Hello everyone) Tell me, is there some practical example when you need to use requiredSize modifier, but not size modifier. And is requiredSize always worth using when exact dimensions are needed?)

Modifier.requiredSize()

is only needed if you want to override the size specified by

Modifier.size()

before in a modifier chain.

Modifier.size(10.dp).size(5.dp)

makes the size 10dp and

Modifier.size(10.dp).requiredSize (5.dp)

makes the size 5dp.

It seems needed also in cases like DropdownMenu/Popups https://kotlinlang.slack.com/archives/CJLTWPH7S/p1644601987291849?thread_ts=1644440687.534929&channel=CJLTWPH7S&message_ts=1644601987.291849

@Chris Sinco [G] I believe in that case

Modifier.size(24.dp)

will also work. Btw this is the bug.

Ahhh that makes more sense. Required size was the workaround there 🤷‍♂️🏻

Another example is if you want to make a FloatingActionButton bigger than the size allowed by

Scaffold

(its parent), maybe for a transition animation. No matter how high of a value you put in

size

, it will still stay a weird rounded rectangle and not exceed a certain size. But if you use

requiredSize

, it will go bigger.

Yeah that’s exactly the second use case above.