#​356 — May 21, 2021

Read on the Web

📱 Mobile Dev Weekly

Chris Brandrick recommends

▶  The Google I/O 2021 Developer Keynote — An update on all things developer products and platforms at Google, including Android, the web, Flutter, Firebase, and more. (You can find more highlights from I/O further down in the issue)

Google Developers

Brian Rinaldi recommends

Android 12 Preview: First Look At Google’s Radical New Design — The big change is a new design system Google is debuting called ‘Material You’.

Dieter Bohn

🎥 Videos worth watching from Google I/O:

Brian Rinaldi recommends

What's New in Flutter 2.2? — A look at the changes that were announced at Google I/O 2021.

Vishnubhotla V D V Bharadwaj

Chris Brandrick recommends

Announcing The Swift Mentorship Program — A new contributor program designed to support developers as they become active open source contributors to the Swift project, providing direct mentorship with experienced members of the community.

Apple

Chris Brandrick recommends

On Building a Fluid User Interface — This is a good dive into some of the interaction details of the Instagram Threads messaging app, looking at a few bits of custom UI.

Rishi Mody

Holly Schinsky recommends

How to Make an App Like Uber with React — An overview of what considerations you might have to make (cost, features, process, etc) when creating such an app.

Sara Khan

⚡️ Quick Bits

Android 12 Public Beta Is Now Available: Here’s How to Install It
Ian Carlos Campbell

App Store Stopped Over $1.5 Billion in Suspect Transactions in 2020
Apple

AMP Pages No Longer Get Preferential Treatment in Google Search
Marko Saric

What Do GitHub Stars Say About “Flutter Vs React Native”?
Prasad Jayakumar