KotlinKenya | Android254 March Meetup
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# 🚀 KotlinKenya | Android254 March Meetup ✨
Hello Android254 community! 👋
Our March Meetup is here — bringing bigger ideas, deeper learning, and stronger community connections 🚀🔥
📅 Date: Saturday, March 21st
📍 Venue: Daystar University — Nairobi Campus, Mbagathi Way
⏰ Time: 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM (EAT)
📱 Event Type: In-Person Meetup
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## 🎯 What to Expect
This March, we’re bringing together Android and Kotlin developers for an afternoon of learning, sharing ideas, and connecting with fellow engineers in the community.
Expect insightful technical sessions, practical knowledge you can apply in real projects, and great conversations with developers across different experience levels.
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## 🎤 Speakers & Sessions
1️⃣ Composition Local in Jetpack Compose and CMP — Oliver Kipkemei
Discover how to propagate data down the Compose tree without passing it explicitly through every composable, using CompositionLocal as a lightweight, scoped dependency injection mechanism for UI values.
2️⃣ Mastering Jetpack Compose Previews for Faster UI Development — Jacqui Gitau
Jetpack Compose Previews are more than just a convenience feature—they’re a powerful development tool that improves productivity, UI correctness, and collaboration across design and engineering.
This talk dives deep into the technical capabilities of Compose Previews and shows how Android engineers can dramatically speed up UI development. You’ll explore:
• How previews work under the hood
• Structuring composables to be preview-friendly
• Advanced preview configurations: multiple devices, font scales, UI modes, and localization
• Using annotations like `@Preview`, `@PreviewParameter`, and `@Device` to simulate real-world conditions directly in the IDE
By the end, you’ll walk away with practical patterns for building previewable composables, strategies for preview-driven UI development, and techniques for testing UI states without launching the app.
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## ✨ Why Attend?
Whether you're just getting started with Android or already deep in the ecosystem, this meetup is a great opportunity to:
• Learn from experienced engineers
• Discover practical Android and Kotlin techniques
• Connect with the local developer community
• Share ideas and experiences
We look forward to seeing you there!
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