Is there easy way to achieve snapping (paging) li...

# compose

[Shakil Karim]

Is there easy way to achieve snapping (paging) like behavior in LazyRow?

[Andrey Kulikov]

There is a FlingBehavior param on LazyRow which allows to build such behaviour, but if you are looking for ViewPager-like component please follow the upcoming implementation to be added in accompanist: https://github.com/chrisbanes/accompanist/pull/209

[Vipulyaara]

Is there a reason compose foundation or material doesn’t want to make a Pager component? It is already one of the most used and requested components as far as I know

[Alexandre Elias [G]]

We may someday add a pager to foundation/material. We have some concerns that if we add one in a rush, it may not make everyone happy because we've heard requests for many variations (for example with extra padding to snap to, ads in the middle with different behavior, etc).

[Alexandre Elias [G]]

So we've focused so far on providing powerful low-level primitives like FlingBehavior that can allow building any of the possible variations on top of them. And enabling a multi-artifact style of development instead of a monolith so that it's elegant to use libraries like accompanist alongside compose.

[Vipulyaara]

That’s good to know. I am sure we can build a much more powerful pager than the ViewPager given the flexibility compose brings with it. But I understand it takes time and will be a complex widget to make. Thanks for the update.