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Nicos Nicolaou
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Senior Software Engineer, #AndroidDev & #FlutterDev Developer, Building libraries on #GitHub and writing articles on #Medium

Nicosia, Cyprus

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🧑‍💻 https://github.com/NicosNicolaou16
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🚀 #AndroidX 2025-12-03 update: • Material3 1.5.0-alpha10 • Adaptive UI 1.3.0-alpha05 • Runtime 1.11.0-alpha01 • Foundation/Animation 1.11.0-alpha01 • WebGPU 1.0.0-alpha01 • DataStore 1.3.0-alpha02

Full list:🔗 developer.android.com/jetpack/andr...

#AndroidDev #Compose #Android #Kotlin
December 3, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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🚀 New Jetpack updates are live!
• Compose (UI/Material/Runtime)
• Material3 + Adaptive
• Wear Compose
• Room & Datastore
• Navigation3
• XR libs
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#AndroidDev #Jetpack #Compose #AndroidX
November 19, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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🚀 New Jetpack & Compose drops (Nov 5, 2025)!

📦 Key updates:
• Compose 1.10.0 beta
• Material 3 + Adaptive UI 🌈
• Navigation 3 RC 🚦
• XR Glimmer alpha 👓✨
• Activity, Lifecycle, Wear & more updated

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#AndroidDev #Jetpack #Compose #Kotlin #Android #DevUpdates
November 5, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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🔥 Android Jetpack updates — Oct 22, 2025!

💫 Compose 1.9.4 & 1.10.0-beta01
📸 Camera 1.6.0-alpha01
⌚ Wear Compose 1.6.0-alpha04
🧠 New Android XR libraries debut at 1.0.0-alpha 🚀

Details 👉 developer.android.com/jetpack/andr...

#AndroidDev #Android #JetpackCompose #Kotlin #AndroidXR
October 23, 2025 at 4:14 AM
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🚀 AndroidX updates – Oct 8, 2025

• Compose 1.9.3 / 1.10.0-alpha05
• Camera 1.5.1
• Room 2.8.2
• WorkManager 2.11.0-rc01
• Wear Compose 1.6.0-alpha03
• Health Connect 1.2.0-alpha02

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#AndroidDev #Jetpack #AndroidX #kotlin #Android
October 8, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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🚀 New #AndroidX + #Jetpack updates (Sept 24, 2025)!
📱 Compose 1.9.2 + 1.10.0-alpha04
🎨 Material3 Adaptive 1.2.0-beta03
⚡ WorkManager 2.11.0-beta01
⌚ Wear + 🕶️ XR alphas

Details 👉 developer.android.com/jetpack/andr...

#AndroidDev #Compose #Kotlin
September 25, 2025 at 4:17 AM
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🚀 New #AndroidX releases (Sep 10, 2025)!

✨ Activity 1.12.0-alpha08
🎨 Compose 1.9.1 + 1.10.0 alphas
📸 Camera 1.5.0
🧭 Navigation 2.9.4
⌚ Wear updates
🛠 WorkManager 2.10.4

Details 👉 developer.android.com/jetpack/andr...

#AndroidDev #Jetpack #Compose #Kotlin #Android #MobileDev
September 10, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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🚀 New #AndroidX + #Jetpack drops (Aug 27, 2025)!

✨ Compose 1.10.0 alphas (Animation, UI, Material)
🎨 M3 1.5.0-alpha03 + Adaptive 1.2.0-beta01
📦 Room 2.8.0-rc02, Lifecycle 2.10.0-alpha03
🕹️ Wear Compose 1.5.0, XR M3 1.0.0-alpha11
⚡ WorkManager 2.11.0-alpha01

#AndroidDev
August 27, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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📢 Fresh Android drops (Aug 13, 2025): New Compose 1.10.0-alpha01, Camera 1.5.0-rc01, Navigation3 alpha07, Wear Compose rc02 & more. Time to upgrade! ⚡

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#AndroidDev #Android #AndroidX #JetpackCompose #BetaRelease
August 13, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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🆕 AndroidX updates (July 30, 2025) are here!

Highlights:
• Compose 1.9.0-rc01
• Material3 1.5.0-alpha01
• Lifecycle 2.10.0-alpha01
• Navigation3 1.0.0-alpha06
• Wear & XR updates

📦 Full list: developer.android.com/jetpack/andr...

#AndroidDev #Android #AndroidX #Jetpack #Compose
July 30, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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📦 New AndroidX updates (July 16, 2025)!
Highlights:
- Compose 1.9.0-beta03
- Camera 1.5.0-beta
- Room 2.8.0-alpha01
- Media3 1.8.0-rc01
...and more!

Full list 👉 developer.android.com/jetpack/andr...

#AndroidDev #Jetpack #AndroidX #Kotlin
July 17, 2025 at 4:02 AM
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🆕 AndroidX updates (July 2, 2025)!

