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Google Maps in Jetpack Compose: Polylines
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In a few recent projects, I’ve needed to utilise Google Maps within environments utilising Jetpack Compose. In the early days of Compose this felt light a sought-after piece of functionality – even though it is still being built on, it now seems to be in a place where I can confidently use it. In th
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Google Maps in Jetpack Compose: Circles
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In a few recent projects, I’ve needed to utilise Google Maps within environments utilising Jetpack Compose. In the early days of Compose this felt light a sought-after piece of functionality – even though it is still being built on, it now seems to be in a place where I can confidently use it. In th
on Nov 1
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Google Maps in Jetpack Compose: Markers
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In a few recent projects, I've needed to utilise Google Maps within environments utilising Jetpack Compose. In the early days of compose this felt light a sought after piece of functionality - even though it is still being built on, it now seems to be in a place where I can confidently use it. In th
on Oct 4
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Google Maps in Jetpack Compose: Getting Started
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In a few recent projects, I've needed to utilise Google Maps within environments utilising Jetpack Compose. In the early days of compose this felt light a sought after piece of functionality - even though it is still being built on, it now seems to be in a place where I can confidently use it. In th
on Sep 4
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Seamless Screenshot Testing for Compose with Screenshotbot
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In a recent blog post I took a look at the new Compose Preview Screenshot Testing Tool, provided by Google as a way to enable developers to easily write screenshot tests for their composable UI. When it comes to screenshot testing, writing these tests only represents one part of the process - we als
on Jul 3
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Jetpack Compose and Nested Scrolling Interoperability
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As we migrate our apps to Jetpack Compose, we need to ensure that all existing functionality remains intact. This means that not only the way our UI looks, but the way that it behaves when users interact with it. When recently migrating part of an app to Jetpack Compose, I experienced a broken co
on Jun 13
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Exploring Screenshot Testing for Jetpack Compose
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At Google I/O 2024, one of the announcements that caught my eye was support for Compose Preview Screenshot Testing. Even though this is still in an experimental state, I couldn't wait to dive in and have a play with this! My new book, CI/CD for Android using GitHub Actions is now available 🚀
on May 23
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Adding Custom Actions to Share Sheets in Android 14
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When interacting with Android Apps, share sheets are a common component that we'll interact with when sharing content with other apps and contacts. As developers, we can improve the usability of these share sheets by utilising features such as adding previews for content being shared, as well as imp
on Jan 22
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Exploring Android 14: Partial Media Permissions
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If you've used iOS in recent years, you've likely experienced the ability to grant apps partial access to your device media. I have always been a big fan of this feature, as in a lot of cases you won't want to grant anyone access to your entire media library - being able to do so for specific media
on Dec 1
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Jetpack Compose + Material Components for Android TV: Cards
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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 these compos
on Nov 18, 2023