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Is it possible to prevent an AndroidView from recomposing if a parent node recomposes? I have an AndroidView wrapping a camera2 PreviewView to display the camera feed. When a parent node recomposes I see that the PreviewView blinks black, which tells me that the view is being recreated.

Just spit-balling here, but you might be able to wrap the composable definition in a key(x){} where x is something contextual, or unit :grimacing:

can you show your code? generally recomposing an `AndroidView` composable does not recreate the view. There may be something else going on there.

<@UJBKXD0HH> I was lazy. I only read the doc for the `update` param which says "The callback to be invoked after the layout is inflated.", so I thought it was an adequate place to set the preview surface.  Reading the docs  for `AndroidView` a bit further I found "The `update` block can be run multiple times (on the UI thread as well) due to recomposition, and it is the right place to set `View` properties depending on state". Then I realized what was my mistake, and I moved everything to `factory`.

I guess the doc for `update` should be changed to something like `the callback to update the view when there is a recomposition` . Should I create a PR to update the docs?

Since this led to some confusion for you I think it's important that the docs are especially precise here. The `update` block will be run if:
1. the view is initially created by the supplied factory
2. a new `update` is provided through recomposition (e.g. recomposed with a new/different lambda capture)
3. snapshot state accessed by `update` was invalidated

I purposely have not used the word, "when" in this description; the promise of this API contract only calls for running `update` after one of the above conditions has been met and before any upcoming frame performs layout and drawing