Is it possible to make compose preview working in ...

# multiplatform

[electrolobzik]

Is it possible to make compose preview working in the Android Studio Hedgehog | 2023.1.1 RC 3? Even if I move the function annotated with Preview to the Android source set it doesn’t show preview window in the AS. Although the preview on the device does work.

[Konstantin Tskhovrebov]

It should work. check your project build configs

[Konstantin Tskhovrebov]

like here https://terrakok.github.io/Compose-Multiplatform-Wizard/

[electrolobzik]

I actually used the KMM Wizard from the Jetbrains website. Is it outdated?

[electrolobzik]

@Konstantin Tskhovrebov

[Konstantin Tskhovrebov]

there is a button to create issue at the bottom of the page 😉
I didn't check it. but I fixed the same issue in my personal wizard (with the community help).

[Konstantin Tskhovrebov]

@akapanina ☝️

[electrolobzik]

I will try, thank you!

[McEna]

I can see the previews in AS Iguana. My composables belong to the common set, and I just import them and call them from preview annotated functions in the android source set.

[darkmoon_uk]

Experiencing the same on Jellyfish: Using project from KMM Wizard; All preview dependency configurations look in place, the Compose plugin is installed, yet Previews only 'work' when installed on Emulator. There's no regular Preview gutter icon or tooling 🤔

[darkmoon_uk]

Tellingly; a new Compose project from Jellyfish's own Wizard also suffers the same issue - no Compose Previews.

[pererikbergman]

This is still not solved, right?

[McEna]

same advice, make a file in the android sourceset, create your preview functions there, done.

[pererikbergman]

@McEna under composeApp/androidMain ? or under androidApp ? the later I get it to work but for the first one I can't get it to work 🤔

[McEna]

The latter, at that point the normal tooling operates

[pererikbergman]

Understood, unfortunately that setup have a lot of shortcoming 😅 maybe I would add an additional preview module 😓

[Konstantin Tskhovrebov]

https://terrakok.github.io/Compose-Multiplatform-Wizard/

Take a look here. It has a preview under a compose app

[pererikbergman]

@Konstantin Tskhovrebov I updated Android Studio and now it kmp.jetbrains.com works, I don't see any resent changes in the configurations so it's likely I was just using an old Android Studio. 🤦