Weekly Digest
Jan 9 - Jan 15, 2023
6 articles that week
Nested Scroll with Jetpack Compose
Syntia from Blibli.com tackles one of Jetpack Compose's most frustrating gotchas: the dreaded nested scroll crash. If you've ever hit that 'infinity maximum height constraints' error, this one's for you.
Android Studio Electric Eel Release Celebration
Roger Hu from Square reveals how Android Studio Electric Eel slashed their sync times by 60%. For a team managing 3,000+ Gradle subprojects, that's not just faster—it's 1,600 hours of developer time saved annually.
React Native Version 0.71 Release
React Native 0.71 just dropped with TypeScript as the default, and it's the biggest developer experience upgrade in years. If you're still wrestling with layout spacing or accessibility props, this changes everything.
Why are app sizes so big now?
Bank of America's app is 448 MB. McDonald's is 251 MB. When did ordering fries require half a gigabyte?
Lottie vs Rive: Optimizing Mobile App Animation
Animations can make or break your app's performance. Choosing between Lottie and Rive isn't just about features: it's about understanding the tradeoffs that impact your users' experience.
Build an end to end JSON logging system for clients apps
Liang Ma and Wei Zhu from Pinterest built a JSON logging system that catches production issues hours before traditional metrics even notice. Here's how they gave mobile teams real-time visibility into 300 billion ideas.