Archive - Outcome School Newsletter

ProGuard vs R8 in Android

Understanding how R8 improves build performance and APK optimization compared to ProGuard.

Nov 9 •

Build Variants in Android

How Build Types and Product Flavors combine to create different versions of your app from a single codebase.

Nov 6 •

StateFlow vs LiveData in Android Development

Understand the key differences and when to use each observable in MVVM architecture.

Nov 2 •

October 2025

ConstraintLayout Internals: Cassowary Algorithm

How Android Uses a Smart Constraint Solver to Arrange Your UI Efficiently

Oct 30 •

How to Implement Debounce Using Coroutines?

Learn how to handle rapid events gracefully in Kotlin with Coroutines.

Oct 26 •

Internals of object class - Singleton in Kotlin

From Kotlin ‘object’ to JVM bytecode: The internals of singleton creation

Oct 23 •

Android StrictMode: Catch Issues Before They Reach Production

Learn how StrictMode helps detect performance bottlenecks, resource leaks, and bad practices before they reach production.

Oct 21 •

Caching in Android: Improving Performance and User Experience

Making Android apps faster by storing and reusing frequently accessed data.

Oct 12 •

implementation vs api in Gradle

Understand how dependency visibility and build performance change when using implementation vs api.

Oct 5 •

September 2025

CI/CD Pipeline for Android

Automating Build, Test, and Deployment for Faster Android Development

Sep 28 •

Desugaring in Android for Backward Compatibility

How Desugaring Lets You Use Modern Java on Legacy Android

Sep 21 •

annotationProcessor, kapt, ksp in Gradle

annotationProcessor, kapt, and ksp Explained for Android Developers.

Sep 17 •

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