materialdesignweb VS compose-samples

I wanted something that didn't require recompilation and allows me to extend built components. Like an Chip extends a Button. I needed something that allows modification of its HTML template and layering of CSS styles on top of an extended element's styles. Frameworks are pretty rigid in this regard and I wanted to write less code to make a smaller final deployment, instead of copy pasting or having to write complicated mixins and abstractions.

My phone is basically grayscale expect for really minor blue hue. I'm not sure why, and I know how the Material You theming works (built a framework around it).

For the curious: Test page - Source Code

Source: https://github.com/clshortfuse/materialdesignweb/tree/archive-md2/components

If you're tired of it, I've been maintaining my MD framework for more than 4 and a half years since 2018. And before that I was working with Google on the AngularJS implementation in 2015. So I've been looking at and working on the same styles for over 7 years.

Here is the JS for one of the components. Only Chrome natively understands it right now. The alternative is to use a element referencing the CSS, but will call FOUC on the first fetch.

Code

The official documentation provides a comprehensive guide on the basics of Jetpack Compose, components, layouts, theming, and more advanced topics.

Apparently Jetpack Compose is an Android copy of SwiftUI?

https://developer.android.com/jetpack/compose

Only two HN threads with comments: https://hn.algolia.com/?q=jetpack+compose

If you want to take a look at code, we have the Jetnews sample app that support different screen sizes. And Jetcaster also implements features such as table top mode.

check this out : https://github.com/android/compose-samples/tree/main/Crane

So I would say that instead if learning everything from Android SDK, you should just set a goal to create some app. Learn about Activities, their lifecycle, layouts (or Compose if you want to be more up to date). Try to implement your app based on this. Then improve your app using Fragments and their lifecycle. If you truly want to understand Views, which are essentially the building blocks of Android UI then I would recommend implementing your own custom View, which will have completely custom look - it is cool thing to try and you will learn how it all works inside.

The compose samples by Google are a good reference to look into: https://github.com/android/compose-samples

Basic understanding of Jetpack Compose.

The compose-samples repo has a comprehensive list of samples ranging from low to complex projects which might be worth a look.

For instance, there is a link to this repository, that contains all sorts of samples, that are up to date and ready to use. That's cutting edge, which is a recommended start.