Highlights:
- Compose 1.9.0-beta02
- Activity 1.12.0-alpha04
- Paging 3.4.0-alpha01
- Media3 1.8.0-beta01

🔗 Full list: developer.android.com/jetpack/andr...

#AndroidDev #JetpackCompose #AndroidX #Android
July 2, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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🚀 Meet Nicos Nicolaou — Senior Software Engineer from Cyprus 🇨🇾 passionate about Android & Flutter #Dev!

Loves clean code, building apps from scratch & exploring new tech.

🔗 GitHub: nicosnicolaou16.github.io

#AndroidDev #FlutterDev #OpenSource #Android #Flutter #GitHub #Kotlin #Dart
June 23, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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🚀 New AndroidX updates (June 18, 2025)!

Includes:
🔹 Compose 1.8.3 & 1.9.0-beta01
🔹 Activity 1.12.0-alpha03
🔹 WorkManager 2.10.2
🔹 Room 2.7.2
🔹 Navigation3 & more!

Stay updated 👉 developer.android.com/jetpack/andr...

#AndroidDev #Android #AndroidXReleases #JetpackCompose
June 19, 2025 at 3:38 AM
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📦 New Jetpack updates just dropped – June 4, 2025!

🔥 Highlights:
• Compose 1.9.0-alpha04
• Activity 1.12.0-alpha02
• AppCompat 1.7.1
• Wear + Camera libs updated too!

🔗
developer.android.com/jetpack/andr...

🛠️ Time to update your builds!
#AndroidDev #Jetpack #Compose #MobileDev
June 5, 2025 at 3:20 AM
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New Jetpack library versions are live!
Compose, Material3, Wear, Biometric — all updated.

Stay ahead: developer.android.com/jetpack/andr...

#AndroidDev #Android #Kotlin #JetpackCompose #AndroidStudio #MobileDev
May 21, 2025 at 3:39 AM
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🚀 Ink API Compose v1.2.0 is out now!

This update brings:
✨ A fresh new design
🛠️ Gradle updated to 8.10.0
📦 All libraries upgraded
📚 Revamped README with clearer examples

Check it out 👇
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#AndroidDev #JetpackCompose #Android #Kotlin #GitHub
May 9, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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New Jetpack & Compose libs dropped!
Latest updates include Compose 1.9.0-alpha02, Camera, XR, Wear & more (May 7, 2025).

Check it out:
developer.android.com/jetpack/andr...

#AndroidDev #Android #Kotlin #JetpackCompose
May 7, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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🚀 Android Jetpack Updates are live! (Apr 23, 2025)

• Activity 1.11.0-rc01
• Annotation-Experimental 1.5.0-rc01
• Browser 1.9.0-alpha03
• Compose 1.8.0 (plus 1.9.0-alpha01: Animation, Foundation, Material & UI)

🔗 developer.android.com/jetpack/andr...

#AndroidDev #Android #Kotlin
April 24, 2025 at 4:14 AM
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🎉 I just released PercentagesWithAnimationCompose v1.3.0!

What's New:
✨ Introduced a customizable wave percentage animation for enhanced visual effects
📦 Dependency updates
📝 Improved docs

Check it out 👉
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#JetpackCompose #AndroidDev #Android #GitHub
April 16, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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New #AndroidX library updates just dropped!
April 9, 2025 brings a massive wave of updates including:
- Compose 1.8.0-rc03
- Lifecycle 2.9.0-beta01
- Navigation 2.9.0-beta01
- Room 2.7.0

Check out all the versions:
developer.android.com/jetpack/andr...

#AndroidDev #Kotlin #JetpackCompose
April 10, 2025 at 2:43 AM
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🚀I released a new version of percentages_with_animation v1.1.0!

What’s New:
- New Wave Percentage animation
- Flutter 3.29.2 support
- Better docs & examples and more

Check it out:
🔗PubDev
pub.dev/packages/per...
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#FlutterDev #Flutter
April 7, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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🚀 New AndroidX releases – March 26, 2025! 🚀

Updates for Compose, Room, Privacy Sandbox, Wear, and more! Highlights:
✅ Compose Material 3 1.4.0-alpha11
✅ Room 2.7.0-rc03
✅ Wear Compose 1.5.0-alpha12

Full list: developer.android.com/jetpack/andr...

#AndroidDev #Android #Jetpack #AndroidX
March 26, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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✨ Want stunning percentage animations in Jetpack Compose? PercentagesWithAnimationCompose has you covered! Give it a ⭐ and level up your UI! 📊

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#AndroidDev #JetpackCompose #Kotlin #UI
March 16, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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🚀 ImagePickerAndroid - a fast & flexible image picker for #Android!

✔️ Jetpack Compose, Activity & Fragment
📸 Pick from camera or gallery
🔄 Get Bitmap, URI, Base64
📂 Select multiple images

Give it a ⭐

#GitHub #AndroidDev #Kotlin #JetpackCompose

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March 16, 2025 at 8:14 AM