What are your best practizes for viewing the compo...
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Mats-Hjalmar
02/02/2024, 11:03 AMWhat are your best practizes for viewing the composables in common code? I have tried creating a package in android part with all previews but it takes a few minutes for each component. is there a better way?
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ribesg
02/02/2024, 12:04 PMUse desktop preview
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Mats-Hjalmar
02/02/2024, 12:05 PMas i understand it, that only helps if you are developing for desktop and not iOS + Android
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ribesg
02/02/2024, 12:07 PMJust add a jvm target, if it's only for previewing purposes you don't need a lot of configuration
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Mats-Hjalmar
02/02/2024, 12:10 PMAre we looking at the same problems? i am aware i can use a preview in my Android src (and now desktop) and splitscreen it to get a preview of it but i find that to be too much configuration on the Android src side. My goal is to have it in the common src.
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Joel Denke
02/02/2024, 12:51 PMJetbrains working on it. Its not easy because how layoutlib, Android Gradle plugin and Androidx things work in Intellij/IDE setups. Similar problem that Bazel not having preview working either. Its not decoupled tools can easy inject in a plugin.
I understand the frustration, also want Live Preview in commonMain. Even if its Android preview I dont care as long as working with jetbrains resources library (that doesnt work in androidMain today, like loading images.
I do understand its complex but have hopes Jetbrains solves it.
Joel Denke
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Mats-Hjalmar
02/02/2024, 12:53 PMThanks 👍
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