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Ian Lake
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Android Toolkit Developer and Runner

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Ian Lake @ianlake.bsky.social · May 20
Today, we've released a brand new Jetpack library - Navigation3! A pure Compose, state based navigation library: android-developers.googleblog.com/2025/05/anno...
Announcing Jetpack Navigation 3
Explore Jetpack Navigation 3, a new Compose-first navigation library with increased flexibility so Android developers to build robust experiences.
android-developers.googleblog.com
ianlake.bsky.social
Jetpack Navigation 3 is stable! 🎉🎉🎉

Leaning into Jetpack Compose and the idea of combining smaller building blocks together really helped make Nav3 a much more flexible library that made it a joy to work on and hopefully for you to use as well!
android-developers.googleblog.com/2025/11/jetp...
Jetpack Navigation 3 is stable
News and insights on the Android platform, developer tools, and events.
android-developers.googleblog.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:53 PM
ianlake.bsky.social
The first #JetpackReleaseNotes of November include SplashScreen 1.2.0, SavedState 1.4.0, Navigation 2.9.6, RC releases in Navigation3, NavigationEvent, Activity, and Lifecycle and Compose 1.10.0-beta02.
developer.android.com/jetpack/andr...
Recent Release Notes  |  Android Developers
developer.android.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Reposted by Ian Lake
johnoreilly.dev
That was fast! @donaldturner.bsky.social's really nice talk about Navigation 3 at #dcldn25 available now www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1Oi...
Navigating the future with Jetpack Navigation 3 - Don Turner | droidcon London 2025
YouTube video by droidcon & fluttercon
www.youtube.com
October 31, 2025 at 11:59 PM
ianlake.bsky.social
This week's #JetpackReleaseNotes include Work manager 2.11.0, Compose Material3 Adaptive 1.2.0, Graphics 1.1.0, bug fixes in Compose 1.9.4, Wear Compose 1.5.4, and Room 2.8.3 plus beta01 releases of Navigation3 (🎉), Lifecycle, Activity, DataStore, and Compose.
developer.android.com/jetpack/andr...
Recent Release Notes  |  Android Developers
developer.android.com
October 24, 2025 at 9:11 PM
ianlake.bsky.social
This week's #JetpackReleaseNotes include Metrics (aka 'JankStats') 1.0.0, Heifwriter 1.1.0, Health Connect 1.1.0, bug fixes in Camera 1.5.1, Compose 1.9.3, Room 2.8.2, and Wear Compose 1.5.3 plus lots of changes in Navigation3 1.0.0-alpha11.
developer.android.com/jetpack/andr...
Recent Release Notes  |  Android Developers
developer.android.com
October 10, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Reposted by Ian Lake
liutikas.net
Would you like to work on Compose at Google (Mountain View CA office)?

Apply here and let's work together www.google.com/about/career...
Senior Software Engineer, Jetpack Compose — Google Careers
www.google.com
October 10, 2025 at 5:02 PM
ianlake.bsky.social
This week's #JetpackReleaseNotes includes Window 1.5.0, Compose Material3 1.4.0 plus bug fixes in Compose 1.9.2, Navigation 2.9.5, Room 2.8.1, Sqlite 2.6.1, Wear Compose 1.5.2, and WorkManager 2.10.5.
developer.android.com/jetpack/andr...
Recent Release Notes  |  Android Developers
developer.android.com
September 26, 2025 at 4:10 AM
ianlake.bsky.social
Today's #JetpackReleaseNotes includes Camera and Camera ViewFinder 1.5.0, Room 2.8.0, Hilt 1.3.0, plus bug fixes in Compose 1.9.1, Navigation 2.9.4, and Navigation3 1.0.0-alpha09.
developer.android.com/jetpack/andr...
Recent Release Notes  |  Android Developers
developer.android.com
September 11, 2025 at 3:02 AM
ianlake.bsky.social
Today's #JetpackReleaseNotes include Wear Compose 1.5.0 (the first stable release with Material 3 Expressive), more KMP targets in Lifecycle 2.9.3, SavedState 1.3.2, Paging 3.4.0-alpha03, and Navigation3 1.0.0-alpha08 plus the first Material3+Navigation3 alpha!

developer.android.com/jetpack/andr...
Recent Release Notes  |  Android Developers
developer.android.com
August 28, 2025 at 2:33 AM
ianlake.bsky.social
45 more library updates are part of today's #JetpackReleaseNotes including Compose 1.9.0 going stable, Core 1.17.0, bug fixes in Fragment 1.8.9 and Media3 1.7.1, Room 2.8.0-rc01, Hilt 1.3.0-beta01, the first Compose 1.10.0-alpha01, and minSdk 23!
developer.android.com/jetpack/andr...
Recent Release Notes  |  Android Developers
developer.android.com
August 13, 2025 at 9:45 PM
ianlake.bsky.social
Today's #JetpackReleaseNotes include Benchmark 1.4.0, Browser 1.9.0, Security Crypto's final deprecation in 1.1.0 stable, bug fixes in Navigation 2.9.3 and WorkManager 2.10.3, Compose 1.9.0-rc01, new alphas for Lifecycle+SavedState, plus a ton of XR updates!
developer.android.com/jetpack/andr...
Recent Release Notes  |  Android Developers
developer.android.com
July 30, 2025 at 11:22 PM
ianlake.bsky.social
Today's #JetpackReleaseNotes include more KMP platform support in Lifecycle 2.9.2 and SavedState 1.3.1, bug fixes in Navigation 2.9.2 and TV Material 1.0.1, Compose 1.9.0-beta03, and new tools to migrate to Bundled SQLite in Room 2.8.0-alpha01.
developer.android.com/jetpack/andr...
Recent Release Notes  |  Android Developers
developer.android.com
July 16, 2025 at 10:31 PM
ianlake.bsky.social
Live wallpaper apps always felt like one of the best ways to really customize your Android phone, which is part of why I got into working with @roman.nurik.net on #Muzei so many years ago. So glad to see people still enjoying it!
www.howtogeek.com/best-live-wa...
I Wanted a Live Wallpaper for My Phone—These 6 Were the Best
I begin and end this list with bangers.
www.howtogeek.com
July 13, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Reposted by Ian Lake
zacsweers.dev
It's been a minute but want to re-share @danlew42.bsky.social's evergreen post about the LOGAF scale. I've found it super helpful over the years in defusing work/OSS discussions.

