Weekly tech newsletter by iRoid #5

Welcome to Weekly tech newsletter by iRoid — a newsletter on new development and updates of tech universe curated by iRoid team, delivered every Week.

 

Articles

Higher order functions in Kotlin — Under the hood

In this article, the author talks about the mechanism behind the higher order functions.

 

Jetpack Navigation Component: Manual Implementation of Multiple Back Stacks

At the end of this article, you will know how to manually implement the navigation component and support multiple back stacks using a custom toolbar and bottom navigation.

 

How to handle deep links with complex paths? Like this!

In this article, the author talks about the possibilities in handling complex paths in deep links using new attributes: pathAdvancedPattern, pathSuffix available from Android 12.0, and the nuances of its use.

 

JWT Authentication and Refresh Token in Android with Retrofit Interceptor & Authenticator

In this article, you will learn the implementation of JWT (JSON Web Token) authentication and silent refresh with Retrofit Interceptor and Authenticator. A silent token refresh is necessary when the token expires and the response from the server is 401 Unauthorized. Instead of logging out the user, we’ll refresh the token and continue the request.

 

Jetpack Compose Migration: Best Practices and Strategies

This article is all about the author’s experience, the challenges he faced, the thought process behind the migration, and the design decisions he took. If you find this interesting or you are thinking about migrating your application to Compose, then this article is for you, and learn from the author’s amazing experience.

 

Preference DataStore (The Generic Way)

In this article, the author talks about the implementation of Preference DataStore in a more generic way.

 

Jetpack Compose state deconstructed

States are one of the most important concepts in Jetpack Compose, knowing how to use them is an asset for anyone who wants to use this tool. In this article, the author will try to dissect this concept in order to understand it, no matter if you are a novice or not.

 

Libraries

horologist

Horologist is a group of libraries that aim to supplement Wear OS developers with features that are commonly required by developers but not yet available.

 

compose-destinations

Annotation processing library for type-safe Jetpack Compose navigation with no boilerplate.

 

Videos

Optimize paywall conversion — App growth

 

TOP 3 Mistakes With Jetpack Compose (Avoid at All Cost 😱)

 

How to Create a Magic Text That Always Fits Its Container — Jetpack Compose Tutorial

 

Return a value from a Kotlin Coroutine Scope — Explained

 

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