Kotlin Weekly (Articles)

KotlinConf’26 Keynote Highlights: Advances in Language Design, Tooling, AI-Driven Workflows, and Multiplatform Development

Mon, 25 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT

In this article, Daria Voronina summarizes some of the highlights from the KotlinConf Keynote of this year.

Introducing a Security Support Policy for the Kotlin Standard Library

Mon, 25 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT

JetBrains has introduced a new security support policy for the Kotlin standard library, committing to provide security backports for each Kotlin release line for 18 months from its initial release.

Official Kotlin Support for Visual Studio Code Is Now Available in Alpha

Mon, 25 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT

JetBrains has released an official Kotlin extension for Visual Studio Code in Alpha, bringing core language support like code completion, navigation, and diagnostics powered by the Kotlin Language Server.

Built for Productivity: What the Data Finally Shows About Kotlin

Mon, 25 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT

A JetBrains study of 28 million development cycles found that Kotlin developers are 15–20% more productive than Java users, and that Kotlin projects better maintain their speed as codebases age.

Build native Android apps in Google AI Studio

Mon, 25 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Google AI Studio now allows you to build native Kotlin-based Android apps directly in your browser using natural language prompts, complete with an embedded emulator, instant device installation, and a seamless handoff to Android Studio.

From Spaghetti to Strict: Cleaning Up Gradle Dependencies in a large Android codebase

Mon, 25 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Eugen Martynov shares how their team successfully cleaned up dependencies in a large multi-module Android codebase over five months by adopting the Dependency Analysis Gradle Plugin and building custom automation to enforce project-specific conventions.

Metro DI for KMP mobile: From God Objects and manually checked Singletons to Compile-Time Injection

Mon, 25 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT

FunkyMuse details their journey of replacing a God Object manual dependency injection pattern with the Metro DI framework in a large Kotlin Multiplatform (KMP) project, enabling compile-time safety, modularized scoping across Android/iOS/Desktop, and improved testability via injected fakes.

Beyond the Screen: Component-Level ViewModels in Compose

Mon, 25 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Saurabh Arora explores Lifecycle 2.11’s new rememberViewModelStoreOwner() and ViewModelStoreProvider APIs, which enable fine-grained ViewModel scoping to specific UI components rather than just entire screens.

The Modern Guide to Android SDK Development: Architecture & API Design (Part 1 of 3)

Mon, 25 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Dmytro Petrenko's guide to building Android SDKs emphasizes an API-first approach, focusing on explicit initialization, reactive state management via StateFlow, defensive thread safety, and strict internal visibility to ensure stable, consumer-friendly libraries.

Polished Compose course (2 weeks): pixel-perfect UI with styling and motion

Mon, 25 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Pixel-perfect UI is not about precision alone - it’s about repeatability. Without systems, styling and motion diverge across features. This 2-week online course covers design tokens, theming, and animation patterns. Registration is open. Details are available.

Go Beyond Rows & Columns: Advanced Compose Cheat Sheet for Custom Layouts and Drawing

Mon, 25 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Take full control of the UI tree. Master the layout modifier for custom measurement logic and use graphicsLayer for GPU-accelerated transformations. Learn to use drawWithCache and drawWithContent to optimize complex custom drawing. Essential for Senior UI Engineers.

A New Default Project Structure for Kotlin Multiplatform

Sun, 17 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Marton Braun announces the update of the default project structure for Kotlin Multiplatform projects to give modules clearer responsibilities, better align with conventions used by other build systems and frameworks, and reflect the changes in Android Gradle Plugin 9.0.

Help Shape the Future of Kotlin in the Age of AI

Sun, 17 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT

JetBrains is running a survey to understand how Kotlin developers are using AI together. Fill it out to get some goodies, and help to shape the future of Kotlin.

Compose Multiplatform 1.11.0 Is Now Available

Sun, 17 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT

A new release of Compose Multiplatform has landed, with improvements to the iOS and web experience and a refreshed approach to UI testing. Check out this article for the highlights.

The Road to Name-Based Destructuring

Sun, 17 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT

An overview of Kotlin’s shift from position-based to name-based destructuring syntax by Alejandro Serrano Mena, designed to eliminate refactoring bugs, decouple interfaces, and leverage property names for safer data extraction.

Metro DI for Ktor Backend: From a God Object through manual DI to Constructor Injection

Sun, 17 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT

A guide on refactoring a Ktor backend from a tedious manual DI God Object setup to compile-time constructor injection using Metro, featuring self-registering routes/plugins and robust integration testing with TestContainers.

Drop the Clutch: Three Metro DI Patterns Every KMP Developer Should Know

Sun, 17 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT

More Metro articles. Check out in this article three DI patterns you should know in the KMP world.

Fixing production issues in a Kotlin Multiplatform app with Kotzilla MCP Server and Claude Code

Sun, 17 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT

A walkthrough on leveraging the Kotzilla MCP Server alongside Claude Code to automatically detect, diagnose, and fix critical Koin and threading performance bugs in a Kotlin Multiplatform app.

Android MCP - App Functions: Let AI call Android App

Sun, 17 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT

A guide on using the Jetpack androidx.appfunctions API and KSP to expose structured app capabilities (like a Word of the Day) to AI assistants via KDoc metadata and Koin DI.

Polished Compose course: controlling visual details, hierarchy, and motion

Sun, 17 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Small visual decisions compound over time - misaligned spacing, unclear hierarchy, uneven motion. In this course, you work with Compose primitives to control these details. June cohort runs 8–19 June. You can join if this matches your needs.

Jetpack Compose Essentials: The Definitive Guide to State Hoisting and Side Effects

Sun, 17 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Master the core of declarative UI. Learn positional and lifespan hoisting using remember, retain, and rememberSaveable. Understand when to trigger LaunchedEffect vs. DisposableEffect for clean, bug-free side effects. The perfect onboarding tool for Kotlin devs.

Kotlin Weekly (Articles)

KotlinConf’26 Keynote Highlights: Advances in Language Design, Tooling, AI-Driven Workflows, and Multiplatform Development

Introducing a Security Support Policy for the Kotlin Standard Library

Official Kotlin Support for Visual Studio Code Is Now Available in Alpha

Built for Productivity: What the Data Finally Shows About Kotlin

Build native Android apps in Google AI Studio

From Spaghetti to Strict: Cleaning Up Gradle Dependencies in a large Android codebase

Metro DI for KMP mobile: From God Objects and manually checked Singletons to Compile-Time Injection

SPONSORED - Mobile observability shouldn't suck

Beyond the Screen: Component-Level ViewModels in Compose

The Modern Guide to Android SDK Development: Architecture & API Design (Part 1 of 3)

Polished Compose course (2 weeks): pixel-perfect UI with styling and motion

Go Beyond Rows & Columns: Advanced Compose Cheat Sheet for Custom Layouts and Drawing

A New Default Project Structure for Kotlin Multiplatform

Help Shape the Future of Kotlin in the Age of AI

Compose Multiplatform 1.11.0 Is Now Available

The Road to Name-Based Destructuring

Metro DI for Ktor Backend: From a God Object through manual DI to Constructor Injection

Drop the Clutch: Three Metro DI Patterns Every KMP Developer Should Know

Fixing production issues in a Kotlin Multiplatform app with Kotzilla MCP Server and Claude Code

SPONSORED - Maestro MCP: let your AI agent write the tests

Android MCP - App Functions: Let AI call Android App

Polished Compose course: controlling visual details, hierarchy, and motion

Jetpack Compose Essentials: The Definitive Guide to State Hoisting and Side Effects