Published in Google Developer Experts·Mar 8Exploring Jetpack Compose for Android TV: CarouselFor 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…Jetpack Compose9 min readJetpack Compose9 min read
Published in Google Developer Experts·Nov 2, 2022Exploring Lazy Staggered Grids in Jetpack ComposeIn version 1.3.0 of Jetpack Compose we see the addition of two sought after composables, the LazyVerticalStaggeredGrid and LazyHorizontalStaggeredGrid. …Jetpack Compose7 min readJetpack Compose7 min read
Published in Exploring Android·Dec 17, 2021Practical Jetpack Compose: Get the beta!Over the past year I’ve been working hard on Practical Jetpack Compose — a course to help you learn how to build UI using this new UI framework for Android. In this course we take a practical approach in learning how to build Android Apps using Jetpack Compose. …Android App Development1 min readAndroid App Development1 min read
Published in Google Developer Experts·Aug 19, 2021Exploring the Material Navigation RailThere 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…AndroidDev12 min readAndroidDev12 min read
May 16, 2021Nested Navigation Graphs in Jetpack ComposeIn a recent blog post, we took a look at how we can use Compose Navigation in a modularized application. With this approach we saw many benefits — allowing us to centralise our navigation logic in a single place, while also decoupling navigation dependencies from the rest of our application. …Jetpack Compose6 min readJetpack Compose6 min read
Published in Google Developer Experts·Apr 19, 2021Modular Navigation with Jetpack ComposeA 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 option of the…Android Development15 min readAndroid Development15 min read
Published in Google Developer Experts·Feb 10, 2021Getting our apps ready for Jetpack ComposeSince 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 side affects in…Android App Development13 min readAndroid App Development13 min read
Published in Google Developer Experts·Mar 19, 2020Exploring Dynamic Feature Navigation on AndroidSince the introduction of the Navigation Component on Android, navigating the different parts of our application has become much more pleasant to implement. We’ve been able to better decouple navigation logic from our activities and fragments, along with being able to test these paths with more ease. However, the Navigation…Android App Development14 min readAndroid App Development14 min read
Published in Google Developer Experts·Feb 24, 2020Exploring the Android 11 Developer Preview: Permission ChangesThat time of the year has come, a new Android version is on the horizon! As announced in a blog post earlier this week, the first developer preview of Android 11 is now available — along with details on some of the changes that are happening. …Android7 min readAndroid7 min read
Published in Google Developer Experts·Feb 19, 2020Exploring Jetpack Compose: TopAppBarThis was originally posted at joebirch.co In many screens of our applications it’s likely that we’re making use of a Toolbar / AppBar within our Android applications. When it comes to building apps with Jetpack Compose, we’re going to want to recreate this component. In this article we’re going to…Android App Development6 min readAndroid App Development6 min read
