We’re trying to render relative time accurately in...

# compose

[allan.conda]

We’re trying to render relative time accurately in Compose:

val displayTime = remember(message.createdTime) {
    DateUtils.getRelativeTimeSpanString(message.createdTime * 1_000).toString()
}
Text(displayTime)

When we refresh, we want to update the relative time text but it doesn’t
a recomposition when the time value doesn’t change.

Any idea how to handle this kind of scenario?

[Felix Schütz]

I don't think the remember around the calculation is required. What exactly is message?

[allan.conda]

It’s just data like a chat message.
Anyway, we ended up having a “refreshTime” in the mutable state and update it everytime we refresh, so the UI uses that to update the relative time.