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Jetpack Compose is Android’s modern toolkit for building native declarative UI made by Google. If you're targeting desktop with Compose for Desktop, use both this and [compose-desktop] tags.

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Using rememberCoroutineScope() vs LaunchedEffect

Context In Jetpack compose, we have the option of using rememberCoroutineScope() as well as using the LaunchedEffect composable in order to use coroutines / run suspend functions (show snackbars etc). The convention I've adopted so far is to…
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Color from hex string in jetpack compose

How to parse hex string e.g. #9CCC65 in Color class in jetpack compose. P.S: option seem to be missing in jetpack compose package Current Workaround: Exported parseColor() method from standard Color class. @ColorInt fun parseColor(@Size(min = 1)…
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How to show ellipsis (three dots) at the end of a Text line in Android Jetpack Compose?

Whether I use androidx.compose.foundation.text.BasicText or androidx.compose.material.Text, if there isn't enough space for a text it wraps to the next line, for example: @Composable fun EllipsisExample() { Box(modifier = Modifier.width(160.dp))…
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Weights in Jetpack compose

Is it possible to do weights in Jetpack Compose? For example, I'd like to set it up in such a way that one item is weighted as 1/3 of a layout, and the other takes up the remaining 2/3. In the XML/ViewGroup style, you can achieve this using…
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How to convert Dp to pixels in Android Jetpack Compose?

Most of Jetpack Compose API uses Dp as a dimensions unit, but sometimes a pixel value is required. How can I convert a dp value to px? Just for an example there's graphicsLayer() modifier that accepts translationX/Y arguments in pixels.
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How to set the inputType for a TextField in Jetpack Compose

I'd like to restrict what the user can type in a TextField in Jetpack Compose. How do I do that? The equivalent in xml is inputType:
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Android Jetpack compose gradient

Is it possible to draw a gradient over an image drawable using Jetpack Compose? fun HeroCover() { Column { val image = +imageResource(R.drawable.edge_of_tomorrow_poster) Container(modifier = Height(440.dp) wraps Expanded) { …
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ComponentActivity vs AppCompatActivity in Android Jetpack Compose

When using Jetpack Compose, by default it extends the ComponentActivity class. But after trying some samples I switched to AppCompatActivity and everything seemed to work fine. So I wonder what the difference between these is. Do any additional…
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Show custom alert dialog in Jetpack Compose

I am searching how create custom dialog in Jetpack Compose. In XML or Material Design we can create easily custom Dialog in which we can take user input, radio button etc. but i am not finding such thing in Jetpack Compose.
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Jetpack Compose - Centering Text

I am using Jetpack Compose to create a simple flash card. The idea is that you click the flash card and it will give you the answer. However, I am stuck on a basic problem. Unfortunately... I could not even find the official documentation, so my…
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Jetpack Compose how to remove EditText/TextField underline and keep cursor?

Hi I need to remove the underline in my TextField because it look ugly when the TextField is circular. I have sat the activeColor to transparent, but then the cursor wont show (because it's transparent). How can I remove the underline/activeColor…
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Why am I getting Backend Internal error: "Exception during IR lowering error" when using Jetpack Compose clickable-Modifier?

I am creating a custom Checkbox within a Surface which has a Modifier.clickable: Surface( modifier = Modifier .clickable( enabled = enabled, interactionSource = interactionSource, …
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What does Jetpack Compose remember actually do, how does it work under the hood?

Checking out codelab's basic tutorial there is a snippet to increase counter on button when clicked @Composable fun MyScreenContent(names: List = listOf("Android", "there")) { val counterState = remember { mutableStateOf(0) } …
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remove default padding on jetpack compose textfield

I want to customize TextField composable in Jetpack Compose. I am trying to achieve the result in the image below, but somehow TextField has some default paddings which i couldn't find how to change values of. I want to remove default paddings and…
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Compose-Navigation: Remove previous composable from stack before navigating

I'm using compose-navigation(alpha09) to handle the navigation between composables I want to remove the Splash screen when moving to the next destination (I don't want the back pressed to get back to Splash) Following attempts did not work as…
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