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Swift.org launched nightly preview releases of the Swift SDK for Android.
Big step toward full Android support in the official Swift ecosystem.
Cross compilation and Swift package portability with an official toolchain.

Details:
www.swift.org/blog/nightly...

#Swift #AndroidDev
October 27, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Icons are a key part of Material Design. In Jetpack Compose you can display them with the Icon composable from the androidx.compose.material3 package.

The Icon composable lets you easily add Material icons or custom vector assets into your UI.

Examples in the thread below:

#JetpackCompose
October 18, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Xcode quietly fills your Mac with gigabytes of clutter: derived data, caches, old device support files, and archives.

Manually cleaning ~/Library/Developer/ is tedious and risky.

DevCleaner is a free macOS tool that safely removes excessive Xcode data.

apps.apple.com/us/app/devcl...

#Xcode
September 24, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Google will soon require all Android developers, even outside Play Store, to verify their identity before apps can be installed on certified devices. Starts rolling out in 2026.

Full breakdown:
www.promobile.dev/news/google-...

#AndroidDev #MobileDev #Android
September 6, 2025 at 6:33 PM
JetBrains has launched the new Kotlin Multiplatform Wizard.

It helps developers quickly set up Kotlin Multiplatform projects for Android, iOS, desktop and web with templates for shared UI or native UI.

Try it here: kmp.jetbrains.com

#KMP #JetBrains #Kotlin #MobileDevelopment
August 30, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Google Play will require 16 KB page size support for Android 15 targets from November 1, 2025.

Do this:
• update AGP and NDK
• rebuild .so
• drop 4 KB assumptions
• verify alignment
• test on a 16 KB emulator or device

Full post:
www.promobile.dev/news/google-...

#AndroidDev #GooglePlay
August 28, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Kotlin Multiplatform roadmap update is out!

Includes the following:
- Faster Kotlin/Native
- Swift Export progress
- Compose for Web and Kotlin/Wasm in Beta,
- Better IDE support
- Simpler Gradle

Full summary:
www.promobile.dev/news/kmp-roa...

#Kotlin #KMP #JetBrains
August 26, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Beyond Liquid Glass, iOS 26 delivers major UIKit upgrades:

Observable support

flushUpdates animations

updateProperties hook

iPad menu bar

Split View inspectors

HDR colors

Typed NotificationCenter

SF Symbols 7

Full Breakdown:
www.promobile.dev/news/whats-n...

#iOSDev #UIKit #Swift
August 21, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Burnout is not just "being tired" and it's not a badge of honor.

It’s a warning sign and a recognized syndrome that can impact your health, career, and team.

A practical guide on identifying and mitigating burnout:
www.promobile.dev/articles/bur...

#MobileDev #Burnout #DevLife #MentalHealth
August 20, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Jetpack Compose 1.9 is here!

✅ dropShadow & innerShadow
✅ Visibility tracking APIs
✅ Rich text styling in BasicTextField
✅ Stable LazyLayout with prefetching
✅ Scrollable2D for full-axis scrolling
✅ Crash trace improvements

Details:
www.promobile.dev/news/jetpack...

#AndroidDev #JetpackCompose
August 14, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Managing multiple Xcode versions?

It doesn't have to be hard.

Learn how to easily install and manage multiple Xcode versions with Xcodes.app .

Full tutorial:
www.promobile.dev/tutorials/xc...

#iOSDev #Xcode #AppleDev #macOS #SwiftLang #Xcodes
August 6, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Modern iOS networking doesn’t need to be complicated.

Learn how to build a simple and clean network layer using URLSession with Swift async/await.

Full tutorial:
www.promobile.dev/tutorials/mo...

#iOSDev #Swift #AsyncAwait
Modern Networking in iOS with URLSession and async/await: A Practical Guide
Networking is at the core of most iOS apps. Almost every modern application needs to talk to remote services, fetch or send data, and present fetched information in real time. This makes it essential....
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August 4, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Android Studio Narwhal Feature Drop is now stable!
Includes Gemini AI Agent Mode, improved Compose tools, XR emulator & templates, and more.

See all highlights in our full post:
www.promobile.dev/news/android...

#AndroidDev #AndroidStudio #MobileDev #AI
August 1, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Apple at #WWDC25 introduced Foundation Models Framework - a new way to integrate Apple’s generative AI into apps, using on-device private models.
It supports text, image & multimodal AI, all with a privacy‑first approach.

More details:
www.promobile.dev/news/wwdc-25...

#iOSDev #AI #MobileDev
July 25, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Google has officially endorsed Kotlin Multiplatform as a go-to solution for sharing code across Android & iOS!

Jetpack libs are going multiplatform, Android Studio tooling is improving, and KMP is going mainstream!

More details:
www.promobile.dev/news/kotlin-...

#AnroidDev #KMP #Kotlin #iOS
July 20, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Meta joins the Kotlin Foundation!

Meta is now the first Gold member - a major boost for Kotlin’s ecosystem and future.
They already use Kotlin in Messenger, Instagram, Facebook & more. Now they’re giving back.

More details:
www.promobile.dev/news/meta-jo...

#Kotlin #AndroidDev #Meta #JetBrains
Meta Joins the Kotlin Foundation
In a major boost for the Kotlin ecosystem, Meta has joined the Kotlin Foundation as its first-ever Gold Member!Why this matters?Strategic partnership: Meta was an early adopter of Kotlin, especially w...
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July 20, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Swift comes to Android!

Swift.org launches an Android Workgroup to bring first-class Android support:

• Official toolchain support
• Java interop
• Swift CI
• Core packages adapted

More details:
www.promobile.dev/news/swift-a...

#SwiftLang #AndroidDev
July 19, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Advanced Jetpack Compose Previews!

Here is a fun tutorial with Star Wars movie examples to see various preview types in action.

www.promobile.dev/tutorials/ad...
July 17, 2025 at 8:00 PM