I do have another question regarding compose-multiplatform and previews. Right now I am using this t...

# compose

[Jan]

I do have another question regarding compose-multiplatform and previews. Right now I am using this template https://github.com/JetBrains/compose-multiplatform-template. The only way I found to display previews of composables is by using this plugin for desktop https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/16541-compose-multiplatform-ide-support. Is it possible to have also previews for android?

[Konstantin Tskhovrebov]

IIRC, android previews work fine in an android source set

[Jan]

ah, yes. You are right. I could make it work. Eg: I have created a composable in shared/commonMain

@Composable
fun CommonMainView(){
    Text(text = "Hello CommonMainView")
}

and in my androidApp I was able to display a preview with

@Preview
@Composable
fun CommonMainViewPreview(){
    CommonMainView()
}

[Jan]

@Konstantin Tskhovrebov is the @Preview annotation in commonMain available?

[Jan]

E.g. I have a composable defined in commonMain and I would like to have the Preview-Composable also defined in commonMain. I only could build previews by using desktop and/or android src-set.

[Konstantin Tskhovrebov]

https://kotlinlang.slack.com/archives/C0346LWVBJ4/p1685374546748419?thread_ts=1685368516.405439&cid=C0346LWVBJ4

[Jan]

ok, thank you. Would be nice, because now you have to rebuild each time you make changes

[Konstantin Tskhovrebov]

just use preview functions on Android or Desktop side

[Jan]

the downside of this approach is that as mentioned before I have to rebuild & refresh to see changes in my previews. If I have my composable and preview in the same file changes are instantly visible