In the realm of Android development, managing the visibility of UI components is a fundamental operation. Traditionally, developers leveraged View.VISIBLE, View.INVISIBLE, and View.GONE to control visibility. With the introduction of Jetpack Compose, the declarative UI toolkit, these practices have become antiquated. Instead, we control the visibility of composables (the building blocks of UI in Jetpack…
Android’s Jetpack Compose library offers a powerful and flexible system for creating UI elements. One such feature is the draggable modifier, which allows you to add drag functionality to your composable functions. This can be especially handy for creating interactive UI elements like sliders, movable cards, and more. In this blog post, we will take…
Jetpack Compose is revolutionizing the way we build user interfaces in Android. One of the key features of Jetpack Compose is the Modifier system. A Modifier is an ordered, immutable collection of decoration and layout settings that you can use to change the properties of Composable functions. In this blog post, we’re going to explore…
Jetpack Compose, the modern toolkit for building native Android UI, provides developers with powerful tools and APIs to create custom and interactive UI elements. One such tool is the clip() modifier. Clipping allows us to control the shape and layout of a component, giving us the freedom to step beyond traditional rectangular views. In this…
Jetpack Compose has taken the Android development world by storm with its simplicity, conciseness, and powerful functionality. One such feature of Jetpack Compose is the background modifier, which allows developers to easily manipulate the background aspects of a composable. What is a Modifier Before diving into the background modifier, let’s understand what a modifier is…
Creating a user interface that is not only functional but also visually appealing is crucial in developing a quality Android application. In Jetpack Compose, modifiers play a significant role in adding and altering visual characteristics of composables. In this blog post, we’re going to focus on how to add borders to your composables using the…
n Android UI development, sometimes we need to adjust the visibility or opacity of a UI component to provide a better user experience or to create a certain visual effect. This is where the alpha property comes in. With Jetpack Compose, this can be achieved easily using the alpha modifier. In this blog post, we…
Creating a visually appealing UI often requires elements to maintain a certain aspect ratio. Jetpack Compose allows you to do this using a dedicated aspect ratio modifier. In this blog post, we check how to apply the aspectRatio modifier to composables in your Jetpack Compose layout. What is Aspect Ratio The aspect ratio of a…
In the world of Jetpack Compose, Modifiers are pivotal in designing and structuring our UI elements. They allow us to apply alterations to our composables, such as padding, background color, click events, and so much more. But did you know that the order in which you apply these modifiers can drastically affect the final output…
Jetpack Compose has given a new perspective to UI development in Android with its declarative programming model. Composable functions are the building blocks of this framework, and modifiers are the essential tools used to design the layout, appearance, and behavior of these Composable functions. In this blog post, we will focus on the Modifier.weight function…