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Jetpack Compose is an open-source Kotlin-based declarative UI framework for Android developed by Google. [1] The first preview was announced in May 2019, [2] and the framework was made ready for production in July 2021. [1]
The first preview of Jetpack Compose was announced at the Google I/O conference in May 2019. [2] The developer preview was released in October 2019, [3] and the alpha release took place in August 2020. [4]
Compose entered its beta phase in February 2021, with its first production release taking place that August. [5]
Jetpack Compose supports Android 5.0 and later. [6] It uses the Kotlin programming language, and provides a reactive programming model similar to other UI frameworks such as Vue.js and React Native. [2] Compose is designed to integrate seamlessly with existing Android apps and libraries, allowing developers to gradually migrate their apps to Compose. [5]
In Compose, a user interface is defined using functions that have been annotated with the @Composable
annotation, which are known as composable functions and define the screen's state. [1] [7] The annotation is used by the Compose compiler to generate the UI boilerplate code. [7]
The 1.0 release introduced Compose Preview, which is built into Android Studio starting with Arctic Fox. It allows composables to be previewed using different configurations without deploying the app to a device. [8]
At the time of Jetpack Compose's 1.0 release, Google said, "There are already over 2,000 apps in the Play Store using Compose – in fact, the Play Store app itself uses Compose." [1] As of October 2022, 16% of the top 1000 apps on the Play Store included Compose. The apps included those from companies such as Airbnb, Lyft and Square. [9] In May 2024, this number had grown to 40% [10] .
Google rewrote parts of Android's Settings app using Compose in Android 14. [11] Meta Platforms developed its Threads social media app in five months using Compose. [12] [13]
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