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Hi! Now that we have Compose Beta, do we have a date for Android Studio 4.2 to reach Stable*? I wanted to migrate our "design system prototype" to Compose Beta without customizations from my side (gradle plugin) but I did not want to break other developers using Android Studio 4.1 stable. Thank you.

The only way to use compose in stable AS versions is using Jetbrains Gradle plugin

<https://github.com/JetBrains/compose-jb>

<https://github.com/JetBrains/compose-jb/tree/master/examples/imageviewer>

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<@UE206C71V> sorry, I meant 4.2 Beta to Stable. I typed wrong. But thank you for the type with JB Compose.

4.2 doesnt support Compose without JB Gradle plugin

<@UE206C71V> it does not support the general tooling (preview, etc) but, at this moment, you can use and build Compose applications with Android Studio 4.2 - only Android Studio 4.1 is limited to Compose version 1.0.0-alpha03. I do actively use AS 4.2 as I feel it is way more stable for coding if compared to AF.
&gt; `androidx.compose:compose-compiler` has been refactored to `androidx.compose.compiler:compiler`. This is the first release in the new group.

Yeah, you can't use preview in common or jvm modules

A workaround can be using a simple `main` function which run a desktop app with the screen you are editing for example

sample:
```fun main = Window {
     SomeScreen()
}

@Composable
fun SomeScreen() {
    ...
}```
