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Kotlin 1.6.20 arrives with better Java class interop
Latest update to the versatile language from JetBrains offers improvements for JVM, JavaScript, and native development.
Google Flutter 2.10 intros stable support for Windows
With the latest Flutter update, Windows joins iOS and Android as Flutter targets for production-ready apps. MacOS and Linux desktop support are still in beta.
Microsoft .NET MAUI Preview 11 updates Windows UI styling
Latest preview of the successor to Xamarin.Forms introduces support for Windows 11 UI styles and multi-window applications on MacOS, iPadOS, and Windows.
Flutter 2.8 boosts mobile performance
Major rev of the Google-developed cross-platform development framework promises faster startup and lower resource requirements for mobile apps, along with easier ways to connect with back-end services.
Kotlin 1.6.0 debuts memory manager
Memory manager for Kotlin/Native lifts restrictions on object sharing between threads and offers leak-free, concurrent programming primitives.
Kotlin roadmap points to compiler, mobile improvements
Android and iOS code sharing technology, namespace prototype, code coverage plug-in, and documentation generation tool also in the works.
Microsoft Power Apps review: Sweeter than Honeycode
Much more than a no-code builder, Power Apps lets you add functionality with Excel-like formulas, easily connects to external data sources, and integrates with Power Automate for flow editing and Power BI for data analysis.
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.
Google Flutter gains sound null safety, payments plug-in
Version 2.2 of the UI toolkit for building Android, iOS, Linux, Windows, macOS, web, and embedded applications was unveiled this week.
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 Jetpack Compose Android UI toolkit now in beta
Declarative UI toolkit is intended to ease the development of native applications across Android platforms.
Android 12 developer preview bolsters privacy, user experience
Developers can play with new capabilities in security, privacy, media transcoding, rich content insertion, audio, and more.
Android Studio improves machine learning support
Android Studio 4.1 highlights include a database inspector and easier import of TensorFlow Lite models into Android apps
Kotlin mobile SDK shares code across Android, iOS
The Kotlin Multiplatform Mobile plug-in allows developers to write, run, and debug shared code in Android Studio
Google’s UI toolkit for Android moves to alpha release
A production version of the framework for building Android UIs, called Jetpack Compose, is due next year