blog.danlew.net/2020/04/15/t...
The LOGAF Scale
Have you ever gotten into a heated debate on a pull request, only to find out that the person critiquing your code didn’t really care that much whether their feedback made it into the PR? Or have you ...
blog.danlew.net
July 9, 2025 at 8:12 PM
ianlake.bsky.social
I'm on vacation, but the #JetpackReleaseNotes don't stop! Navigation 2.9.1 fixes an important Lifecycle issue, Hilt 1.3.0-alpha02 decouples hiltViewModel() from Nav2, Paging 3.4.0-alpha01 adds more KMP platforms, and more!
developer.android.com/jetpack/andr...
Recent Release Notes  |  Android Developers
developer.android.com
July 2, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Reposted by Ian Lake
marcellogalhardo.dev
The recording of my @kotlinconf.com 2025 talk with Jeremy, "Lessons Learned Decoupling Architecture Components from Platform-Specific Code", is now live.

Watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDz_...

#AndroidDev #Kotlin #KMP
Lessons learned decoupling Architecture Components from platform specific code
YouTube video by Kotlin by JetBrains
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June 19, 2025 at 6:56 PM
ianlake.bsky.social
More #JetpackReleaseNotes are out today with bug fix releases in Room 2.7.2, WorkManager 2.10.2, and Compose 1.8.3 alongside Compose 1.9.0-beta01 and brand new Compose integrations in Ink 1.0.0-alpha05 and NavigationEvent 1.0.0-alpha03.
developer.android.com/jetpack/andr...
Recent Release Notes  |  Android Developers
developer.android.com
June 18, 2025 at 10:46 PM
ianlake.bsky.social
Early morning Target run was successful - Switch 2 acquired!
Picture of a Nintendo Switch 2 with Mario Kart World, a Switch 2 Pro Controller, and a Switch 2 Camera
June 5, 2025 at 5:26 PM
ianlake.bsky.social
We're back from conference season with more #JetpackReleaseNotes including Wear ProtoLayout 1.3.0 (first Material3 release!) and Wear Tiles 1.5.0, bug fixes in AppCompat 1.7.1 (compat with Nav3!), Fragment 1.8.8, Lifecycle 2.9.1, and a new PhotoPicker library!

developer.android.com/jetpack/andr...
Recent Release Notes  |  Android Developers
developer.android.com
June 4, 2025 at 8:45 PM
ianlake.bsky.social
It is #GoogleIO2025 today, but that also means new #JetpackReleaseNotes! Bug fixes in Compose 1.8.2, DataStore 1.1.7, and Fragment 1.8.7 are nice and Window 1.4.0 is out, but I'm more excited about the brand new libraries: Navigation3 and NavigationEvent!
developer.android.com/jetpack/andr...
Recent Release Notes  |  Android Developers
developer.android.com
May 21, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Reposted by Ian Lake
tunji.dev
For an idea of the cool stuff you can do with this, I built this with nav3
May 20, 2025 at 6:28 PM
ianlake.bsky.social
Today, we've released a brand new Jetpack library - Navigation3! A pure Compose, state based navigation library: android-developers.googleblog.com/2025/05/anno...
Announcing Jetpack Navigation 3
Explore Jetpack Navigation 3, a new Compose-first navigation library with increased flexibility so Android developers to build robust experiences.
android-developers.googleblog.com
May 20, 2025 at 6:05 PM
ianlake.bsky.social
Navigation 2.9.0, Lifecycle 2.9.0, and SavedState 1.3.0 are out today along with a bunch of other #JetpackReleaseNotes including Core Telecom 1.0.0, DataStore 1.1.6 (fixing the 1.1.5 release!), and Compose 1.8.1.
developer.android.com/jetpack/andr...
Recent Release Notes  |  Android Developers
developer.android.com
May 7, 2025 at 6:29 PM
ianlake.bsky.social
Compose 1.8.0 is out today alongside a bunch of other #JetpackReleaseNotes including Transition 1.6.0 and bug fixes in DataStore 1.1.5, ExifInterface 1.4.1, Room 2.7.1, and WorkManager 2.10.1.
developer.android.com/jetpack/andr...
Stable Releases  |  Jetpack  |  Android Developers
developer.android.com
April 24, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Reposted by Ian Lake
androiddevs.bsky.social
Android 16 Beta 4 is here, and it's the last call for testing before the official launch! → https://goo.gle/4jcc7Gv

Here’s what you need to do:
✅ Compile against the new SDK
🧪 Test your current app for compatibility
📢 Report any issues on the feedback page
April 17, 2025 at 10:00 PM