nick rout

@ricknout Me

I'm a software engineer and UX/UI designer focused on Android, Jetpack Compose, Kotlin Multiplatform and design systems.

I'm always open to conversations!
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💼 GoDaddy — 01/23 - Present
💼 Google — 11/19 - 12/22
💼 Over — 12/17 - 09/19
💼 Luno — 03/16 - 12/17
💼 4i Mobile — 01/15 - 02/16
🏅 Google Developer Expert for Android — 12/22 - Present
🎓 BSc Computer Science, University of Cape Town — 12/14
📝 Opinion: Jetpack Compose needs a Design System layer — 03/24
📝 Design systems in Compose — 10/22
📝 Material Design Components for Android 1.4.0 — 07/21
📝 Jetpack Compose: Now in Beta — 02/21
📝 Material Design Components for Android 1.3.0 — 02/21
📝 MAD Skills Material Design Components: Wrap-Up — 12/20
📝 Material Theming with MDC: Shape — 08/20
📝 Material Theming with MDC: Type — 08/20
📝 Material Theming with MDC: Color — 08/20
📝 Material Design Components for Android 1.2.0 — 08/20
📝 Migrating to Material Components for Android — 04/20
📝 Material Design Components for Android 1.1.0 — 02/20
📝 Hands-on with Material Components for Android: Selection Controls — 08/19
📝 Hands-on with Material Components for Android: Dialogs — 07/19
📝 Hands-on with Material Components for Android: Cards — 06/19
📝 Hands-on with Material Components for Android: Chips — 05/19
📝 Hands-on with Material Components for Android: Buttons — 04/19
📝 Hands-on with Material Components for Android: Bottom Sheets — 03/19
📝 Hands-on with Material Components for Android: Bottom Navigation — 03/19
📝 Hands-on with Material Components for Android: Bottom App Bar — 02/19
📝 Setting up a Material Components theme for Android — 01/19
📝 Detecting snap changes with Android’s RecyclerView SnapHelper — 08/18
📝 Manipulating images and Drawables with Android’s ColorFilter — 07/18
📝 Making the most of TextView auto-sizing on Android — 06/18
📝 Using Android’s ActionMode — 05/18
📝 Drawing multiline text to Canvas on Android — 04/18
📱 Compose Material Catalog — 05/21
📱 Rugby Ranker — Ongoing
📱 ShortStories — 05/17
📱 Lens Launcher — 05/16
📦 Compose Sensors — 05/23
📦 Compose Theme Adapters — 11/22
🗣️ Design systems in Jetpack Compose — 11/22
🗣️ Custom design systems in Compose — 03/22
🗣️ Getting started with Jetpack Compose — 03/21
🗣️ Roundtable Discussion: Ask Googlers About Android Jetpack — 02/21
🗣️ Material Design in Jetpack Compose — 10/20
🗣️ Easing in to Material Motion transitions — 10/20
🗣️ Complementing your professional journey with community involvement — 09/20
🗣️ Incorporating Material Theming into Custom Views — 05/19
🗣️ Setting up a Material Components theme for Android — 04/19
🗣️ Designing & Building a real Android app with Material Tools & Components — 12/18
📹 Code with the Italians 54: Googler Nick Rout tells us EVERYTHING about Material 3 — 01/22
📹 Android Dev Summit '21: Implementing Material You using Jetpack Compose — 10/21
📹 Google I/O '21: Build beautiful Material Design apps with Jetpack Compose — 05/21
📹 Material Components: Snackbars — 03/21
📹 Material Design Components: Live Q&A - MAD Skills — 12/20
📹 Material Design Components: Material Motion - MAD Skills — 12/20
📹 Material Design Components: Material Theming - MAD Skills — 11/20
📹 Introduction to Material Design Components - MAD Skills — 11/20
📹 Converting an existing app screen to Jetpack Compose - Material Live — 10/20
📹 Migrating your app to Material Components for Android - Google Design Tutorials — 03/20
📹 Android Dev Summit ‘19 community video — 10/19
📹 Nick’s Android developer community story — 10/19
🎙️ Talking Design Systems with Nick Rout — 08/23
🎙️ ADB Episode 165: Material Witnesses — 06/21
🎙️ Talking Material Design with Nick Rout — 07/20