jetc.dev Newsletter Issue #16
Published: 2020-06-02
In this week’s issue, we will take a look at the new dev12
release, learn
about the role of ambients, and explore a bit about how to use reflection with
Compose.
One Off the Stack, One Off the Slack
You’ve got questions. That’s understandable!
Ordering Modifiers
The order in which you apply modifiers to a composable matters! Using padding()
before drawBackground()
, versus using padding()
after drawBackground()
,
has significant impact on what you get.
The Role of Ambients
Google’s Jim Sproch warns us about over-use of ambients in this week’s highlighted Kotlinlang Slack thread!
Composable Commentary
Posts, videos, and other new information related to Jetpack Compose!
Compose dev12
Release Notes
The thing that will affect most Compose users is that @Model
is now officially
deprecated, as was mentioned here a couple of weeks ago.
They also changed the output of the Compose compiler plugin for Kotlin, changing what parameters get added automatically to a composable function. More on this later in the issue!
Compose UI dev12
Release Notes
There were lots of changes here, including an official DropdownMenu
, tweaks
to VerticalScroller
and HorizontalScroller
, and animate()
support for a bunch of types.
From Custom View to Jetpack Compose
Martin Sumera reviews how his firm rewrote one of their custom views — a “donut”-style circular form of a bar chart — using Compose.
All About Jetpack Compose
In this YouTube video, Alex Zhukovich spent a couple of hours with the DutchAUG covering the basics of Compose, including testing!
Talking Kotlin: Jetpack Compose with Leland Richardson
Google’s Leland Richardson stopped by the (virtual) Talking Kotlin studios for a 40-minute podcast about Compose.
Jetpack Compose: Calculator UI
Ahmed Rizwan took a shot at reproducing the Calculator app from Android 10 using Compose, complete with animated sliding panels.
Jetpack Compose(Series 1 : Basics Ep2) — The Scroll App
Here, Akshay Sawant takes a look at TextLayout
, VerticalScroller
, and related composables.
Reflection and Composables
In this blog post, I explore how to call @Composable
functions via reflection, and what the
aforementioned changes to the dev12
compiler plugin output have on making those calls.
Resource Roundup
100% pure code!
GitHub - saraju2249/JetExplore
Saraju Pradhan is working on a Compose-powered app for hiking, showing various hiking locations for people who are much more serious about hiking than I am… 😁
(I mean, seriously: I’m not climbing in the Himalayas any time real soon)
…And One More Thing
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