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Mark Murphy @commonsware.com · 29/09/2026

OK, I released jetc.dev Newsletter Issue #333! Stable Wear Compose and Nav3! Compose Multiplatform patch! @johnoreilly.dev on A2UI! Compose for Web and CORS! Android TV search screen! jetc.dev/issues/333 #JetpackCompose #AndroidDev

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Mark Murphy @commonsware.com · 23/09/2026

FWIW, today's release of androidx.transition:transition-ktx:1.7.2 seems to have had issues. No POM exists at those coordinates. androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-runtime-desktop:2.12.0-alpha04 had a similar problem which cleared up about a half-hour ago.

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Mark Murphy @commonsware.com · 22/09/2026

OK, I mailed out jetc.dev Newsletter Issue #332! @chrisbanes.me on Haze versus Compose blurs! Speed dials! Rive! Code editors! And torph! (wait... what's a torph?!?) jetc.dev/issues/332 #JetpackCompose #AndroidDev

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Mark Murphy @commonsware.com · 15/09/2026

Hi! I sent out jetc.dev Newsletter Issue #331! SideEffect keys! CEF-based WebView and window chrome controls for desktop apps! And... why does the keyboard flicker?!? jetc.dev/issues/331 #JetpackCompose #AndroidDev

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Mark Murphy @commonsware.com · 13/09/2026

Make a band edible: Bananas Foster the People

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Mark Murphy @commonsware.com · 08/09/2026

Hey, I just sent out jetc.dev Newsletter Issue #330! Apple TV! Apple foldables! Microsoft Office! And other topics not necessarily involving gigantic firms! jetc.dev/issues/330 #JetpackCompose #AndroidDev

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Mark Murphy @commonsware.com · 01/09/2026

Hey, I just sent out jetc.dev Newsletter Issue #329! Compose Multiplatform `1.12.0`! New Remote Compose and Glance artifact groups! Cross-platform page curls! Streaming Kotlinx HTML via Molecule! And... what does Material3 have against the rich?!? jetc.dev/issues/329 #JetpackCompose #AndroidDev

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Mark Murphy @commonsware.com · 25/08/2026

Hey, I just released jetc.dev Newsletter Issue #328! API modules and composables! LazyColumn() exceptions! 'Select and copy text' for images and videos! jetc.dev/issues/328 #JetpackCompose #AndroidDev

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Mark Murphy @commonsware.com · 23/08/2026

I haven't started watching the new season. Sounds like the crew is in for quite the odyssey! 😁

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Mark Murphy @commonsware.com · 19/08/2026

So, you're saying it's one of the monsters of Ohio? 😁

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Mark Murphy @commonsware.com · 18/08/2026

I mailed out jetc.dev Newsletter Issue #327! Compose stable release! Compose Material3 stable too! Liquid Glass in a multiplatform app! Preview generator! jetc.dev/issues/327 #JetpackCompose #AndroidDev

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Mark Murphy @commonsware.com · 14/08/2026

From its expression, it looks like that kitten has SEEN THINGS. 👀

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Mark Murphy @commonsware.com · 11/08/2026

I just sent out jetc.dev Newsletter Issue #326! @patilshreyas.bsky.social on why we sometimes still need to think about stability! Compose Desktop/Web test bridge! Android debugger for coding agents! And... Places, everyone?!? jetc.dev/issues/326 #JetpackCompose #AndroidDev

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Adam Rawnsley @arawnsley.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Today, August 4, 2026, is the setting of Ray Bradbury’s short story “There Will Come Soft Rains” about a fully automated house continuing on after the family who lived there and the world around it died in a nuclear blast.

