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Iñaki Bes 📱 Android Architect Ⓥ🌱 @inakibes.bsky.social · 18h

📣 𝗞𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝟮.𝟯.𝟬 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝘁! 🎉

The update focuses on making 𝗞𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 easier to understand, faster to build, and more future-proof for developers across Android and KMP.

github.com/InsertKoinIO...

#Kotlin #Koin #KMP #DI #AndroidDev #JetBrains #KotlinMultiplatform #KSP

Release 2.3.0 · InsertKoinIO/koin-annotations

Added Added comprehensive Annotations inventory documentation (docs/reference/koin-annotations/annotations-inventory.md) Updated Updated Kotlin to version 2.2.20 Updated KSP (Kotlin Symbol Proce...

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Iñaki Bes 📱 Android Architect Ⓥ🌱 @inakibes.bsky.social · 1d

Totally agree — Koin is the best solution for managing dependencies in Kotlin projects, especially for Kotlin Multiplatform.

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John O'Reilly @johnoreilly.dev · 3d

I still feel that Koin is the most pragmatic and easy to use DI framework for #KMP/#CMP apps.

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Iñaki Bes 📱 Android Architect Ⓥ🌱 @inakibes.bsky.social · 1d

𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘂𝗱𝗲 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗴𝗼𝘁 𝟭𝟬𝗫 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗳𝘂𝗹 ⚙️🤖

Anthropic has launched 𝗦𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀 for Claude: a new system that makes prompting look outdated.

Each Skill packages specialised knowledge, workflows, and code into a reusable module that Claude loads only when needed.

#ClaudeAI #Anthropic #AI #LLM #AIAgents

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Kotlin by JetBrains @kotlinlang.org · 27d

The Ktor roadmap for 2025–26 is here! Here's what we'll be working on:

🔶 API docs (OpenAPI is already in preview)
🔶 WebRTC Client with a Multiplatform API
🔶 Integration with Koog, the @jetbrains.com framework for building AI agents

Explore what’s next 👇 blog.jetbrains.com/kotlin/2025/...

The Ktor roadmap and previews | The Kotlin Blog

OpenAPI and WebRTC support have been available in preview since the Ktor 3.3.0 release. See what else is coming to Ktor!

blog.jetbrains.com

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Iñaki Bes 📱 Android Architect Ⓥ🌱 @inakibes.bsky.social · 27d

𝗚𝗣𝗧-𝟱-𝗖𝗼𝗱𝗲𝘅 is coming to 𝗚𝗶𝘁𝗛𝘂𝗯 𝗖𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗹𝗼𝘁 🚀

The new model, optimised for 𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗰𝗼𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴, is now in 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄.

Available on 𝗣𝗿𝗼, 𝗣𝗿𝗼+, 𝗕𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 and 𝗘𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗲 plans in 𝗩𝗦 𝗖𝗼𝗱𝗲 (v1.104.1+).

#github #copilot #gpt5 #gpt5codex #ai #agents #android #androiddeveloper #kotlin #AndroidDev

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Iñaki Bes 📱 Android Architect Ⓥ🌱 @inakibes.bsky.social · 27d

𝗕𝗶𝗴 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗞𝗼𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗻 𝗠𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺 🚀

Compose Multiplatform for web (Wasm) has reached Beta.

blog.jetbrains.com/kotlin/2025/...

Compose Multiplatform 1.9.0 Released: Compose Multiplatform for Web Goes Beta | The Kotlin Blog

Compose Multiplatform for web is ready for real-world use by early adopters.

blog.jetbrains.com

Iñaki Bes 📱 Android Architect Ⓥ🌱 @inakibes.bsky.social · Sep 20

From Python to Kotlin: How JetBrains Revolutionized AI Agent Development

❓Can a JVM-native solution actually go further than Python frameworks designed for research?

medium.com/spring-boot/...

From Python to Kotlin: How JetBrains Revolutionized AI Agent Development

The unexpected journey of building production-ready AI agents in a language no one thought was suited for AI

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Iñaki Bes 📱 Android Architect Ⓥ🌱 @inakibes.bsky.social · Sep 18

𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗠𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺 𝟭.𝟵.𝟬 is here 🚀

𝗡𝗲𝘄: @Preview params, 𝗰𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗶𝘀𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗱𝗼𝘄𝘀, 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘂 𝗔𝗣𝗜, 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝟯 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲, iOS frame rate, 𝘄𝗲𝗯 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝗮 + 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 + 𝗛𝗧𝗠𝗟 embedding.

www.jetbrains.com/help/kotlin-...

