Why is this not working? No text appears in the input field

val inputState: TextFieldValue by mutableStateOf(TextFieldValue())
TextField(value = inputState.value, onValueChange = { inputState = it })

But if I wrap in

remember

than text input starts working. I am asking because Compose State codelab has examples which have only

by mutableStateOf

and no

remember

(for example in ViewModel section), but TextField turns out to be special here?

I think I already wrote you this before, but the codelab should provide all the info you need.

remember

is needed if you want to keep the

MutableState

across recompositions of your `Composable`s. In the

ViewModel

you do not need it, because the

ViewModel

is not recomposed and the

MutableState

is not lost.

Irs not TextField that's special, it's because you're in a composable function. Composable functions get re-invoked (recomposed) whenever anything changes. So in your case, whenever you type a key, it re-invokes your function, which recreates your mutable state with an empty string, and passes that to the TextField composable. You need remember, as florian said, so that the same instance of the state is preserved across compositions.

Florian, thanks. This was the last bit I asked, without a reply, I thought you didn't see it and decided to post here for visibility.