydev.bsky.social · May 5

With 𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗼𝗶𝗱𝘅.𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲.𝘂𝗶:𝟭.𝟵.𝟬-𝗮𝗹𝗽𝗵𝗮𝟬𝟭, we can now use the brand-new 𝑴𝙤𝒅𝙞𝒇𝙞𝒆𝙧.𝙠𝒆𝙚𝒑𝙎𝒄𝙧𝒆𝙚𝒏𝙊𝒏() to keep the screen awake with ease💤
🤚No more juggling with 𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐠𝐬
#JetpackCompose #AndroidDev

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navczydev.bsky.social @navczydev.bsky.social · Apr 30

I just published Mastering LinkAnnotation: The Modern Approach to Text Links
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#Android #AndroidDev #JetpackCompose

In this article, we will learn how to migrate ClickableText to a LinkAnnotation-based solution for text that contains clickable text [URL…

April ’25 Jetpack Compose Drop: My Favorite New Features 🔥

navczydev.bsky.social @navczydev.bsky.social · Apr 27

I just published April ’25 Jetpack Compose Drop: My Favorite New Features 🔥 medium.com/p/april-25-j...

#AndroidDev #Android #JetpackCompose #Compose

In this article, I will share my favorite Compose updates from the April-2025 release.

Getting Started with Media3-UI-Compose: Compose UIs for Media Playback

navczydev.bsky.social @navczydev.bsky.social · Apr 22

🗒️ 𝗔 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝘂𝗽 - 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮𝟯-𝗨𝗜-𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲: 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗨𝗜𝘀 ✍️

📚 Media3’s 1.6.0 Read full article here 👇

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#AndroidDevelopment #AndroidDev #Kotlin #JetpackCompose #Media3

Media3’s 1.6.0 version introduced a new module media3-ui-compose, which provides state classes linked to the player, that we can use to…

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#androiddev #jetpackcompose #gde

navczydev.bsky.social @navczydev.bsky.social · Feb 6

A more flexible Checkbox-Material3

Starting with version 1.4.0-alpha07 of compose.material3:material3 we get a new API for Checkbox, which provides us an option to customize…

Test smarter, not harder: new testing strategies documentation

navczydev.bsky.social @navczydev.bsky.social · Nov 22

Thank you for the update

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Jose Alcérreca @josealcerreca.bsky.social · Nov 21

📣 The testing documentation has received a major update! Opinionated testing strategies, screenshot testing, performance tests, flakiness, Robolectric and large screens! I published a summary here -> medium.com/androiddevel...

A significant update to our official documentation on testing strategies will help you create more robust apps across form factors.