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You know layouts. You know modifiers. Now let’s learn the components you will use in every single screen — Text, Button, Image, and TextField. These are the building blocks of every Android app. Get comfortable with them and you can build almost anything. Text — Showing Words on Screen You have already used Text, but there is much more to it. Basic Text Text("Hello, World!") Styling Text Text( text = "Styled Text", fontSize = 24.sp, fontWeight = FontWeight.Bold, color = Color.Blue, letterSpacing = 1.sp, textAlign = TextAlign.Center, modifier = Modifier.fillMaxWidth() ) All the Style Options Property What It Does Example fontSize Text size 16.sp, 24.sp fontWeight Thickness FontWeight.Bold, FontWeight.Light fontStyle Italic or normal FontStyle.Italic color Text color Color.Red, Color(0xFF333333) textAlign Alignment TextAlign.Center, TextAlign.End letterSpacing Space between letters 2.sp lineHeight Space between lines 28.sp maxLines Maximum number of lines 1, 3 overflow What happens when text is too long TextOverflow.Ellipsis textDecoration Underline or strikethrough TextDecoration.Underline Truncating Long Text When text is too long for the available space: ...

A few years ago, AI coding tools just suggested the next line while you typed. Helpful, but you still wrote most of the code. That changed completely. In 2026, AI coding agents don’t just suggest — they plan, write, test, and ship code on their own. You describe what you want, and the agent builds it. It creates files, edits existing code, runs your tests, fixes failures, and opens a pull request. ...

In the previous tutorial, we learned how to arrange things on screen with Column, Row, and Box. But everything looked plain. No padding. No colors. No borders. That is where Modifiers come in. Modifiers are how you control everything about how a Composable looks and behaves — size, spacing, color, shape, click behavior, scrolling, and more. If layouts are the skeleton, modifiers are the skin and muscles. What is a Modifier? A Modifier is a chain of instructions that you attach to a Composable. Each instruction changes one thing about how it looks or acts. ...

Anthropic just launched a promotion that doubles Claude’s usage limits — and it works on every plan, including free. Here is what you need to know. The Deal From March 13 to March 27, 2026, Claude doubles your usage limits during off-peak hours. Off-peak: Outside 8 AM – 2 PM Eastern (5 AM – 11 AM Pacific) What doubles: All usage limits — messages, tokens, everything Bonus usage doesn’t count toward your weekly limits That means if you use Claude in the evening, at night, or early morning, you get twice as much as usual — and it doesn’t eat into your regular quota. ...

Claude Code is one of the most powerful AI coding tools in 2026. But setting it up for the first time can be confusing. Terminal-based. No GUI. No install wizard. This guide will walk you through everything — from installation to your first real coding session. What is Claude Code? Claude Code is an AI coding agent that runs in your terminal. You type what you want in plain English, and it reads your code, makes changes, runs commands, and even handles git — all by itself. ...

You don’t need to pay $20/month to use AI for coding. There are free tools that are actually good — some are even better than what we had with paid tools two years ago. I tested every major free AI coding tool in 2026. Here is what works, what doesn’t, and which one you should pick. Quick Comparison Tool Free Completions Free Chat Works In Best For GitHub Copilot 2,000/month 50 messages VS Code, JetBrains, Neovim Best all-around free option Gemini Code Assist 180,000/month Yes VS Code, JetBrains, Android Studio Most generous free tier Cursor Limited Limited Cursor (VS Code fork) Best editor experience Windsurf Limited Yes Windsurf (VS Code fork) Good agent features for free Amazon Q Developer Unlimited 50/month VS Code, JetBrains AWS developers Continue Unlimited Unlimited VS Code, JetBrains Open source, use any AI model Claude.ai Daily limit Yes Browser Best for complex questions Now let me break down each one. ...

You have probably heard this term everywhere in 2026. On X, on YouTube, on Reddit. Everyone is talking about “vibe coding.” But what does it actually mean? Let me explain it in simple words. What is Vibe Coding? Vibe coding means you describe what you want in plain English, and AI writes the code for you. You don’t write the code yourself. You don’t even look at the code most of the time. You just tell the AI what to build, check if it works, and keep going. ...

Three tools. Millions of developers using them. And everyone has a different opinion. I have used all three — Cursor, Claude Code, and GitHub Copilot — for real projects. Not toy demos. Real apps with real deadlines. Here is what I found. No hype. No affiliate bias. Just what actually works. Quick Answer (If You Are in a Hurry) Use Case Best Tool Day-to-day coding, fast edits Cursor Big refactors, complex debugging Claude Code Enterprise teams, JetBrains users GitHub Copilot Cheapest option GitHub Copilot ($10/month) Best AI model quality Claude Code (Opus 4.6) Best overall editor experience Cursor If you want details — keep reading. ...

In the previous tutorial, we wrote our first Composable. But one Text on the screen is not an app. You need to put things next to each other, below each other, and on top of each other. That is what layouts do. Compose gives you three main layout components: Column — puts things vertically (top to bottom) Row — puts things horizontally (left to right) Box — puts things on top of each other (like layers) Every screen you will ever build uses a combination of these three. Master them and you can build anything. ...

Your app is growing. Your code is getting messy. Let’s fix that. Jetpack Compose makes building Android UI easy. But here is the problem — when your app gets bigger, things get complicated fast. Buttons, loading spinners, error messages… suddenly your code is everywhere. MVI can help you organize all of this. In this guide, you will learn: What MVI means (in plain words) Why it works so well with Jetpack Compose How to build a real example, step by step Mistakes you should avoid Let’s start. ...