#jetpackcompose #kotlin #android #ios #kotlinmultiplatform

What's new in Compose Multiplatform 1.9.0 | Kotlin Multiplatform

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Kotlin by JetBrains @kotlinlang.org · Aug 22

🎉 New Talking Kotlin episode!

@sebi.io chats with Alex Sysoev, author of KotlinX RPC, an experimental but powerful library for building RPC services and clients in Kotlin.

Watch on YouTube 👉 kotl.in/572emq

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Iñaki Bes 📱 Android Architect Ⓥ🌱 @inakibes.bsky.social · Sep 12

🚀 Enable optimized resource shrinkingin R8 now! Apps get smaller, faster, and smoother (startup, rendering, ANRs). Just add:

`isMinifyEnabled=true`
`isShrinkResources=true`
`android.r8.optimizedResourceShrinking=true`

Default in AGP 9.0.0 — activate today!

shorturl.at/dVqxX

#android #androiddev

Improve app performance with optimized resource shrinking

AGP 8.12.0 introduces optimized resource shrinking, an R8 feature that integrates resource and code optimization to create smaller, faster apps.

android-developers.googleblog.com

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Iñaki Bes 📱 Android Architect Ⓥ🌱 @inakibes.bsky.social · Sep 9

⚡ 𝗠𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗞𝗼𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘀 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗿𝘆 𝗵𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺𝘀

Firebase shows you the surface,
@kotzilla.bsky.social
reveals the cause 🚀

📅 Live workshop: 11 Sept, 16:00 CET
👨‍💻
@arnogiu.bsky.social

👉 content.kotzilla.io/-firebase-al...

𝗠𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗮𝗽𝗽 𝘀𝗺𝗼𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿.

#Kotlin #Koin #Kotzilla #KMP #Firebase

Iñaki Bes 📱 Android Architect Ⓥ🌱 @inakibes.bsky.social · Sep 9

🚀 𝗞𝗼𝗼𝗴 𝟬.𝟰.𝟬 is out!

AI gets 𝗼𝗯𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲, 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 & 𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗹𝗼𝘆𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲:

🕵️ OpenTelemetry with Langfuse & W\&B Weave
🧩 Ktor integration
🏛️ Structured output
👋 iOS target
🤔 GPT-5 support
🔄 Smarter retries
📦 DeepSeek client

#ai #koog #kotlin #gpt5 #AndroidDev

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Iñaki Bes 📱 Android Architect Ⓥ🌱 @inakibes.bsky.social · Sep 7

9️⃣ 𝗡𝗼 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺 “𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗸𝘀” 𝗶𝗻 𝗱𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗰 → don’t use Context, Parcelable, or Android-specific classes in shared logic.
🔟 𝗔𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 → set up Gradle Multiplatform and CI/CD from the start.

✨ When you migrate from native Android to Kotlin Multiplatform, you'll thank me later 😄

Iñaki Bes 📱 Android Architect Ⓥ🌱 @inakibes.bsky.social · Sep 7

6️⃣ 𝗔𝘃𝗼𝗶𝗱 𝗔𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗼𝗶𝗱-𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗹𝗶𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 → use multiplatform libraries like Ktor, Room, or Napier.
7️⃣ 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 → use Flow/StateFlow as the single source of truth, not LiveData.
8️⃣ 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲𝘀 → define strings, dates, and formats in the shared module.

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Iñaki Bes 📱 Android Architect Ⓥ🌱 @inakibes.bsky.social · Sep 7

3️⃣ 𝗔𝗯𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗻𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿 → hide Retrofit behind an interface or start directly with Ktor.
4️⃣ 𝗗𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝗶𝗻𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗞𝗼𝗶𝗻 → lightweight and KMP-friendly.
5️⃣ 𝗧𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗼𝗻𝗲 → unit and integration tests without Android Framework dependencies.

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Iñaki Bes 📱 Android Architect Ⓥ🌱 @inakibes.bsky.social · Sep 7

🚀 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗞𝗠𝗣 𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱

1️⃣ 𝗟𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 (data, domain, presentation) → makes it easier to move business logic to the shared module.
2️⃣ 𝗙𝗹𝗼𝘄 + 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗙𝗹𝗼𝘄 + 𝗞𝗼𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗻𝘅 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 → multiplatform-ready and Compose-friendly, avoiding future rework.

