Exploring the Kotlin Multiplatform Wizard — Start your multi-platform development journey with the Kotlin Multiplatform Wizard and unleash the potential of building applications for mobile, desktop, and server using a single code base. This blog post explores the capabilities of the new Kotlin Multiplatform Wizard in detail. …

AWS Account Setup: Key to Successful AWS CDK Deployment This tutorial provides step-by-step instructions on how to configure an AWS account and its permissions to use with AWS CDK. Introduction I have a project that requires the deployment of a cloud infrastructure on AWS. The infrastructure consists of several containers that communicate via Kafka. …

Getting Started — This article provides a step-by-step guide for incorporating Lottie animations into Jetpack Compose apps. Lottie animations are scalable, vector-based animations that can be manipulated in real-time, making them ideal for mobile applications. Introduction Lottie, developed by Airbnb, is an open-source tool for incorporating high-quality, vector-based animations in applications. These animations, exported…

Receive and display MIDI messages on your Android device — It has been 10 years since I wrote my first mobile app. Back then, I acquired a new MacBook and a MIDI piano that I wanted to analyze. So, I started coding and published the results in the Apple AppStore. Later, I also released the fundamental source code for receiving…

Learn how to develop cross-platform mobile applications for iOS and Android using Kotlin. — This post provides an introduction to Kotlin Multiplatform Mobile and how to develop cross-platform mobile applications for iOS and Android using Kotlin. Introduction Kotlin Multiplatform Mobile (KMM) is a technology that allows developers to share code between different platforms such as Android, iOS, and web applications. It uses Kotlin, a modern…

Create a Kotlin data class from JSON code automatically. — This post describes how to use a plugin called “JSON To Kotlin Class” that automatically creates a Kotlin data class from JSON code in Android Studio. Imagine you have a piece of JSON code that you need to send or receive from a REST service, for example. …

Adding AI-Generated Text to Your Android App with Jetpack Compose and GPT — This tutorial teaches you how to build a GPT client for Android using Jetpack Compose in Kotlin. The tutorial covers how to send a request to the OpenAI GPT API and decode the JSON response to display the generated text. Note that this tutorial will focus on the logic for…

Adding AI-Generated Text to Your iOS App with SwiftUI and GPT — This tutorial teaches you how to build a GPT client for iOS using SwiftUI. The tutorial covers how to send a request to the OpenAI GPT API and decode the JSON response to display the generated text. Note that this tutorial will focus on the logic for sending and receiving…

A Practical Introduction — In this tutorial, you’ll learn the basics of Jetpack Compose Navigation, which is a set of related classes that help you create clearly structured and easy-to-understand code for navigation in your Android app. By using these classes, you’ll be able to simplify the navigation code and make it more organized…