• Wants to build or modify a Jetpack Compose UI (screens, components, themes)
• Needs to set up Room database with entities, DAOs, and migrations
• Asks about Kotlin coroutines, Flows, or StateFlow for async work
• Wants to structure an Android project with MVVM or MVI architecture
• Needs to publish an app to Google Play Store (AAB, signing, release tracks)
• Asks about ViewModel, Hilt/Dagger dependency injection, or Navigation Compose
• Wants to handle Android lifecycle (Activity, Fragment, process death)
• Needs to optimize app performance (startup time, memory, ProGuard/R8)

• Cross-platform frameworks (Flutter, React Native, KMP shared logic) - use their dedicated skills
• Backend Kotlin development (Ktor, Spring Boot) without Android UI concerns

data class TaskListUiState(
    val tasks: List<Task> = emptyList(),
    val isLoading: Boolean = false,
)

@HiltViewModel
class TaskListViewModel @Inject constructor(
    private val repository: TaskRepository,
) : ViewModel() {
    private val _uiState = MutableStateFlow(TaskListUiState())
    val uiState: StateFlow<TaskListUiState> = _uiState.asStateFlow()

    init {
        viewModelScope.launch {
            repository.getTasks().collect { tasks ->
                _uiState.update { it.copy(tasks = tasks, isLoading = false) }
            }
        }
    }

    fun addTask(title: String) {
        viewModelScope.launch {
            repository.insert(Task(title = title))
        }
    }
}

@Composable
fun TaskListScreen(viewModel: TaskListViewModel = hiltViewModel()) {
    val uiState by viewModel.uiState.collectAsStateWithLifecycle()

    LazyColumn {
        items(uiState.tasks, key = { it.id }) { task ->
            Text(text = task.title, modifier = Modifier.padding(16.dp))
        }
    }
}

Always use

collectAsStateWithLifecycle()

instead of

collectAsState()

- it respects the lifecycle and stops collection when the UI is not visible.

@Entity(tableName = "tasks")
data class Task(
    @PrimaryKey(autoGenerate = true) val id: Long = 0,
    val title: String,
    val isCompleted: Boolean = false,
    val createdAt: Long = System.currentTimeMillis(),
)

@Dao
interface TaskDao {
    @Query("SELECT * FROM tasks ORDER BY createdAt DESC")
    fun getAll(): Flow<List<Task>>

    @Insert(onConflict = OnConflictStrategy.REPLACE)
    suspend fun insert(task: Task)

    @Delete
    suspend fun delete(task: Task)
}

@Database(entities = [Task::class], version = 1)
abstract class AppDatabase : RoomDatabase() {
    abstract fun taskDao(): TaskDao
}

Mark DAO query methods returning

Flow

as non-suspend. Mark write operations (

@Insert

,

@Update

,

@Delete

) as

suspend

.

@Module
@InstallIn(SingletonComponent::class)
object DatabaseModule {
    @Provides
    @Singleton
    fun provideDatabase(@ApplicationContext context: Context): AppDatabase =
        Room.databaseBuilder(context, AppDatabase::class.java, "app.db")
            .addMigrations(MIGRATION_1_2)
            .build()

    @Provides
    fun provideTaskDao(db: AppDatabase): TaskDao = db.taskDao()
}

@Module
@InstallIn(SingletonComponent::class)
object RepositoryModule {
    @Provides
    @Singleton
    fun provideTaskRepository(dao: TaskDao): TaskRepository =
        TaskRepositoryImpl(dao)
}

Annotate the Application class with

@HiltAndroidApp

and each Activity with

@AndroidEntryPoint

.

@Composable
fun AppNavHost(navController: NavHostController = rememberNavController()) {
    NavHost(navController = navController, startDestination = "tasks") {
        composable("tasks") {
            TaskListScreen(onTaskClick = { id ->
                navController.navigate("tasks/$id")
            })
        }
        composable(
            "tasks/{taskId}",
            arguments = listOf(navArgument("taskId") { type = NavType.LongType })
        ) {
            TaskDetailScreen()
        }
    }
}

Use type-safe navigation with route objects (available in Navigation 2.8+) for compile-time route safety instead of raw strings.

val MIGRATION_1_2 = object : Migration(1, 2) {
    override fun migrate(db: SupportSQLiteDatabase) {
        db.execSQL("ALTER TABLE tasks ADD COLUMN priority INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 0")
    }
}

// In database builder:
Room.databaseBuilder(context, AppDatabase::class.java, "app.db")
    .addMigrations(MIGRATION_1_2)
    .build()

Always write migrations for production apps.

fallbackToDestructiveMigration()

deletes all user data and should only be used during development.

1. Generate a signed AAB (Android App Bundle):
   bash

   ./gradlew bundleRelease

2. Configure signing in

   build.gradle.kts

   :
   kotlin

   android {
       signingConfigs {
           create("release") {
               storeFile = file("keystore.jks")
               storePassword = System.getenv("KEYSTORE_PASSWORD")
               keyAlias = System.getenv("KEY_ALIAS")
               keyPassword = System.getenv("KEY_PASSWORD")
           }
       }
       buildTypes {
           release {
               signingConfig = signingConfigs.getByName("release")
               isMinifyEnabled = true
               proguardFiles(
                   getDefaultProguardFile("proguard-android-optimize.txt"),
                   "proguard-rules.pro"
               )
           }
       }
   }

3. Upload to Play Console via internal/closed/open testing tracks before production.
4. Ensure

   versionCode

   increments with every upload and

   versionName

   follows semver.

Enable R8 minification (

isMinifyEnabled = true

) for release builds. Add ProGuard keep rules for any reflection-based libraries (Gson, Retrofit).

1. collectAsState()

   vs

   collectAsStateWithLifecycle()

   -

   collectAsState()

   continues collecting flow emissions even when the app is in the background, wasting battery and potentially causing crashes. Always use

   collectAsStateWithLifecycle()

   from

   lifecycle-runtime-compose

   which automatically pauses collection when the lifecycle is not at least

   STARTED

   .
2. Room migrations are required in production - Changing any

   @Entity

   class without a corresponding

   Migration

   object will crash the app on launch with

   IllegalStateException

   .

   fallbackToDestructiveMigration()

   deletes all user data silently; never use it in a published app. Write migrations for every schema change before release.
3. Process death drops ViewModel state -

   ViewModel

   survives configuration changes (rotation) but NOT process death. If the OS kills the app,

   StateFlow

   state is lost. For state that must survive process death, use

   SavedStateHandle

   in the ViewModel constructor.
4. Composable recompositions on every state change - Lambdas and objects created inside composables are recreated on every recomposition, causing excessive child recompositions. Wrap event handlers in

   remember { }

   or define them in the ViewModel. Unstable function parameters also break Compose's skipping optimization.

5. versionCode

   must increment for every Play Store upload - Uploading an AAB with the same or lower

   versionCode

   than an existing track will be rejected by the Play Console. Automate

   versionCode

   incrementing in CI; never rely on manual updates.

references/

• references/compose-patterns.md

  - Compose state management, recomposition optimization, theming, custom layouts

• references/room-advanced.md

  - Complex queries, type converters, relations, testing, FTS

• references/coroutines-flows.md

  - Structured concurrency, Flow operators, error handling, testing coroutines

• references/play-store-checklist.md

  - Complete release checklist, store listing, review guidelines, staged rollouts

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. Compare the results against the

recommended_skills

field in this file's frontmatter. For any that are missing, mention them once and offer to install:

npx skills add AbsolutelySkilled/AbsolutelySkilled --skill <name>

Skip entirely if

recommended_skills

is empty or all companions are already installed.