I was very excited to get to chat more with Seb and Ivan, this time about something I’ve been working on at Google: the new BasicTextField!
Welcome, you've successfully found the new home of my blog! It used to be on dev.to, but I was not comfortable with my posts living under a domain name I didn't control. I've moved all my old posts over here, but I'
Slides: Reimagining text fields in Compose (dcNYC 23)The Compose Text team is completely rethinking the text field APIs from scratch. Come learn why, how we’re approaching the process, and get a sneak peak…Speaker Deck droidcon sources: Reimagining text fields in Compose - droidconThe Compose Text
Code with the Italians invited Halil and me on the show to talk about Compose Text. This was my first time here and we had so much fun! Seb and Ivan are excellent hosts.
I had so much fun writing about Compose's state system that I decided to give a talk about how the snapshot system's algorithm works. I gave this talk initially at droidcon NYC in 2022, then again the next year at droidcon SF. Slides: Opening the shutter