Jetpack Compose

Jetpack Compose is a modern composable UI toolkit for building native Android apps. Pivoting from a React Native app to a native Android app, adopting Jetpack Compose was a no brainer from a developer experience perspective. The composable modifiers are extremely powerful and being able to preview the composables immediately in your IDE as you develop them help ensure our UI is pixel perfect. When you pair that with a thoughtful MVVM architecture, you have a streamlined app development process which allows us to completely rebuild our existing React Native app, and then some, in just a few months with minimal resources.

You can see what you’ve built without even running the app.

Interv used Jetpack Compose for the UI part of the application, which made the development process faster and made more easier to write code for screens with Kotlin.

It offers a fully declarative UI approach with less boilerplate, making Android UI development faster and far more intuitive than XML-based layouts or older toolkits.

Jetpack Compose allowed me to build MysticalAI's UI quickly and reactively as a solo developer. The developer experience is incredible!

Android Jetpack libraries helped us build GeoCam faster and more reliably—especially with location permissions, camera integration, and lifecycle-aware components. Without Jetpack, balancing performance and stability on different Android devices would’ve been a nightmare. 📍Why it matters: Jetpack ensured GeoCam works seamlessly on all supported Android versions with modern architecture.

It avoids the boilerplate of XML layouts and makes UI logic more intuitive than traditional Android Views.

Jetpack Compose made building Swick faster and smoother. Its declarative UI simplified game feed updates, reduced boilerplate, and improved performance. Animations and interactions felt more natural, making the experience seamless. It also scaled well with Swick’s needs.

1. Declarative UI Programming Compose enables developers to build UIs declaratively, meaning you describe the UI state and Compose takes care of rendering. This approach makes the code more intuitive and easier to debug and maintain. 2. Seamless Integration with Kotlin Jetpack Compose is built with Kotlin in mind, leveraging Kotlin’s concise syntax and powerful features like lambdas and extension functions. This results in a highly efficient development workflow. 3. Faster Iteration with Preview and Hot Reload Compose offers tools like Compose Preview and Live Updates, allowing developers to instantly see UI changes as they code. This accelerates development and reduces turnaround time for design iterations. 4. Less Boilerplate Code Traditional Android UI development often involves XML layouts and verbose View-related code. With Compose, you can define the UI and logic in a single Kotlin file, reducing boilerplate and increasing readability. 5. Flexible and Customizable Components Compose provides a wide range of prebuilt UI components (like Buttons, TextFields, and Lists) that are highly customizable. Developers can also create reusable custom components with ease. 6. Improved Performance Compose optimizes rendering by recalculating only the parts of the UI that change, leading to better performance and smoother animations compared to the traditional View system. 7. Future-Proof and Official Support As Google’s recommended toolkit for Android UI development, Jetpack Compose is continuously evolving with strong community and official support, making it a reliable and forward-looking choice.

By choosing Stripe and Jetpack Compose, you combine a world-class payment solution with a cutting-edge UI framework, ensuring your app is both user-friendly and feature-rich while adhering to the highest standards in mobile development.

Jetpack Compose is a powerful and intuitive UI toolkit for Android that allowed us to create a smooth, modern, and responsive user interface for MoneyMeow. Its declarative approach makes UI development faster, more flexible, and easier to maintain, ensuring a seamless user experience across devices.

Advantages of Jetpack Compose

• Declarative UI: Simplifies UI development by allowing you to describe your UI in a declarative way.
• Less Boilerplate Code: Reduces the amount of code needed, making development faster and more efficient.
• Reactive Programming: Automatically updates the UI when the underlying data changes, ensuring consistency.
• Powerful Tooling: Excellent support in Android Studio with live previews, UI inspection, and interactive editing.
• Improved Performance: Optimized for better performance, with efficient UI updates and reduced overhead.
• Kotlin Integration: Seamless integration with Kotlin, leveraging modern language features for more concise and readable code.
• Composability: Enables creating reusable components, improving code modularity and maintainability.
• Interoperability: Compatible with existing Views, allowing gradual migration from traditional UI frameworks.
• Theming and Styling: Simplified theming and styling system for consistent and customizable UIs.
• Community and Support: Strong backing from Google with extensive documentation, tutorials, and a growing community.