In this article, I’ll share my experience and insights on migrating Android apps to Koltin Multiplatform (KMP). KMP is becoming popular among Android developers. This technology allows you to run Kotlin code on Android, iOS, and many other mobile, web, and desktop platforms. With recent advancements, you can create a common Graphical user interface (GUI) using Compose Multiplatform. However, what if you need to adapt an existing Android application to KMP? Is it feasible, efficient, or time-consuming? What challenges and limitations should you expect? Let’s explore the answers through my rese ..read more

Introduction In Compose Multiplatform, we typically develop our user interface with Jetpack Compose while placing the majority of our code in the commonMain module. Whenever we need platform-specific functionality, we rely on the expect/actual mechanism: the expect declaration in the common module works like an interface, and each platform offers its own actual implementation. Kotlin Multiplatform already supports interoperability with many Swift APIs by generating bridging code that lets you call iOS frameworks and libraries directly from shared Kotlin code. However, if you come across a libr ..read more

Material3 is the newest iteration of Material Design, with dynamic theming, revised components and more… however, it can also be overwhelming with its over 200 different color variations and tens of pages of documentation. The good thing is that in reality, it’s not all that complex and it can make developers’ lives much easier. And by easier, I mean the following: Automatic theming of all Material3 components Dark and light color schemes Correct colors for the various component states that you never thought of, like “hovered” Proper contrasts between colors for accessibility and U ..read more

Have you ever struggled to find a specific item in a lengthy dropdown menu using Jetpack Compose? While Compose simplifies many aspects of UI development, handling extensive lists in dropdowns can still be quite tedious. Standard dropdown components, although straightforward, fall short in efficiently managing large datasets, negatively affecting user experience. This article addresses these shortcomings by demonstrating how to build a searchable dropdown menu. We’ll explore adding intuitive search functionality directly into your Compose dropdowns, enhancing usability and overall interaction ..read more

Hello Folks, Jetpack Compose is seriously taking over, and it’s only getting bigger! Today, we’re about to create something awesome — our own Swipeable Image Carousel using Horizontal Pager in Compose. Cool, right? Let’s jump in and design this whole thing from the ground up! ?How are we going to do that? Alright, let’s get into it! @Composablefun ImageCarousel( modifier: Modifier = Modifier) { val imageList = listOf( R.drawable.image_banner_1, R.drawable.image_banner_2, R.drawable.image_banner_3, R.drawable.image_banner_4 ) val pagerSt ..read more

In this tutorial, we will create an animated logo with a frosted glass effect. We will use the haze library by Chris Banes to simulate glass and graphicsLayer for 3D animation. Project Setup First, you need to add the haze dependency to your build.gradle: https://medium.com/media/c71477199cfcebd96c3cac98095c7c74/hrefMain Component PerplexityLogo consists of two blocks (RoundedBoxLeft and RoundedBoxRight), which create the frosted glass effect. https://medium.com/media/1e29969832ccc5c50a36ad97dfced4f3/href ? This approach was chosen because, after rotating the element by 180°, the image w ..read more

Protecting Your Android App from Cyber Threats Introduction Security in Android development is an essential concern, especially when handling sensitive user data, authentication tokens, and financial transactions. One of the most dangerous yet common security vulnerabilities is the Man-in-the-Middle (MITM) attack. This aligns closely with the OWASP Mobile Top 10 security risks, particularly M3: Insecure Communication and M9: Reverse Engineering. In this article, we’ll explore what MITM attacks are, how they occur, and the best practices for securing your Android app against them using OWA ..read more

Using the Android Context and Manifest to Unveil the Android System Mechanics (2025 Edition) Introduction All Android Developers come across the Android Context daily even for the most basic applications, but because the Context can be used under various circumstances for different reasons, it can be hard to understand, resulting in several developers forming varying impressions around it. Consequently, many developers will just “pass a context” when needed through the Application or Activity objects without further thinking since their code will build and run; a tactic that may lead ..read more

? Members can scroll down to enjoy! Non-members, click here for full access. ? A New Feature Request: Enhancing the User Experience It was a bright Monday morning when our product manager walked into the daily stand-up with an exciting new feature request. “We need to add a sleek, animated shimmer effect for our placeholder content to enhance the loading experience. It should be consistent across the app and seamlessly integrate with our Compose UI.” As an Android developer working with Jetpack Compose, I knew this would be an interesting challenge. Built-in modifiers like backg ..read more

When developing Kotlin or Compose Multiplatform applications, sometimes dependencies are not supported in Kotlin Multiplatform, and we need a way to make them work. There are several ways to use Swift dependencies in Kotlin Multiplatform. If we’re lucky and the library has a CocoaPods dependency, some libraries expose Objective-C headers and can be used directly in Kotlin by including the CocoaPods dependency. But sometimes, that is not the case, and we are limited to writing Swift code only. However, we still need to provide this Swift implementation to our Kotlin Multiplatform project. Using ..read more