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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
Swift SDK for Android
October 27, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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You are not limited to Material icons. Any ImageVector or Painter can be used.

Here the icon is loaded from a drawable resource and displayed at 32 dp size.
October 18, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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If you want the icon to adapt to the current theme, use a color from MaterialTheme:
October 18, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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You can style the icon using the tint parameter:
Changing color
October 18, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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To display a Material icon, you can use the Icons.Default collection.

The contentDescription parameter is important for accessibility. If the icon is purely decorative you can pass null.
October 18, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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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
dev-cleaner
September 24, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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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
google verified developers
September 6, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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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
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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
16 kb support
August 28, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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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
KMP roadmap update
August 26, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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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
uikit
August 21, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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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
burnout
August 20, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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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
Jetpack compose
August 14, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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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
xcodes.app
August 6, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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