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Migrate To Compose Multiplatform

This blog is a result of my journey moving from Jetpack Compose to Compose Multiplatform. While the transition looks straightforward on paper, there were quite a few real-world challenges and edge cases that only showed up once I started building things beyond Android. I’ve tried to capture the issues

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Composing Pixels - AGSL Shaders Compose

Take your Jetpack Compose UI to the next level with real-time pixel manipulation using shaders! Learn how AGSL lets you write GPU-powered visuals in Android 13+ with a clear step-by-step shader conversion from SKSL to AGSL.

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Know Your Hardware: Mastering GPS for Live Location Tracking and Beyond

Our Android devices are packed with powerful hardware, constantly feeding us with valuable information. Learn about GPS (Global Positioning System), which can pinpoint your live location, track your direction and speed, and even measure your altitude.

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Android Lifecycle - from the view of Compose

Learn more about not only the core stages of the activity lifecycle and how it impacts or changes with Jetpack Compose, but also how an activity reacts to hardware and software state changes!

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Going from Native Android to Flutter

Flutter is an open-source UI toolkit created by Google to build and ship beautiful yet powerful applications across platforms with a single codebase. It supports platforms like iOS, macOS, Android, Web, Linux, Windows, and Fuchsia. I have been doing native Android development since 2019, starting with XML and now with

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Getting Started with Jetpack Compose

Jetpack Compose is a modern UI toolkit by Google which replaces traditional XML layouts with a way to do it using Kotlin, which simplifies and accelerates UI development with less and maintainable code, allowing us to make powerful and beautiful apps in lesser time.