Working with lists is common in Android app development. Whether it’s a list of shopping items, messages, user profiles or more, lists are a staple of many applications. Jetpack Compose streamlines this with the LazyColumn composable. However, there are instances where you might want to disable scrolling in a LazyColumn due to design or feature…
In this tutorial, we’ll learn how to add dividers to a LazyColumn in Jetpack Compose, Google’s modern toolkit for building native Android UIs. The LazyColumn widget is particularly useful for displaying lists of items in a memory-efficient manner. LazyColumn is a composable function that lazily loads and displays a vertical list of items. It only…
Navigating through long lists can be cumbersome for users. Fortunately, Jetpack Compose’s LazyColumn component provides us with handy features that can improve this user experience. In this tutorial, we will cover how to add a Scroll to Bottom button to a LazyColumn in Jetpack Compose. The Basics of LazyColumn LazyColumn is a component in Jetpack…
When building large lists in Android, Jetpack Compose’s LazyColumn is a fantastic tool in your arsenal. But what happens when your users have scrolled way down in the list and want a quick way to get back to the top? Enter the Scroll to Top button. In this blog post, I’ll demonstrate adding a Scroll…
Android Jetpack Compose has truly revolutionized how developers create UIs in Android. With a myriad of Composables at your disposal, there’s a more straightforward and more maintainable way to build interfaces. One such set of Composables that often leads to confusion, especially for those new to Jetpack Compose, are Column and LazyColumn. Let’s delve into…
Jetpack Compose, Google’s innovative UI toolkit, has revolutionized the way we build user interfaces in Android. Among the numerous features it offers, the LazyColumn function stands out. It simplifies the creation of lists, which are an essential part of many apps. This post explores LazyColumn in detail and provides practical examples of its usage. What…
Jetpack Compose is revolutionizing the way we build UI for Android applications. Its modern declarative style makes it easier for developers to handle UI states. This article will guide you on how to get the screen orientation in Android Jetpack Compose. Screen orientation refers to the rotation of the screen from the natural portrait to…
In Android development, the Context is a crucial part of the Android framework. It is used to get access to system services, resources, and databases. With the shift from traditional View-based UI development to declarative UI using Jetpack Compose, you might wonder how to access the Context within Composable functions. This blog post covers how…
Ensuring that users fill in all required fields in a form is a crucial part of building a responsive and user-friendly app. In this blog post, we will go over how to perform empty input validation in Jetpack Compose, the modern toolkit for building native Android UI. Here is a basic example of how you…
Android’s Jetpack Compose has been a game-changer for UI design, allowing developers to create interfaces with less code and more efficiency. In this blog post, we’ll cover how to perform email validation in Jetpack Compose. Email validation is an important aspect of user input verification. Before storing or using user-provided emails, it’s good practice to…
In UI design, dealing with lengthy text that does not fit within its designated space is a common scenario. For Android apps, one popular solution is to display an ellipsis (“…”) at the end of the visible portion of the text to indicate the overflow. Jetpack Compose, Android’s modern UI toolkit, makes it easy to…
Jetpack Compose simplifies the development of UI with less boilerplate code, and it’s completely declarative, meaning you describe what your UI should look like, and Compose takes care of the rest. In this blog post, we are going to talk about how to change the position of Snackbar in Jetpack Compose. What is a Snackbar…
