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You can now submit your Android articles to Composables for review through a lightweight community submission flow.
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Introducing the Huge Icon Collection with 17,043 free icons
Iconography, sorted.
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Compose Unstyled v1.49: Introducing Platform Themes
Native look and feel on every platform, not just Android.
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Compose Unstyled v1.47: Tooltips, Stack and responsive goodies
Learn what's new in Compose Unstyled 1.47
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Introducing Compose Unstyled boilerplates
Start building apps with Compose Unstyled in seconds.
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Composables One: Universal Components for Compose UI
A component library for Compose UI, built from scratch without Material Compose, so that you can build apps that look like yours, not Google's.
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Compose Unstyled v1.40: Android XML themes
v1.40.0 introduces a new resolveThemeX() API to make the migration to Jetpack Compose simpler.
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Compose Unstyled: The missing Design System layer for Compose UI
Compose Unstyled provides accessible, unstyled components for building any design system on top of Compose Foundation without Material's constraints.
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Bottom Sheets that... just work
Create the bottom sheets of your dreams using Compose Unstyled
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The end of Composables Weekly
... and the start of Composables 2.0
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How to create Responsive Layouts in Jetpack Compose
Building layouts for screens big and small
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Why you need ViewModels and why you don't
Everything you need to know about ViewModels in Jetpack Compose
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Blazing fast Composables
Performance gotchas and optimizations in Jetpack Compose
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Every single type of Dialog in Jetpack Compose and how to use them
Dialogs, AlertDialogs and DIYDialogs.
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Pragmatic strategies on Jetpack Compose migration
aka how to use Jetpack Compose without going broke
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Drawing edge to edge in Jetpack Compose
Use *ALL* the pixels
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All about Google Accompanist
Google's secret test lab for all things Compose
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How to change themes programmatically in Jetpack Compose
As easy as 1..2..3
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All about theming in Jetpack Compose
A Jetpack Compose tutorial about how to use themes in your Jetpack Compose app, using Material 3 compose.
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How to handle deeplinks using Jetpack Compose navigation
In this tutorial you will learn how to handle deep links in your Jetpack Compose app using the Jetpack Compose Navigation library.
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How to use Bottom Sheets with Material 2 and 3 with examples in Jetpack Compose
Learn how to use Bottom Sheets in Jetpack Compose
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How to automate the creation of your UI testing flows using Maestro Studio
In this tutorial we will see how to install Maestro Studio on your machine, how to use it to automate the creation of your testing flows.
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Everything you need to know about Side Effects in Jetpack Compose with examples
After reading this guide you will become confident in using effect composables in your composable code. We will see why effect composables are important and what options there are so that you know what to use for each use case.
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How to build a custom Facebook login button using Firebase Auth in Jetpack Compose
Learn how to how to create your own log in button to sign in with Facebook using Jetpack Compose and Firebase Authentication.
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Ask other apps for photos, files and more using ActivityResultContracts
This tutorial will teach you how to open other apps and ask for data using the ActivityResultContract in Jetpack Compose.
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A comprehensive guide to Android runtime permissions using Jetpack Compose
In this tutorial, you will learn about the UX of Android runtime permissions and how to implement required and optional permission flows using Jetpack Compose.
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What is the use of Scaffold in Jetpack Compose and is it necessary?
Scaffold is a composable that works as a base for your screen(s). It can be used as a core layout that you can build on top of.
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How to handle focus in Jetpack Compose with examples
This guide will show you how to handle text focus in Jetpack Compose. There are different APIs responsible for different functionalities around text focus: the FocusRequester, the FocusManager and the various focus related Modifiers. We'll cover all of them and how to utilize them in your Jetpack Compose applications.
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Compose Desktop in Production: my experience and gotchas
In this article I will share my experiences using Compose Desktop building Ubidrop, a file sharing app and will give you an idea whether this technology is a good fit for your business.
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🎁🎄 Holiday Offer – Pay what you like on View to Composable
For the rest of 2022, you can purchase your copy of View to Composable for as little of $1.
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How to model complex screens in Jetpack Compose
This tutorial will teach you how to model complex screens in Jetpack Compose. Composable functions can represent different things on a screen. A composable function might represent a entire screen or individual elements on a screen.
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Everything you need to know about State in Jetpack Compose with examples
All about State in Jetpack Compose. Learn about what State is, how to create it and use it. You will learn about stateful and stateless composables and their gotchas. There is also a bonus section in the end 🎁.
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How to enable and access developer settings on any Android phone
This tutorial will show you how to enable developer settings in any Android phone so that you can install and debug applications using ADB.
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Save $100 on your Composable.co annual membership with the early bird offer
A Jetpack Compose tutorial that teaches you how to use Firebase Auth with Jetpack Compose to authenticate via Google Sign-In.
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How to automate your UI testing using Maestro
This tutorial will teach you how to use Maestro in order to automate your UI testing.
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A visual guide to `ContentScale`
A visual guide showcasing the effects of different ContentScale types used on an Image composable.
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Jetpack Compose 1.2.0 & Jetpack Compose Wear 1.0.0 are out
Jetpack Compose 1.2.0 brings new Downloadable fonts API, Lazy Grids, WindowInsets, easing curves for animation and more. See the summary of what changed.
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How to sign-in with Google using Firebase Auth in Jetpack Compose
A Jetpack Compose tutorial that teaches you how to use Firebase Auth with Jetpack Compose to authenticate via Facebook using the LoginButton or custom UI.
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How to use CompositionLocal to implement Analytics in Jetpack Compose
A Jetpack Compose article that teaches you how to utilize CompositionLocal to provide analytics deep into the Composition tree.
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How to setup Jetpack Compose to a new or existing Android project
A Jetpack Compose tutorial that shows you step-by-step how to create a new Jetpack Compose project and how to add Compose to an existing Android project.
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How to understand Jetpack Compose code
A Jetpack Compose tutorial that introduces the basics of Compose. Teaches you how to understand Jetpack Compose code, how to build basic layouts using your existing Views knowledge. Includes glimpsable cheat sheet with common Compose patterns.
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How to navigate using Jetpack Compose Navigation with examples
A Jetpack Compose tutorial that introduces the basics of Navigation. Includes code samples and Github Repo.
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