How do I use compose inside a Fragment `setContent` doesn t

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How do I use compose inside a Fragment `setContent` doesn t seem to be available outside of an Activity I also learned in a comment inside <https stackoverflow com questions 60520145 fragment container in jetpack compose comment107172881 60520145|this> stackoverflow question that there is a work in progress to add support for Fragments Are there any updates on that Or else what options do I have to be able to use compose inside fragments

Zach Klippenstein (he/him) [MOD] · Answer

You can set a `FrameLayout` as your content view and then call `setContent` on the `FrameLayout`

Andrey Kulikov · Answer

yes it is basically just

Andrey Kulikov · Answer

`abstract class ComposableFragment Fragment ` `override fun onCreateView inflater LayoutInflater container ViewGroup savedInstanceState Bundle = FrameLayout requireContext apply setContent Recomposer current Content ` ` Composable abstract fun Content `

Andrey Kulikov · Answer

but we are still considering to add it in the library to make gradual migration as simple as possible

Javier · Answer

< Andrey Kulikov> compose will not be based on just a single activity and composable functions

Leland Richardson [G] · Answer

< Javier> you can do the single activity composable approach but it won t be required as this would prevent a lot of people from easily migrating

Javier · Answer

< Leland Richardson G > the jetpack navigation library will include the single activity with no fragments approach

Leland Richardson [G] · Answer

the compose extension to the navigation arch component library will allow for routes to be defined by a composable function it will allow other routes to also be defined by fragments if you have them for easy incremental migration If you only have composable routes it is not yet clear if it will end up using fragments as an implementation detail or not but i think there s a decent chance that it won t

Leland Richardson [G] · Answer

but in any event it should just be an implementation detail

Leland Richardson [G] · Answer

there may at some point be a way to define your navigation graph from inside of a composable similar to the open source compose router library s API but these areas are still being explored by our team since we want to make sure that we believe it is a good approach before releasing something like that

Javier · Answer

Thank you for all the info

Merhawifissehaye · Answer

Thank you all Could compose by any chance cause problem when used along with data binding There is another part of the code that uses data binding I am getting an error related to data binding after installing compose I have created a gist of the stack trace <https gist github com mfissehaye c2f986fbda6952d3954afc343a2aa93c|here> I am still struggling to make compose work with my existing project Any clue would be appreciated I have added the following to my build gradle ```composeOptions kotlinCompilerVersion 1 3 70 dev withExperimentalGoogleExtensions 20200424 kotlinCompilerExtensionVersion 0 1 0 dev13 ``` I am on a multi module project and I have added the option to both build gradle files