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Is it possible to use Compose in multiplatform `commonMain` for all platforms (desktop, web, android)?

Compose for web at the moment is quite different from Compose for Desktop and Android. You can do it for Android and Desktop for a lot of the libraries (not everything though - ie ConstraintLayout in compose doesn't work on desktop at the moment), but not web.

More info on compose for web <https://kotlinlang.slack.com/archives/C01F2HV7868/p1660234424503779?thread_ts=1660234424.503779&amp;cid=C01F2HV7868|https://kotlinlang.slack.com/archives/C01F2HV7868/p1660234424503779?thread_ts=1660234424.503779&amp;cid=C01F2HV7868>

<@UP4RS6RRA> do you know when the canvas approach will be the default?

No sorry I don't know, I haven't been involved in Compose for Web other than some of my own personal explorations, it's maintained by Jetbrains.

<@UP4RS6RRA> Your answer may be a little bit misleading. It definitely *is* “possible to use Compose in multiplatform `commonMain` for all platforms (desktop, web, android)“. One just has to keep in mind that the iOS and Web version of this is still experimental. Just have a look at these examples from Jetbrain: <https://github.com/JetBrains/compose-jb/tree/master/experimental/examples>

Thanks for the sample linking! I think when I tried some stuff didn't work so well eg some libraries like ConstraintLayout isn't supported, the Column / Row syntax didn't work and the Stylesheet syntax seems very different from Compose for Android/ Desktop. I'll take a look at those samples as they seem different in some way, thanks for linking!

Thanks for the link; it looks similar to what I'm trying to do