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Mark Murphy @commonsware.com · 04/08/2026

OK, I published jetc.dev Newsletter Issue #325! Compose 1.0 five-year anniversary! 1.12.0 RC! Memory leaks! Remote Compose for debugging! And... @aditlal.dev has been through the desert with a state with no name?!? jetc.dev/issues/325 #JetpackCompose #AndroidDev

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Mark Murphy @commonsware.com · 03/08/2026

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension

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Mark Murphy @commonsware.com · 28/07/2026

I just shipped jetc.dev Newsletter Issue #324! PinnableContainer! End-to-end testing! Accessibility scanner! Docked panels! Photo editing! And... do we *really* need Canvas() everywhere?!? jetc.dev/issues/324 #JetpackCompose #AndroidDev

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Mark Murphy @commonsware.com · 27/07/2026

Thanks for including a link to kPointer in this issue!

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Mark Murphy @commonsware.com · 21/07/2026

I shipped jetc.dev Newsletter Issue #323! Alphas! Replacing your base fragment! Official Lottie Compose support! And, I don't think you're ready for this... JellyFab?!? jetc.dev/issues/323 #JetpackCompose #AndroidDev

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Mark Murphy @commonsware.com · 17/07/2026

Look on the bright side! You probably didn't have to blow dust out of them! (IP67 FTW)

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Mark Murphy @commonsware.com · 14/07/2026

I published jetc.dev Newsletter Issue #322! @patilshreyas.bsky.social on SubcomposeLayout! TV Compose! Nav3! Filter bars! Setting screens! And... can we make Compose for Desktop better?!? jetc.dev/issues/322 #JetpackCompose #AndroidDev

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Mark Murphy @commonsware.com · 10/07/2026

As a card-carrying Older Person, I heartily endorse your episode title!

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Mark Murphy @commonsware.com · 07/07/2026

OK, I published jetc.dev Newsletter Issue #321! Compose stable and beta updates! Nav3 migrations! Grid! @skydoves.bsky.social on effects! And GLFW for Compose for Desktop?!? jetc.dev/issues/321 #JetpackCompose #AndroidDev

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Mark Murphy @commonsware.com · 30/06/2026

OK, I released jetc.dev Newsletter Issue #320! Compose... in 3D! Compose Desktop beyond AWT! An independent RemoteCompose player! And, might we get an official Web rendering composable?!? jetc.dev/issues/320 #JetpackCompose #AndroidDev

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Mark Murphy @commonsware.com · 23/06/2026

I just sent out jetc.dev Newsletter Issue #319! Compose patch release! 1.12 beta! Compose Multiplatform alpha! Viewmodel scoping! Coil 3! @romainguy.dev on color mixing! And... iOS is getting Ink?!? jetc.dev/issues/319 #JetpackCompose #AndroidDev

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Márton Braun @zsmb.co · 22/06/2026

The grants from the Kotlin Foundation are a great way to get support for significant projects in the Kotlin ecosystem! Read on below for the details:

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Mark Murphy @commonsware.com · 18/06/2026

It's somewhat clearer -- thanks for taking the time!

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Mark Murphy @commonsware.com · 17/06/2026

Nice! Did you use Sequoia, or something else?

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Mark Murphy @commonsware.com · 17/06/2026

If you are referring to central.sonatype.org/publish/mave...: - "Legitimate" is undefined - "Community" is undefined - "Unusual publishing patterns" is undefined - "Qualifying" is undefined

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Mark Murphy @commonsware.com · 16/06/2026

Hi! I mailed out jetc.dev Newsletter Issue #318! @eevis.codes on acessible links! RemoteCompose! Cross-platform barcode scanning! Blueprints in previews! And... we seem to be short a BOM?!? jetc.dev/issues/318 #JetpackCompose #AndroidDev

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Mark Murphy @commonsware.com · 09/06/2026

OK, I released jetc.dev Newsletter Issue #317! Compose alphas! Compose Multiplatform 1.11.1! Shader-based back nav! Hinges! Curated skills! And camera support... for Compose for Desktop?!? jetc.dev/issues/317 #JetpackCompose #AndroidDev

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Mark Murphy @commonsware.com · 03/06/2026

Nonsense. It's 2026! It will be an AI reproduction of Andy Rooney.

