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Adam Świderski4d ago • 4 min read
The Freedom of Pet Projects
In June, I learned how to change diapers and convinced myself that 5 hours of sleep is a luxury....
#software#kotlin#sideprojects#ai
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Siddhant Panhalkar6d ago • 3 min read
I inspected my KMP iOS export header 61% of it was dead weight. Here’s what I found and built
If you are building an iOS app with Kotlin Multiplatform (KMP) or Compose Multiplatform, you might.....
#kmp#kotlin#ios#mobile
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Haseeb2d ago • 4 min read
Engineering Geofencing: Trading Battery for Precision in Android
It was 1:15 PM on a Friday. The imam had just begun the khutbah, and the room was filled with a...
#android#kotlin#androiddev#mobiledev
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navidseyedain2d ago • 4 min read
How I Built an In-Place Android Screen Translator with Jetpack Compose, ML Kit, and Gemini Vision
Language barriers in mobile apps, games, and foreign media are a constant friction point. Traditiona...
#ai#android#kotlin#opensource
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HaseebAug 25, 2026 • 5 min read
Architecting a Low-Power Geofencing Engine: Lessons from Battery Optimization in Muffle
It was the second rakat of Maghrib prayer when the sound of a rhythmic, high-pitched ringtone...
#android#kotlin#mobiledev#androiddev
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Codnet Software Company4d ago • 5 min read
Two features were dead in every release build for a month — and worked in every debug build
LongShot is an Android app that stitches a scrolling screen into one long screenshot. Two of its...
#android#kotlin#debugging#programming
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Haseeb4d ago • 4 min read
Engineering Geofencing: The Battery-Accuracy Tradeoff in Android
It was the second rakat of Maghrib prayer, the quietest moment of my evening, when a jarring,...
#android#kotlin#androiddev#programming
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Haseeb6d ago • 4 min read
Building a Geofencing Engine: Why I Avoided Persistent Background Location
It happened during a Friday prayer service. The room was silent, the imam was mid-sermon, and...
#android#kotlin#mobiledev#androiddev
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Mahmut Gündüzalp1d ago • 7 min read
The Word "null" Is Not a Null: How JSON Nulls Turn Into Text on Android
optString("x", "") does not return your fallback when the value is JSON null on Android — it returns...
#android#kotlin#json#api
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Haseeb5d ago • 5 min read
Architecting for Privacy: Why I Chose Local-Only SQLite Storage over Firebase
It was the middle of a Friday afternoon, and I was sitting in a quiet, solemn setting. The room was....
#android#kotlin#mobiledev#androiddev
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Codnet Software Company2d ago • 4 min read
Why capturing a long screenshot on Android is harder than it looks
Every phone can screenshot what is on the screen. None of them, out of the box, can screenshot what....
#android#kotlin#mobile#programming
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Alex Vukovic1d ago • 10 min read
Why Android Apps Drain Battery in the Background
Your app isn't open. You're not using it. And somehow it's still one of the biggest battery drains o...
#android#kotlin#performance#mobile
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C W18h ago • 4 min read
I Built the Notification Silencer I Actually Wanted to Use
I've tried quite a few notification blocker apps over the years. Some of them are genuinely...
#android#kotlin#opensource#mobile
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Alex Vukovic1d ago • 12 min read
Why Your Android App Stops Working After You Lock the Phone
The app works perfectly while you're looking at it. Data keeps syncing, timers fire, network request...
#android#kotlin#mobile#debugging
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Behzod Halil3d ago • 7 min read
Shipping OneSignal push in a Kotlin Multiplatform app
Originally published on getstockplus.app. Most of a push-notification implementation has nothing to...
#kotlin#kotlinmultiplatform#android#ios
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Abhishek Chandra4d ago • 1 min read
I Built 29 Android Hardware and Security Tools in One Open-Source App
What is ZeroDroid? ZeroDroid is an open-source Android toolkit that exposes the...
#android#kotlin#opensource#showdev
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Haseeb3d ago • 5 min read
Architecting a Low-Power GPS Geofencing Engine for Android Background Services
The atmosphere in the room was dense, the kind where every whisper echoes. I was sitting in the thir...
#android#kotlin#mobiledev#androiddev
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Getinfo Toyou5d ago • 3 min read
Building a High-Performance Batch Image Compressor for Android: Native Bitmap Optimization and Pipeline Challenges
As a mobile developer, I frequently find myself needing to tweak, resize, or compress image files on...
#android#kotlin#performance#mobile
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YADNYESH RANA3d ago • 4 min read
Stop Hardcoding Breakpoints: A Practical Guide to WindowSizeClass in Jetpack Compose
Most "tablet support" I see in real Android codebases is the same anti-pattern: take the phone...
#android#kotlin#jetpackcompose#programming
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YADNYESH RANA3d ago • 4 min read
Your Root Detection Is Theater: Move Integrity Checks to the Server
Most "root detection" I see in real Android codebases is a isDeviceRooted() function that checks for...
#android#kotlin#security#androiddev
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Super Funicular5d ago • 7 min read
The Output List Is the Part That Changes: Android 17 Lets a Camera Session Attach and Detach Streams Without Being Rebuilt
Short answer: a phone left running as a camera normally has more than one thing asking for frames —....
#android#camera#kotlin#mobile
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Sasha KosobutskyAug 24, 2026 • 9 min read
Scaling an Android Gallery from 100,000 to 1,000,000 Files
I am building SyncGallery, an Android gallery with configurable cloud sync. The examples below come....
#android#mobile#kotlin#performance
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Alex DevOps engineer11h ago • 5 min read
From Score to Offer: Generating a Real Offer Letter On-Device
DevOps Interview AI runs realistic mock DevOps job interviews entirely on-device — no backend, no...
#android#kotlin#ai#mobiledev
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Andrew R5d ago • 7 min read
IntelliJ Java Kotlin LSP now runs inside VS Code
Install JetBrains.intellij-server in VS Code, open a Maven Gradle or Bazel folder, then prove go-to-...
#java#kotlin#vscode#developertools
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