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Angelina Andronova

Angelina Andronova

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Aug 6

Two things called “State”: how mutableStateOf and StateFlow really work underneath

You have two imports open. Both types have a .value. Both are “observable.” Both hold a single piece of state that something else reacts…

Two things called “State”: how mutableStateOf and StateFlow really work underneath

Angelina Andronova

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Aug 2

Surviving process death: Android vs KMP vs Flutter

Every mobile OS will eventually kill your app to reclaim memory — silently, with no warning. Three frameworks, three very different answers…

Surviving process death: Android vs KMP vs Flutter

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ProAndroidDev

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Angelina Andronova

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Jul 26

How Many Trees Does Your Framework Need?

Android Native vs KMP vs Flutter — a series comparing how the three mobile stacks solve the same problems differently. Part 4: the data…

How Many Trees Does Your Framework Need?

Angelina Andronova

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Jul 22

One Tap, Three Threads: Where Does the Work Actually Run?

Tap a button, and somewhere behind that tap, real work has to happen — parse a file, decode an image, chew through some data. Do that work…

One Tap, Three Threads: Where Does the Work Actually Run?

Angelina Andronova

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Jul 18

The Compose Clinic: Three Symptoms, One Patient

Three developers walk into the clinic.

The Compose Clinic: Three Symptoms, One Patient

Angelina Andronova

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Jul 17

One Badge, Three Deliveries: How Android, Flutter, and Compose Keep Your UI in Sync

Android Native vs Flutter vs KMP — a series comparing how the three mobile stacks solve the same problems differently. Part 2: state…

Three cartoon panels. LiveData: a receptionist tells a person entering “Latest count: 2”. Stream (Flutter): a person walks in after a loudspeaker announcement and wonders what they missed. StateFlow: the person walks in and reads “count: 2” written on a whiteboard.

Angelina Andronova

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Jul 16

Compose Doesn’t Redraw Everything — Here’s Who Decides

Drag a slider in a Compose app and watch it track your finger perfectly, 60 times a second. Every fiber of your instinct says this should…

Compose Doesn’t Redraw Everything — Here’s Who Decides

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ProAndroidDev

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Angelina Andronova

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Jul 16

One Tap, Three Machines: How Android Views, Flutter, and Compose Actually Render Your UI

Android Native vs Flutter vs KMP — a series comparing how the three mobile stacks solve the same problems differently. Part 1: rendering…

One Tap, Three Machines: How Android Views, Flutter, and Compose Actually Render Your UI

Angelina Andronova

Angelina Andronova

Senior mobile engineer — Android · Kotlin Multiplatform · Flutter. I take frameworks apart to see how they think

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