Lately, I’ve been working with a legacy multi-module project in Android. I aimed to complete all the application initialization in my newly created module. However, the legacy module had an Application class of it’s own with quite a bit of logic. I faced a problem - how do
Ktor has many engines, but each one comes with its own unique challenges + configurations. This is the price that must be paid for being a highly flexible framework. The Ktor team has done a wonderful job. The fact that Ktor can work with so many platforms is amazing. I'
One of the core aspects of KMP is source sets, which help us organize multi-platform code. In order for the app to compile properly and interact with platform-specific APIs, it's important to familiarize yourself with this concept. I've put together this post to help you understand
Fellow Android developers - beware! Breaking changes in Android 16. 🚨 Android will ignore the orientation attribute in your Manifest starting from Android 16. So if your app is forcing this and you're targeting the latest Android - your UI might get messed up. While this is, of course,
Kotlin has many concise operators, but one of the “confusing” ones is the:: operator. You’ve probably seen it a bunch of times in projects you’ve worked in. Java has it as well. The :: operator is called the callable reference operator. It gives you a reference to a function,
I recently gave a talk at SeniorDev where I shared a decision tree to help teams choose between these three cross-platform frameworks. Each has strengths, but the “right” choice depends on your existing codebase, team experience, goals, and release timelines. So I put together this decision tree to help you
Why I have 4 names.You might have noticed lately that I use Mykola and Nikolay interchangeably. I also have 2 other names that I use - Nick and Kolya (Коля). Let me explain. I come from Ukraine but from a Russian-speaking family. At birth, I was given the name
Now that I'm back from vacation, I'm fully engaged in the process of building my course. Today, I pinned down the structure of the 3rd section, which will mostly cover the networking part. So here it is... What do you think? Anything you would add or
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