*Introducing Paper*:kite:*: a UI Builder for Compo...

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[Alex Styl]

Introducing Paper🪁*: a UI Builder for Compose Multiplatform*

Featuring:
✅ Intuitive Drag & Drop editor
✅ Theme support
✅ Tablet overrides
✅ Live preview w/o having to wait to install on device
✅ Lots of ready built components, screens & 2 full apps to start from
✅ Export to Code (Kotlin & Compose)

Customers love it because they can quickly scaffold apps and jump straight into logic.

👉 Try it out for free, no signup required at https://builtwithpaper.com?ref=kotlinlang

PS: Yes it is built using Compose Multiplatform 🙂

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[agrosner]

Does it work in reverse? Can we use it to preview and play around with our existing apps in any way.
Love the design and interactivity

[Pablichjenkov]

This is great. Little feedback, I tried to play with component alignment and did not see this property within the set of properties to configure. I only could spot the text alignment.
Given the numerous properties to modify in compose. It would be very helpful to have an option, where one can enter the component modifiers directly, let's say, for those who know compose 🙂
Pretty much the same as Andrew's point

[Alex Styl]

@agrosner uploading apps is not supported right now. its focus is on kick-starting new apps

[Alex Styl]

@Pablichjenkov what do u mean by component alignment? what would be the one in compose? Is that Modifier.align() for a component inside of say Row?

[Pablichjenkov]

Right 👍. For example in the terms and condition screen template, I was trying to center the top image and did not see any property to accomplish this

[Alex Styl]

gotcha. that is not currently possible. noted to include it.

do u think that having a searchable documentation would help to find stuff like this?

[Pablichjenkov]

I would say it is helpful having some docs specifying the current limitations.

[Alex Styl]

@Pablichjenkov how's this? https://builtwithpaper.com/docs/components/container

[Pablichjenkov]

Seems good, although this seems more like the properties it exposes, rather than limitations I guess

[Andrey Beryukhov]

Hi. Interesting tool. I'd like to evaluate the adequacy of the output code.
But even for one test export a subscription is required. Maybe there is another way?

[Alex Styl]

@Andrey Beryukhov There is none.

Also, code exports will be removed end of this week, so if that's what you are after, Paper is not for you.

[Andrey Beryukhov]

Then what mentioned Export to Code (Kotlin & Compose) feature means? Or how the output of this tool is expected to be deployed?

[Alex Styl]

@Andrey Beryukhov Code Exports are being replaced with APK and IPA exports as the first step. Eventually you will be able to deploy straight from Paper.

[Alex Styl]

Currently in the progress of adding CRUD operations that people have requested and then exporting apps instead of code

[Andrey Beryukhov]

That’s interesting, thank you. Wishing you success.

[Alex Styl]

@Andrey Beryukhov code exports are back. More info at https://kotlinlang.slack.com/archives/C0BJ0GTE2/p1740653409050029

[Andrey Beryukhov]

It looks amazing and like what KMP community really needed.
I have a question about navigation and clicks handling.
I found Click Action in documentation, but do not see it in the tool.
Is it working now?

[Alex Styl]

@Andrey Beryukhov my bad. there used to be a click action property but removed it for now.

Decided to focus on (visual) UI entirely until that part is 100% done.

More things like click actions and states can come later if there is enough interest