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Márton Braun

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Developer Advocate @ JetBrains, working on Kotlin and Compose Multiplatform, KMP tooling, and Amper. Instructor @ BME-VIK. Co-organizer @ Android Budapest. GDE for Android. Ex-Google. zsmb.co

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Márton Braun @zsmb.co · May 19

KMP tooling! Get your KMP tooling here!

Jokes aside, it's great to have this finally out in a public release. Please try it and send feedback our way.

Kotlin by JetBrains @kotlinlang.org · May 19

🎉 The new Kotlin Multiplatform for IntelliJ IDEA and Android Studio!

✨ Integrated New Project wizard
🔍 Preflight checks
🔧 Multiplatform run configurations
🧭 Cross-language support
🎨 Compose Multiplatform support
🔥 Compose Hot Reload

Learn more
blog.jetbrains.com/kotlin/2025/...

Kotlin Multiplatform Tooling: Now in IntelliJ IDEA and Android Studio | The Kotlin Blog

The new KMP plugin for IntelliJ IDEA and Android Studio simplifies every part of the KMP experience, from project setup to Compose UI previews.

blog.jetbrains.com

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Márton Braun @zsmb.co · 18h

📢 Rare opportunity: my team is hiring! We're looking for a new Developer Advocate to cover server-side Kotlin, focusing on Spring.

If you love Spring, Kotlin, and their communities, this might just be for you.

Learn more and apply here:

Kotlin Developer Advocate

Amsterdam, Netherlands; Berlin, Germany; Dubai, United Arab Emirates; Limassol, Cyprus; London, United Kingdom; Madrid, Spain; Munich, Germany; Prague, Czech Republic

job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io

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Márton Braun @zsmb.co · 23h

Spoiler: you'll never wanna go back!

Chris Sinco @c5inco.bsky.social · 1d

The new Islands theme from @intellijidea.com has landed in latest @androidstudio.bsky.social canaries! Try it out and leave us your feedback either here or on the issue tracker 🫶

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Márton Braun @zsmb.co · 1d

Is using an Icon with a clickable or selectable modifier on it still a valid solution? I was hoping that those modifiers handle various inputs and accessibility automatically.

Márton Braun @zsmb.co · 1d

When you want to push your AR platform that virtually nobody cares about so much that you make an important app icon almost entirely unrecognizable

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Márton Braun @zsmb.co · 1d

Non-operator fun compareTo? 😀

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KotlinConf @kotlinconf.com · 1d

⏳ Just three weeks left to submit your talk for KotlinConf’26!
👉 https://sessionize.com/kotlinconf-2026/

“Don’t forget that we also accept lightning talks! If you feel like your content would have to be padded to fill a regular session, it might be more enjoyable as a lightning talk.” – @zsmb.co

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Márton Braun @zsmb.co · 2d

I guess we're learning about bankruptcy in today's Kotlin lecture.

Márton Braun @zsmb.co · 4d

It's still based on the JVM desktop target, like before. I talked a bit about this at the end of my talk about Hot Reload, here: youtu.be/gWlLGfbsHfk?...

Blazing Fast UI Development with Compose Hot Reload - Márton Braun | droidcon London 2025

YouTube video by droidcon & fluttercon

youtu.be

Márton Braun @zsmb.co · 4d

Compose Multiplatform 1.10 will bundle Compose Hot Reload, so you don't even need to set up the plugin separately!

You can already try it in beta01:

Release 1.10.0-beta01 · JetBrains/compose-multiplatform · GitHub

Compose Multiplatform, a modern UI framework for Kotlin that makes building performant and beautiful user interfaces easy and enjoyable. - Release 1.10.0-beta01 · JetBrains/compose-multiplatform

github.com

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Márton Braun @zsmb.co · 5d

Help us get a better picture of who uses KMP and CMP, and share your feedback about your experience with the team in the yearly survey:

Kotlin Multiplatform Survey 2025

Kotlin Multiplatform Survey 2025.

surveys.jetbrains.com

Márton Braun @zsmb.co · 6d

Google doesn't want you to know about this one weird trick to have convenient, global access to Context in your apps!

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Márton Braun @zsmb.co · 6d

Actually, we can remove the ratings from a review while still keeping the review text itself there in situations like this. Which makes sense for reviews that are simply outdated.

Márton Braun @zsmb.co · 7d

I believe we could technically remove the (now) factually incorrect reviews via moderation, but that's never a good time. I'd much rather have people leave updated reviews, though I know very few people actually will.

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Márton Braun @zsmb.co · 7d

The KMP IDE plugin is now available in every IDE and OS combination you might need! Now including Android Studio support on Windows and Linux.

We'd also really appreciate some fresh reviews on it, as most reviews are complaints about availability 😅

Kotlin Multiplatform - IntelliJ IDEs Plugin | Marketplace

This plugin for IntelliJ IDEA and Android Studio enables you to develop Kotlin Multiplatform applications targeting Android, iOS, desktop, web, and server. Write...

plugins.jetbrains.com

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Márton Braun @zsmb.co · 7d

Still in heated competition with YouTube to see which app can break more times per day 😕

Márton Braun @zsmb.co · 8d

If you're in Budapest on the 18th of November, join us for the next Android meetup!

Android Budapest November 2025, Tue, Nov 18, 2025, 6:00 PM | Meetup

It's time for another Android Budapest meetup. At our November event, you can learn more about the technology and meet fellow mobile devs in person! As usual, we’ll have t

www.meetup.com

Márton Braun @zsmb.co · 8d

One of the coolest things about Pixel phones is their Now Playing feature. Especially when it tells me confidently which song my toothbrush sounds like.

Márton Braun @zsmb.co · 8d

There's less than a month left to submit your talk ideas to KotlinConf 2026! Why not do it today?

KotlinConf 2026: Call for Speakers

KotlinConf is an official conference by JetBrains. It is devoted to the Kotlin programming language and is the place for the community to gather and d...

sessionize.com

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Zachary Powell 🥑 @devwithzachary.bsky.social · 12d

pssst. a man of my word the first droidcon London talk is now live! we join @zsmb.co to learn about all things hot reload!

youtu.be/gWlLGfbsHfk?...

#dcldn25

Blazing Fast UI Development with Compose Hot Reload - Márton Braun | droidcon London 2025

YouTube video by droidcon & fluttercon

youtu.be

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Márton Braun @zsmb.co · 12d

The Android team has just released a brand new landing page for Kotlin Multiplatform, explaining the technology and showing how Google and JetBrains are support different parts of the ecosystem!

developer.android.co...

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Márton Braun @zsmb.co · 12d

Just finished my talk Blazing Fast UI Development with Compose Hot Reload 🔥 at #dcldn25!

Slides and resources are shared here: zsmb.co/talks/blazin...

Márton Braun @zsmb.co · 13d

... Am I early?

Márton Braun @zsmb.co · 14d

Last time I had to reset my DNS and proxy setup was 2 days ago! Great fun.

Márton Braun @zsmb.co · 14d

Congrats on your new role at New Job Info coming soon...!

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Kotlin by JetBrains @kotlinlang.org · 14d

We’re running our yearly Kotlin Multiplatform survey to understand how the ecosystem is growing, how our recent releases are performing, and where to focus our efforts next.

Your experiences matter!

Take a few minutes to share your feedback 👉 https://surveys.jetbrains.com/s3/KMP-Survey-2025-B

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