Can we pass the `align` parameter in `requiredHeightIn` or is there other way to achieve this?

# compose

[Atul Gupta]

Can we pass the align parameter in requiredHeightIn or is there other way to achieve this?

[Zach Klippenstein (he/him) [MOD]]

.wrapContentHeight(align = …)
.requiredHeightIn(…)

[Zach Klippenstein (he/him) [MOD]]

but then you probably don't even need `required`:

.wrapContentHeight(unbounded = true, align = …)
.heightIn(…)

[Atul Gupta]

Yes that's how I changed my code, first I used .requiredHeightIn(…) then found the issue that my content was being central aligned(as mentioned in the doc) then used the .wrapContentHeight(unbounded = true, align = …) as I wanted to have my content not squeezed in the available space rather go outside the bounds of the parent Composable then thought there is no need of requiredHeightIn as wrapContentHeight with unbounded already discards the incoming max constraints

[Atul Gupta]

But then what will be the use of below code

.requiredHeightIn(min = 40.dp)

when same can be achieved by

.wrapContentHeight(unbounded = true)
.heightIn(min = 40.dp)

[Zach Klippenstein (he/him) [MOD]]

Good question, I would recommend the latter in almost all cases. I've used requiredHeightIn mostly in tests, where I want to force a container size but don't care how that container's parent places it.

[Zach Klippenstein (he/him) [MOD]]

The only other thing I can think of is that required* should still report the actual height to the parent via Placeable.measuredHeight, which you could potentially consume with a custom layout (afaik none of the built-in layouts read that property). But that smells pretty weird too, at that point I would probably expect the custom layout to just pass different constraints to the child.