Background

I recently came across a question on StackOverflow on how to implement a Circular List in Jetpack Compose. This is basically a list where the items shift horizontally based on their vertical position, as if they were following a circular path . The gif below will help in explaining this:

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Prologue

In this article we will learn how to implement the playback speed selector from Google’s Podcasts app using Jetpack Compose. This is the composable we want to end up with:

Setting the stage

In Jetpack Compose it is recommended to have a state class that controls custom composables, so that we can customize…

Background

One of the principles in Jetpack Compose is to hoist state — that is, to move a composable’s state outside of the composable and push it further up, making the composable stateless. Creating stateless composables results in components that are easier to reuse and test.

In this article we’ll see…

Introduction

In this article we’ll learn how to create a custom progress indicator in Jetpack Compose using the Canvas APIs. What we want to achieve is the following:

This is basically a variation on the linear progress indicator. We want the user of this composable to be able to specify:

• current…

Introduction

In this article we will find out how to write a ViewPager composable in Jetpack Compose. Here’s what we want our composable to offer:

• The selected item will be centered on the container.
• The pager can scroll horizontally or vertically.
• Items can occupy a fraction of the container size, so…

In this article we’ll find out how to add biometric authentication to an Android app developed with Jetpack Compose. As not all devices offer biometric authentication, we will also add a PIN fallback in case no biometric options are available, or if the user prefers to use PIN.

What we want to achieve

Let’s first…

Background

In Jetpack Compose composables accept a Modifier that alters the appearance or behaviour of the composable they are applied to. …

Recent versions of Android offer both Light and Dark themes, which the user can set globally via the device settings. Most apps nowadays follow this setting and change their theme based on the global setting, but it is also good practice to offer users an app option to set the…