Dec 6, 2021

"No one can lead a happy life if they think only of themselves."

Hello! Happy Monday! I was away this weekend and was able to get outside and hangout with some really good friends and recharge. I also have my booster shot this week!

Last week was wildly busy in the Android world. We had talks, Spaces, articles, discussions, and still so much happening before the end of the year!

Also a few updates from me:

We now have a custom domain! Find this and all previous issues at newsletter.stoicallytyped.com
This is issue #30! I’m pretty surprised we’ve made it this far. Thank you so much for being here and reading! I appreciate it more than you know. 😊

I wont block you any longer! Let’s go!

☃️ Fun Stuff

The Advent of Code template project for Kotlin

The Advent of Code started last week! Jetbrains has created a template repository to set you up for success if you want to attempt the daily problems with Kotlin. I’ve been working on them when I have some time and it’s been really fun! Follow along here or on Twitter!

github.com

AndroidDev Wrapped 2021

Every year Spotify assembles your user data into a fun sharable experience to show you your top listening habits. Nishant took this idea and ran with it to make an AndroidDev Wrapped! 😂

twitter.com

📝 Community Content

Android Developer Hangout

Zach Klippenstein gave a talk at the Android Dev Hangout! It was wonderfully in-depth and you can watch the recording below. I hope you can join us next month!

Jetpack Compose with Square Workflow talk by Zach Klippenstein

The Data Structures Behind Git

How does Git save our files? In which data structures are our files persisted? Let’s better understand how Git arranges our data by exploring the existing data structures under the hood.

I thought this article was really awesome. Git is a tool that most software engineers use every single day. It’s fascinating to peer behind the curtain and see how it works!

julianogtz.github.io

Graduating from View IDs

Remembering to assign View IDs for state restoration is a chore, and I’m excited that Compose UI is getting rid of them!

saket.me

Leveraging Kotlin for Tests

Jossi Wolf explains the Given/When/Then method for writing tests and provides examples on how to use Kotlin to streamline writing your tests while also making them more readable! Win win!

jossiwolf.medium.com

🎙 Upcoming Talks

This Friday, Madona and I will be joined by Leland Takamine from mobile.dev. They recently released a library called Direct Android Debug Bridge (dadb) . Come join us and learn what it is and why you might want to use it instead of the standard adb.

Click to go to Twitter and set a reminder

🛠 For Your Toolkit

JetBrains Fleet: The Next-Generation IDE by JetBrains

Sign up to try the new IDE from Jetbrains! They are taking a more lightweight approach (we’ll see how long that lasts) in an attempt to satisfy engineers much like VS Code did when it launched. It also looks like it will have a bunch of remote dev and collaborating features which I’m really excited for!

www.jetbrains.com

🧑🏻‍💻 Android Practice Question

Let's work on the Advent of Code!

No Practice question from me this week!

Instead try one of the Advent of Code problems and tag me on Twitter with your solution or email me a link to your repo! I’ll include some interesting solutions to the problems in the next issue!

For now here’s the first two days by me!

⚠️ Spoiler Warning if you want to attempt Day 01 and 02 yourself. And you should! They are fun problems.

blog.mmckenna.me

⭐️ Answer to Last Week's Question

Last week I asked you about some of your favorite, obscure Kotlin collection functions.

Matt McKenna

@himattm

It's time for another #AndroidPracticeQuestion!

• What is the most obscure #Kotlin Collection function you know?
• What does it do?

11:14 AM - 1 Dec 2021

Little did I know that some of these would be so useful in the Advent of Code! Check out some of the answers in the Twitter thread! I’ve been able to use windowed and associateBy in Day 01 and 02!

Thanks to Sanat, Blundell, Gabor, Halil, Catalin, Adam, Sonu, and Abhishek for some great responses!

💭 Quote of the Week

‘Tis this season of giving! It is not physical gifts that we will be pondering today, but gifts of understanding, of time, and of patience. We are starting the second week of the final month of 2021. A season of holidays and PTO. Children are off from school and families are making plans to see each other. For many this can mean additional stress. This leads us to our quote:

“No one can lead a happy life if they think only of themselves.” — Seneca

I want to challenge you to be a little more patient, understanding and helpful to your teammates in the next few weeks. I guarantee that not pushing more stress to your team will have massive benefits, even if this is a busy season for you. If you are stressed by the season I hope you can find support in your team, even if you can’t or don’t want to ask for it.

If you are having a hard time reply to this email! If you are comfortable talking about it let me know and I can listen or we can find a solution together.

👋 Want more?

Join the discussion on Twitter where I’ll be posting more about Kotlin and Android.

Remember to stay hydrated and have a great week!

Thanks for reading!

- Matt ✌️

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