https://appmama.app/blog/ Practical guides to building Android apps: Gradle, Jetpack Compose, design, architecture and shipping. en Thu, 05 Nov 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://appmama.app/blog/gradle-version-catalogs https://appmama.app/blog/gradle-version-catalogs Thu, 05 Nov 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Set up libs.versions.toml in an Android project: versions, libraries, bundles, plugins, BOMs, convention plugins and migrating from ext or buildSrc. https://appmama.app/blog/fix-android-gradle-build-errors https://appmama.app/blog/fix-android-gradle-build-errors Thu, 05 Nov 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Fix Android Gradle build errors: AGP/Gradle/JDK mismatches, duplicate classes, JVM target, compileSdk, namespace, out-of-memory and R8 missing classes. https://appmama.app/blog/jetpack-compose-vs-xml https://appmama.app/blog/jetpack-compose-vs-xml Thu, 05 Nov 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Jetpack Compose vs XML views: which to pick for a new Android app, how ComposeView and AndroidView interop works, real performance, and how to migrate. https://appmama.app/blog/material-3-compose-theming https://appmama.app/blog/material-3-compose-theming Thu, 05 Nov 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Material 3 theming in Jetpack Compose: color roles, dynamic color, dark theme, typography, shapes and custom tokens, with code you can copy. https://appmama.app/blog/android-app-architecture https://appmama.app/blog/android-app-architecture Thu, 05 Nov 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Modern Android app architecture in practice: UI state, ViewModel and StateFlow, unidirectional data flow, repositories, use cases and modules. https://appmama.app/blog/essential-android-libraries https://appmama.app/blog/essential-android-libraries Thu, 05 Nov 2026 09:00:00 +0000 The essential Android libraries for a new Compose app: Room, DataStore, Retrofit vs Ktor, Coil, Hilt vs Koin, WorkManager, Navigation 3, Paging, Timber. https://appmama.app/blog/reduce-android-app-size https://appmama.app/blog/reduce-android-app-size Thu, 05 Nov 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Cut your Android APK and AAB size with R8, resource shrinking, App Bundles, WebP, locale filters and native lib tuning, measured with APK Analyzer. https://appmama.app/blog/room-vs-datastore https://appmama.app/blog/room-vs-datastore Thu, 05 Nov 2026 09:00:00 +0000 When to use Room, DataStore or SharedPreferences in an Android app, with Kotlin examples and a step-by-step SharedPreferences to DataStore migration. https://appmama.app/blog/edge-to-edge-android https://appmama.app/blog/edge-to-edge-android Thu, 05 Nov 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Android 15 forces edge-to-edge and Android 16 removes the opt-out. Learn enableEdgeToEdge, WindowInsets in Compose and Views, IME insets and fixes. https://appmama.app/blog/android-signing-keys https://appmama.app/blog/android-signing-keys Thu, 05 Nov 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Debug vs release keys, keystores, Play App Signing and upload keys, secure signingConfigs in Gradle, and how to reset a lost upload key.