Engineering
9 post(s)
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Android Developers: Android 17 will enforce app memory limits, so treat memory like a launch blocker
Android 17 will start enforcing per-app memory limits based on device RAM, and if you blow past them the system can kill your process without a stack trace. The practical play: shrink bytecode with R8, fix bitmap bloat, and add field signals so you can spot memory-limiter exits.
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Apple Developer: iOS 26.5.1 and macOS 26.5.1 are out (June 1, 2026)
A credited summary of Apple’s June 1, 2026 releases drop (iOS 26.5.1 and macOS 26.5.1). The practical takeaway for app teams: update your QA matrix, sanity-check critical flows, and avoid learning about regressions from your reviews.
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Apple ships iOS 26.6 beta (and friends): why release engineering still breaks launches
A credited summary of Apple Developer News (May 26, 2026) announcing iOS 26.6 / iPadOS 26.6 / macOS 26.6 betas. Not a ‘growth’ post, but a reminder that tooling and OS cadence can silently become your biggest go-live risk.
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RevenueCat AI Toolkit: putting subscriptions setup inside coding agents
A credited summary of RevenueCat’s launch of the AI Toolkit (May 22, 2026), a plugin + skills bundle that brings RevenueCat setup, SDK integration, and paywall troubleshooting into tools like Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, and VS Code.
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Google Play Billing Library v9: the small API changes, and the bigger Play discovery shift
A credited summary of RevenueCat’s breakdown of Play Billing Library 9.0 (May 19, 2026) plus the I/O-era Play changes around Gemini discovery, Ask Play, Play Shorts, and churn-reducing billing mechanics.
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Google Play Billing v8 migration: what actually changes (and what to fix before v9)
A credited summary of RevenueCat’s practical migration guide for Play Billing Library v8: what APIs changed, what teams commonly miss, and how to avoid a last-minute scramble when v9 lands.
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Room 3.0 goes Kotlin Multiplatform: what changes (and why it matters for shipping quality apps faster)
A credited summary of Android’s Room 3.0 alpha: KMP-first APIs, KSP-only processing, coroutine-first DAOs, a new groupId/package, and early support for JS/WASM via SQLite driver work.
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Android push notifications: the practical setup checklist (FCM, channels, permission)
A clear, end-to-end guide to Android push notifications: Firebase Cloud Messaging basics, Android 13 permission, notification channels, and common delivery pitfalls.
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Mobile app accessibility in practice: what 110 developers across 43 countries say they actually do
A summary of an ICSE ’26 paper (arXiv) on mobile accessibility practices: why testing happens late, what devs implement first, and the blockers teams hit on iOS vs Android.