Use #splitties

Migrate manually from one library without preview to another library without preview when one of your main reasons for migration is lack of preview 🤔

@gildor Splitties Views DSL has preview, I'm even using it these days.

What? Splitties has preview, so I don’t get your point.

Which requires compilation

Compilation of my

ui

module (using the

compileKotlin

gradle task from IDE Gradle tool windows) is very fast after initial build thanks to incremental compilation and kapt-free plus java-free module. About 1-2, seconds, and preview refreshes automatically.

It’s basically as fast as XML preview for me. No difference.

What is ui module? Do you have whole UI or the app there?

I have the whole UI there, including xml resources. I then use it in 2 modules: - One is the actual app, with all kapt stuff and slow build. - Another is the test module (not to be confused with test sources), which is a lightweight app where I manipulate the UI and do other kind of tests. It's more of a playground that is an actual full fledged Android app, so I can test special entry points like services, broadcast receivers, and storage related stuff if needed, foreground services, sound, does that work on all devices, etc…