Hey guys I am using Android Studio Giraffe (Canar...

# compose

[Shubham Singh]

Hey guys

I am using Android Studio Giraffe (Canary 11) and while working on some composables, I have observed that the compose preview generates/reloads on almost every keystroke that I feel can be a bit too much as it sort of leads to worse preview performance as it is trying to generate a new preview on every micro change.

What I want is to first write the code, and when I’m done making the changes, then I can press some keyboard shortcut like Cmd + S or something similar to refresh the preview. That way, it will only have to reload once that might be quicker as well.

Is there a way to achieve this?

[Stylianos Gakis]

Yes there is exactly such a setting in your IDE. Search for live preview or something like that and it should pop up.

[Stylianos Gakis]

Found it

[Shubham Singh]

Thank you for the help Stylianos ⭐
But seems like Live Edit only works for Emulators or Physical Devices

What I am looking for, is to disable Live Updates i.e. to not update the Composable Previews that are shown in the split screen while coding.

[Chris Sinco [G]]

There’s a setting exposed through the Preview status indicator that enables and disables refreshing the preview as you type

[Chris Sinco [G]]

We’re working though on exposing a setting in Settings to more easily control, outside of the tooltip. Refreshing on Save can also be considered but at the moment, you can customize the keyboard shortcut for Build & Refresh if you’d like.

[Shubham Singh]

Understood
Thanks Chris :)