Chris Krueger

Day 4: Momental is now available on the Google Play Store 🥳🎉 I've never released an app so quickly and with so few features. play.google.com/store/apps/d...

Day 3: Building the app Momental for the RevenueCat challenge. 5000 particles, each 1–2 points in size, move upward based on the timer, beginning as an earth. Written in Compose Multiplatform for the iPhone. #shipaton

🎟️ Super Early Bird tickets for KotlinConf 2026 are live! 🗺️ We’re heading to Munich, Germany – a brand-new venue in the heart of Europe. Secure your spot now 👉 kotl.in/conf26-tickets

Nice update in CMP 1.9.0-beta01! "Extended the @Preview annotation with the following parameters: name, group, widthDp, heightDp, locale, showBackground, backgroundColor. IDE (IJ or AS) will pick up these parameters in the same way it works for androidx Preview annotations"

🚀 Compose Multiplatform 1.9.0‑beta01 is out! • Web: Text selection menu + a11y • iOS: Context menu, Voice Control, frame rate voting • Desktop: State save/restore • Preview API upgraded • Material3 🔗 github.com/JetBrains/co... #Kotlin #JetpackCompose #AndroidDev

Redesign the cluttered details page in Compose Multiplatform

New Android Studio agent mode developer.android.com/studio/previ...

Official KMP support for Firebase is requested a lot whenever we talk to developers. If you want to let the team at Google know, please vote for and add a comment on this issue explaining why you want to see this: firebase.uservoice.c...

Google confirms it's 'combining' Chrome OS and Android into a single platform www.androidauthority.com/google-combi...

Just tried new Kotlin/Native smallBinary option in Kotlin 2.2.20-Beta1.in project here (github.com/joreilly/Con...) and seeing over 20% reduction in size when building release version 🚀 btw remember to set following! kotlin.native.binary.smallBinary=true

My app page on the Google Play Store has been updated! 🥳 250 reviews and ranked in the 7th position for subscription keywords.

My biggest mistake was buying a yearly subscription to an AI model.

Build the entire website with Cursor - no own code written! resubs.app

The current ReSubs icon is too minimalistic and doesn't visualize the subscription well enough. Also, the color is too serious. I will change the icon to a wallet with a positive blue background color.

WOAH! 🎉🥳 This is the first time I have developed and released an iOS application. As an Android developer, I was never motivated to jump into the iOS ecosystem and build something. However, covering at least both mobile platforms is essential to grow a product. apps.apple.com/de/app/resub...

What are your thoughts on the new Google Material 3 Expressive?

WOAH! 🎉🥳 This is the first time I have developed and released an iOS application. As an Android developer, I was never motivated to jump into the iOS ecosystem and build something. However, covering at least both mobile platforms is essential to grow a product. apps.apple.com/de/app/resub...

Google has announced the new Material 3 Expressive, designed to express the emotion of the user.

I quit my job at KAYAK, even with an excellent salary, just to become a full-time indie developer. 🥳 Although the market timing isn’t perfect, this gives me more time to explore new opportunities to grow my apps.

The new back handling in CMP 1.8 looks smooth!

Writing almost entirely without Swift code is possible with the new CMP 1.8 library and other improved libraries. Only three Swift files are in the project: AppDelegate, ComposeView, and iOSApp. The app ReSubs doesn't feel native in all aspects, but it gets very close.

Compose for iOS is stable now! 🎉 blog.jetbrains.com/kotlin/2025/...

With the new Android Studio Cloud we can develop on any device such as iPad 🎉

Introducing a paywall during onboarding might seem like an obvious choice for monetization, but my recent experiment suggests otherwise. I ran an XP with a paywall on around 100,000 users. • Total Revenue: -13% • Purchase Revenue: +4.3% • Ad Revenue: -21% • Onboarding Closed: -9.7%

After adding 25+ translations in the Compose Resources, the Res imports in Kotlin aren't recognizable in AS anymore :(

Just bought a ticket for the droidcon lisbon 2025 🎉 www.lisbon.droidcon.com

Be aware of following if updating to Xcode 16.3 youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/KT-764... #KMP #CMP

Make changes to your UI code in a Compose Multiplatform application immediately is a game changer. github.com/JetBrains/co...

The schedule for the KotlinConf 2025 is available. kotlinconf.com/schedule/?da...

Which AI model understands #Kotlin the best? Here’s an interesting blog about this topic. blog.jetbrains.com/kotlin/2025/...

And I tried to improve the performance via asSequence() 🤦‍♂️

The 2nd Beta of Android 16 has been released! android-developers.googleblog.com/2025/02/seco...

🚀 Ktor 3.1.0 is here! This release brings many improvements, including: ✅ SSE improvements ✅ A new CLI project configurator ✅ HttpClient multipart ✅ New feedback collection tools Read the blog post and start building your next project today! kotl.in/nh4wsk

Compose Multiplatform supports back handling now! github.com/JetBrains/co...

Bug fixes and beta releases headline today's #JetpackReleaseNotes with releases of Compose 1.7.8, Fragment 1.8.6, Navigation 2.8.7, Paging 3.3.6, and Wear Compose 1.4.1 plus Room KMP's first beta release! developer.android.com/jetpack/andr...

Fleet offers intriguing UX and feature solutions but is deficient in other functionality. It proves helpful for KMP and iOS projects. Nevertheless, I find coding more efficient in Android Studio, and I hope they will further enhance iOS support in AS. blog.jetbrains.com/kotlin/2025/...

Exciting change for Kotlin Multiplatform devs: JetBrains Preview will work in Android Studio soon! youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/KTIJ-3...

Apps like Duolingo, Cat AI, and Waterlama have a similar onboarding structure that includes: - An intro page featuring - An explanation page with key features - A setup page with multiple sections - A notification prompt page - A rating prompt page - A paywall page at the end

Here is new tool to find Kotlin / KMP libraries! klibs.io

The project is written in #KotlinMultiplatform. Here are the top-used libraries: - Kotlin 2.0 - Kotlin Datetime - Kotlin Serialization - koin / koin annotations - Compose Multiplatform - coil - ktor - Room / SQLite - RevenCat - JacksonCSV - Firebase - Timber - Moko Permissions

Development hours that I spend for building a new Android app: Project setup - 15h Subscription list - 23h Subscription form - 28h Details page - 15h Templates page - 12h Settings page - 15h Paywall & monetarization - 16h Import CSV files - 11h Notification - 11h Currency - 5h → 160h for the MVP

Made an #AndroidDev Starter Pack! Please let me know if I missed anyone so I can connect with them as well 😁 go.bsky.app/Etd57t6

Applied to the #RCGrowthChallenge from @revenuecat.com. Here is my story ⬇️ x.com/ChrisKrueger...

Can anyone remember the popular library Picasso for image loading? The library is deprecated now 😔 github.com/square/picas... #AndroidDev

Claude allows your own writing style, so the generated text doesn't look like fake anymore!

Interesting article: Benchmarking Koin vs. Dagger Hilt proandroiddev.com/benchmarking... #AndroidDev #KotlinMultiplatform

There are no ads on Bluesky. I wonder how they will earn money in the long term 🤷‍♂️