Know Your Meme 🤣
Welcome & Hello! 🫂
For some of you, this has been the loveliest month of the year, has it not? 😜 Do not worry if you do not belong to this category of humans for we neither judge nor discriminate. 🤗 As Android254/Kotlin Kenya, we love to love our community members and this past meetup was nothing short of proof of our commitment to providing value to them. We know that some of you missed that amazing event and that is why you are reading this, whether it is from the comfort of your German Machine 🚗 or otherwise...
This is Episode #24 of The Kotlin Kenya Monthly Newsletter... ✍️
Bug Squashers, Feature Code: How Streeek Engineers Build, Ship, and Repeat 🔁
If you are passionate about washing dishes 🧽 and stuff, then this was the session for you. Jokes aside, The Chief Senior Dishwasher, GDE took the attendees through an engaging 'Show and Tell' kind of session featuring his team's latest product, Streeek. By the end of this session or rather masterclass or maybe crash course, the audience acquired the skills needed to successfully build, ship, and iterate on an Android product straight from Ideation 🧠 to Production ✅...
Mastering Efficient Data Loading with Android Paging 🌀
Are you a fanatic of Performance in Android? 😃 If so, then you should have definitely attended the session held by Benard Mathu. He rigorously demonstrated how to use the Paging library to efficiently load data. This session enhanced the Performance skills of the attendees as they later received some goodies 🎁 for participating in the Q and A segment ✋, just like with the other sessions. Do you now see why you should not have missed out on this?
Hai 🤑
To close the day, Sam Ngigi wasted no time ⏳ in showcasing his latest product, Hai, since time is money 💰. Hai is an Android app that is primarily tailored to solve your Financial Health issues by allowing you to:
- Automatically backup/sync all our SMS M-pesa transaction records to your google sheets...
- Get Yearly and Monthly Summary/Retrospectives on spending and income with relevant insights...
Do we even need to tell you how awed the audience was when they were educated on the value that this product would provide to their Financial Health? 😮 Stay tuned for more updates on Hai...
The Announcement 📣
We have an announcement. This is a big one. It is probably our biggest one yet so you better not skip this part 🤨. As you know, Android254/Kotlin Kenya is the best Tech community to ever exist, right? 😌 I mean, can you deny that? 😏 Anyway, to coincide with that fact, we are proud to announce that we will soon be launching an Android app for the community 🥳. Yes, yes, and yes. Soon, you will no longer have to switch between different platforms to access everything about us. From the sessions, to the announcements, to even the newsletter, you will be able to access all of these and much more from the comfort of your smartphone 📱. Of course, we know that you guys [and gals] love building so we will provide you with the GitHub Repository for the app so that you can join us in crafting a product that is built by the community for the community. Does this sound good? 😉 All that we ask is that you follow us on our socials to be in the loop once we make the announcement. We cannot wait to collaborate with you on that project so stay tuned... 👂
The Community Showcase 🙌
Do you want to see what our talented community members have been up to? Here you go: 👇
Flext
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If you have been Job Hunting lately, then you know how brutal it can be. I mean, if you think that this Valentine's season caused a lot of heartbreaks 💔, then you have probably not been around the Job Market for a while. Jokes aside, we have some great news 😃 for you that not even chocolate 🍫 can beat. Built by James Kariuki, one of our community members, we are proud to showcase one of his latest products, Flext. Whether you want to work remotely, on-site, or with a flexible schedule, we connect you to verified, high-paying jobs in tech, marketing, finance, writing, and more.
What makes Flext awesome? Check these out:
✅ No more low offers – Only legit, high-paying jobs.
✅ Work your way – Full-time, part-time, freelance, or remote.
✅ Smart job matching – Find roles that fit your skills perfectly.
✅ One-tap apply – No complicated applications.
Seamless Camera and Media Access on Android 14+ and Legacy Versions 📷
If you have been following Android's evolution [as you should 🤨], then you know that Permissions are central to each iteration of the popular OS. With the introduction of Runtime Permission Handling in Marshmallow ⬜️, Android has been rapidly adjusting how these Permisisons are provided. To agree with this, Valentine Rutto wrote this article 🗒️ that talks about Seamless Camera and Media Access on Android 14+ and Legacy Versions. In her words, "Android 13+ and later versions introduced significant changes in how apps access media files. The adoption of granular permissions requires app updates to ensure proper functionality. This post provides a code overview for capturing an image, saving it to storage, and retrieving it on devices running Android 13+, 14+ as well as older versions."...
Call For Advisors 🗣️
Are you a Product & Engineering professional? ⚙️
Have over 6️⃣ years of experience?
Looking for an opportunity to give back? 🤗
Partnerships for Good is in on a mission to enable motivated youth to thrive as Africa’s next leaders...
Get matched with a student who is keen to learn more about your profession for 1-on-1 mentoring sessions...
The students are in their last semesters of their diploma/certificate in ICT or Computing at either:
- Technical Vocation Education and Training institution or
- Community Based Organisation
Your commitment as an advisor in the 4-week program will be facilitating 1 hour sessions per week as well as some take home assignments...
We are accepting applications on a rolling basis. Visit our LinkedIn page for more info or email us at info@pfgafrica.org
Before You Go 🏃♂️
Hey pssst. 😬 Are you interested in giving a presentation in our upcoming meetups? Do you have what it takes to blow the minds of our esteemed community members? 🤯 Or, do you have that project that you cannot wait to show off to our attendees? Well then, what are you waiting for? 😳 Click me and submit your presentation, will ya?
Until March 🫂
As this meetup comes to a close, we are excited to plan for the next one. 😃 As our community members, we want you to gain the most value from your membership. What better way to do that than getting involved? How can you do that? 🤓 Well, submitting your presentations, telling a friend to tell a friend, and even attending the meetups are more than enough to start you off. We look forward to seeing you in March. Until then, keep coding and do not forget to touch grasss or something... 😉
