Kotlin Weekly #238

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Announcements

Multik: Multidimensional Arrays in Kotlin
JetBrains has released Multik, the first preview of a library that aims to serve as a foundation for performing computations over multidimensional arrays.
blog.jetbrains.com

Server-side With Kotlin Webinar Series, Vol 2
Kotlin for server-side webinars keep going. Between February 18 and March 18 JetBrains will host 4 webinars to explore applied software development with Kotlin on server-side through live-coding sessions.
blog.jetbrains.com

First preview of Android 12
The first Android 12 Preview is out. Check out some of the next goodies they will include
android-developers.googleblog.com

Articles

Leroy Merlin Case Study: Building Customer-Facing Flagship App with KMM
In this new Case Study, Leroy Merlin explains how they built their Flagship app using KMM.
blog.jetbrains.com

Different Approaches in Consuming KMM Modules in iOS
iOS seems less natural for KMM, and hence a few operations might be more convoluted. In this article, Malvin Sutanto explains how iOS apps can consume KMM modules.
medium.com

The Best Way to Collect a Flow in Kotlin – launchIn
Sometimes we need to collect FLows for any reason. Sam Edwards wrote an opinionated guide on the best way to do it.
handstandsam.com

Learning about Explicit API mode in Kotlin
Explicit API mode come with 1.4 to facilitate life to library authors. Kenji Tomita wrote an article about how to use it.
dev.to

Functional Domain Modeling in Kotlin
The goal of functional domain modeling is to describe your business domain as accurately as possible. Check out in this article by Simon Vergauwen how it applies to Kotlin.
www.47deg.com

Sponsored

Kotlin-first Android Chat SDK with New UI Components
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getstream.io

Android

Considerations when creating Android libraries
Developing libraries for Android requires a few considerations, especially when interacting between Java and Kotlin. Check out in this article some tips to deal with libraries.
medium.com

Data Integrity: CRC with Kotlin on Android
Data verification can be done through different mechanisms. Ghulam Nasir from QuickBird explains how to do it using CRC with Kotlin.
quickbirdstudios.com

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