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Keyboard Simple
May 2023 – Present
A lightweight Android keyboard library distributed via JitPack for easy integration into any Android project.
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+1 Projects by Carlos Alarcon
Posts by Carlos Alarcon
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8 GoF Patterns That Decide If Your Android App Scales
April 4, 2026Most mobile apps don't fail because of bad features — they fail because of bad architecture. Here are the 8 Gang of Four patterns that directly impact scale and reliability in production Android apps.
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Pretext: The 15 kb Library That Bypasses Your Browser's Most Expensive Operation
April 4, 2026Every time your JavaScript measures text with getBoundingClientRect(), the browser discards its entire layout tree and recalculates from scratch. Pretext eliminates that cost using canvas arithmetic — and the results are dramatic.
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Remote Compose: Server-Driven UI Comes to Android the Right Way
April 1, 2026Remote Compose (androidx.compose.remote) lets you define Compose UI on a server and render it on any Android device without a Play Store update. Here's how it works, why it matters, and how it compares to existing approaches.
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Android 17 Beta 3: Platform Stability Reached — What Developers Need to Know
March 27, 2026Android 17 Beta 3 (API level 37) marks platform stability. APIs are locked, apps can now target Android 17 on Google Play. Here's a full breakdown of every new API, breaking change, and what to do right now.
C 7 min readandroidkotlinandroid-17