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Android 13 brings themed app icons, security tweaks
Latest version of the mobile OS allows app icons to tap into theme preferences and introduces more granular security and privacy features.
Jetpack Compose 1.2 packs text improvements
Google toolkit for building native Android UIs toolkit enables more precise text alignment with font padding, introduces downloadable fonts API.
JetBrains launches cross-platform UI framework for Kotlin
Compose Multiplatform 1.0 allows developers to build user interfaces for the desktop, Android, and web from a single codebase.
Google unveils developer preview of Android 12L
Due in early-2022, Android 12L optimizes the Android system UI for large screens in preparation for the next wave of tablets, foldables, and Chromebooks.
Microsoft weighs in on Surface Duo apps
Microsoft unveils guidance and tools for adapting applications for dual-screen, foldable, and large-screen devices, especially the Surface Duo 2.
Google Flutter 2.5 UI kit is now stable
The updated version hones in on performance and improved capabilities for Android and iOS.
Jetpack Compose for Android turns GA
Google’s ‘modern’ declarative toolkit for building native Android user interfaces is now available in a 1.0 production release.
Microsoft sunsets Xamarin toolkit
With .NET MAUI due to arrive in November 2021, Microsoft announced it would end updates to the Xamarin mobile app development platform in November 2022.
Gradle 7.0 improves incremental builds, backs Java 16
New release of the build automation tool also improves support for Apple Silicon systems.
NativeScript 8.0 shines on Apple M1, Webpack
Latest release of the JavaScript framework for mobile app development also adds new CSS capabilities and plug-ins for ESLint, Apple Pay, and Google Pay.
Google Android team embraces Rust for Android OS development
The Android Open Source Project has adopted the Rust programming language for use in new Android OS development, citing its memory safety advantages over C/C++.
Google wins Java dispute, Oracle remains defiant
Supreme Court has ruled in a 6-2 decision that Google’s use of Java in Android represents fair use and does not infringe on Oracle patents and copyrights.
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