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Mark Murphy @commonsware.com · 02/06/2026

I just shipped jetc.dev Newsletter Issue #316! Android Makers 2026! @eevis.codes on utofill! @sebastiano.dev and @saket.me on test automation! And... can we compose some liquid for our glass?!? jetc.dev/issues/316 #JetpackCompose #AndroidDev

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Mark Murphy @commonsware.com · 26/05/2026

I think that this sort of thing would be a *great* plot twist in your forthcoming novel. 😁

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Mark Murphy @commonsware.com · 26/05/2026

I have not tried it. There is a Web demo on the Laygent site, but you need to paste in your Anthropic or OpenAI API key, which IMHO is not a good idea. Considering its tagline is "The AI-native Compose layout for token-maxxers", I have not decided if Zach means it as a joke or if it is serious.

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Mark Murphy @commonsware.com · 26/05/2026

Hi! I shipped jetc.dev Newsletter Issue #315! Google I|O 2026! Compose Multiplatform 1.11.0! Android is Compose-first! And... an LLM-powered layout?!? jetc.dev/issues/315 #JetpackCompose #AndroidDev

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Mark Murphy @commonsware.com · 26/05/2026

I explained a bit more about Knosh in pac.commonsware.com/archive/intr..., and that newsletter will cover much more about Knosh in the coming weeks. And, you can find Knosh at knosh.commonsware.com.

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Introducing Knosh

In Which the Author Gets All Agentic

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Mark Murphy @commonsware.com · 26/05/2026

While Knosh has a dozen tools at its disposal, there is no Bash or similar shell tool, which limits what the agent can do but limits how much trouble the agent can cause. Mostly, this is a testbed for me as I work to get open models to be useful assistants, as an alternative to the frontier models.

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Mark Murphy @commonsware.com · 26/05/2026

I released the inaugural 0.1.0 of Knosh yesterday. Knosh is a Kotlin NO-SHell coding agent harness (hence, "Knosh"), designed for "one-shot" requests. It supports supplying a full prompt or having Knosh and your chosen model perform more structured tasks, like updating KDocs in specified files.

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Mark Murphy @commonsware.com · 24/05/2026

Sorry, but I cannot really name anything off the top of my head.

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Mark Murphy @commonsware.com · 20/05/2026

I am far from a Flutter expert. AFAIK, Flutter was always an independent initiative within Google. The Flutter community seems big enough to continue regardless of what Google does or does not do regarding future contributions towards Flutter.

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Mark Murphy @commonsware.com · 19/05/2026

What? No player piano? 😁

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Mark Murphy @commonsware.com · 19/05/2026

When I started my Jetpack Compose newsletter (jetc.dev), I got a few comments to the effect of, "um, why?". Once Compose was announced, I expected that this day would come, which is why I started the newsletter early. #ComposeFirst #ViewsRecedingIntoTheDistance

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Mark Murphy @commonsware.com · 15/05/2026

"I've got your nose! No, seriously... did you want that back?"

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Mark Murphy @commonsware.com · 12/05/2026

Took a while for me to parse that, until I realized that I was thinking of a slightly different kind of plane 😅

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Mark Murphy @commonsware.com · 12/05/2026

OK, I uploaded jetc.dev Newsletter Issue #314! Compose BOMs! Stable TV Compose! Form validation! ViewModels! Stylus support! Scrolling! jetc.dev/issues/314 #JetpackCompose #AndroidDev

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Mark Murphy @commonsware.com · 12/05/2026

Slightly increase a band: 4 Doors Down

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Mark Murphy @commonsware.com · 05/05/2026

OK, I sent out jetc.dev Newsletter Issue #313! Bottom tab navigation! @eevis.codes on focus indicators! Hotkey DSL! Syntax highlighting! jetc.dev/issues/313 #JetpackCompose #AndroidDev

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