#android #kotlin #kmp #AndroidDev

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Iñaki Bes 📱 Android Architect Ⓥ🌱 @inakibes.bsky.social · Sep 6

🚨 𝗕𝘂𝗴 𝗳𝗶𝘅 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗼𝗶𝗱 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗼 𝗡𝗮𝗿𝘄𝗵𝗮𝗹 𝟯 𝗳𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗱𝗿𝗼𝗽

If you’ve seen a false positive in the 𝗔𝗣𝗞 𝗔𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘆𝘇𝗲𝗿 saying your APK doesn’t support 16 KB alignment, here’s the fix

👉 update to Narwhal 3 Feature Drop | 2025.1.3 (released on September 3).

#android #androiddeveloper #AndroidDev

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Iñaki Bes 📱 Android Architect Ⓥ🌱 @inakibes.bsky.social · Sep 5

🚨 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘆 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 in Android Studio

Now available as lint checks to help you stay compliant before release 🚀

* Policy overview
* Do’s and don’ts
* Links to Play Policy

#android #androiddeveloper #kotlin #AndroidDev

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Iñaki Bes 📱 Android Architect Ⓥ🌱 @inakibes.bsky.social · Sep 4

🚀 𝗔𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗼𝗶𝗱 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗼 𝗡𝗮𝗿𝘄𝗵𝗮𝗹 𝟯 𝗳𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗱𝗿𝗼𝗽

✨ 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀:

𝗔𝗚𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗦.md for project-aware Gemini AI

𝗜𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗲 + @file attachments now stable

𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗶𝘇𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 🎨

𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗸𝘂𝗽 & 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗲 testing

𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘆 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆 insights + 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗿𝗱 checks

#androidstudio #compose #android #kotlin #AndroidDev

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Iñaki Bes 📱 Android Architect Ⓥ🌱 @inakibes.bsky.social · Sep 2

🚀🔍 𝗞𝗼𝗶𝗻: 𝗗𝗜 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗟𝗼𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿? 🚀🔍

One of the recurring debates in the Android ecosystem.

✅ The short answer: 𝗞𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝗗𝗜 𝗳𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 for Kotlin, lightweight and developer-friendly, while still offering Service Locator support for specific use cases.

#Koin #Kotlin #KMP

Iñaki Bes 📱 Android Architect Ⓥ🌱 @inakibes.bsky.social · Sep 1

👁✨ 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝟭.𝟵 𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗿𝘀 ✨👁

👉 𝗼𝗻𝗩𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗱 { … } — react when composable becomes visible/hidden
👉 𝗼𝗻𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗩𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 { … } — run once when composable first appears

No more 𝗟𝗮𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱𝗘𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁 hacks 🚀

#Kotlin #Compose #AndroidDev #JetpackCompose #Compose19

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Iñaki Bes 📱 Android Architect Ⓥ🌱 @inakibes.bsky.social · May 21

🚀 𝗝𝗲𝘁𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗡𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝟯 🚀

🎯 Jetpack Navigation 3 (Nav3) is here

• Predictive back & custom animations
• Multi-pane support with Scenes
• State scoping per screen
• Modular API for large projects

#JetpackNavigation #Jetpack #Compose #Kotlin #android #AndroidDev #androiddeveloper #GoogleIO2025

Iñaki Bes 📱 Android Architect Ⓥ🌱 @inakibes.bsky.social · May 20

🚨 𝗥𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗶𝘁 𝟯.𝟬 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝘁 🚨

Retrofit now depends on OkHttp 4.12, which is written entirely in Kotlin

OkHttp 3.14 is finally dropped — after nearly 4 years without support ⏳

Retrofit 3.0 is not compatible with KMP ❌

Binary compatibility is preserved ✅
→ Code compiled for Retrofit 2.x still works

Reposted by Iñaki Bes 📱 Android Architect Ⓥ🌱

Jorge Castillo @jorgecastillo.dev · May 10

Pretty sure many Android devs are still around on this platform.

Reply saying hi 👋 so everyone can find you.

This will help people find a big bunch of colleagues to follow 👏👏

RT this for more reach! 🙏

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