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How can I let a composable execute a one-off event? This composable contains and `AndroidView` which needs to call a method.

For this i would have to pass the event Flow all the way down to the composable

Since you are interested in the first composition, i don’t think it matters, unless you have some control variables like if(condition) composable()

place it as close as possible. i’m not sure the best practice here

If youre looking to call a method on the `AndroidView` itself, the factory call for it might be viable for that?

Or maybe add the effect inside the composable, call a lambda, and do the action outside. Maybe the best practice i dont know :stuck_out_tongue:

<@U0266GMRPQU> the problem is that I need it to happen one time, but compose usually works with state variables

I was considering passing an `updateThisThing = true` boolean and a callback to reset it

The factory function is only invoked once, but if your composable leaves &amp; re-enters the composition it will get called again; is that the problem?

the viewmodel sends a one-off event (via a Flow) that the AndroidView nees to react to by calling a method

In that case I like what <@U5FRVFK0E> mentioned above, just using `LaunchedEffect(Unit)` to collect the flow &amp; call the method. I think that makes for the best/cleanest code too, as compared to sending in a boolean &amp; a callback to reset it!

But for this i would have to pass the event Flow all the way down to that composable

If you have a lot of nesting, it could be worth looking into using a `CompositionLocal` that contains the flow or some wrapper. How deep is this composable for you?

i just noticed that I can't even call from the LaunchedEffect into the `AndroidView`

So I guess my first idea of passing a boolean and a callback could be the way to go. But I am not sure

The other problem is that `update` can be called multiple times. This probably makes it not suitable for side-effects like this.

so I ended up passing the boolean &amp; callback