Hey android team.
How close are we in achieving ho...
# compose-androidb
Biplab
05/23/2026, 11:53 AMHey android team.
How close are we in achieving hot reload on android?
As far as I know, I think it's available on the desktop app.
And for mobile, the best alternative seems to be compose hotswan which is again not free.
I was really hoping that this feature would be available. Esp coming from Flutter background where the main selling point used to be hot reload, I miss it dearly on compose android.
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Chrimaeon
05/23/2026, 5:31 PMWhat make you think that is even on the roadmap?
Hot reload for desktop depends on the JVM - there is no JVM on Android 😅
https://kotlinlang.slack.com/archives/C01D6HTPATV/p1772009342535049?thread_ts=1771952392.513339&channel=C01D6HTPATV&message_ts=1772009342.535049
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Colton Idle
05/24/2026, 4:27 AMyou can try hot reload from skydoves https://hotswan.dev/
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Chrimaeon
05/24/2026, 8:16 AMthe best alternative seems to be compose hotswan which is again not free
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Colton Idle
05/24/2026, 8:47 AMwhoops. missed that part.
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shikasd
05/24/2026, 12:54 PMAndroid apps have Live edit, which is basically what hotswan is, just a different wrapper. ART does not support redefinition of classes and methods, so both are very limited.
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Biplab
05/28/2026, 6:11 AMAhh ok. Maybe I haven't checked Live edit. Thanks
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