Build and run Jetpack Compose for Desktop
At Google I/O 2019, Google announced the first preview of Jetpack Compose: A modern toolkit for building native Android UI, similar to the idea behind Flutter and React. Initially, we had to checkout AOSP and build the samples ourselves, while today…
Exploring the Android 11 App Exit Reasons API
Previous Thursday, Google released Android 11 Developer Preview 3. One of the updates was in the "Exit reasons API". This API will give you - like the name suggests - the reasons why your app has exited. And not only the reason, but also some more…
Gradle Exclusive Repository Content
One of the new features you'll find in Gradle 6.2 is the Exclusive Repository Content API. It allows you to specify in which repository a dependency can be found. But why would you need this? Well, here are two reasons why you'd use this: Performance…
Hello World!
A "Hello, World!" program generally is a computer program that outputs or displays the message "Hello, World!". Such a program is very simple in most programming languages, and is often used to illustrate the basic syntax of a programming language…