before I make something (possibly ugly) myself, is...

# compose

[Kevin Hester]

before I make something (possibly ugly) myself, is there something like a WithActivity {} or WithApplication {} Compose functions to provide the current activity or application context (which is sometimes needed for low level android calls). I've looked through https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/androidx/compose but so far no luck.

[Zsolt]

I wonder if context ambient would do the job for your case?

[Leland Richardson [G]]

yeah, do you need Context or Activity?

[Leland Richardson [G]]

ContextAmbient.current will get you the former

[Leland Richardson [G]]

we don’t currently have an Activity ambient, and i’m not sure if we want to add one

[Leland Richardson [G]]

but you can add one yourself pretty easily

[Kevin Hester]

Ohh - ContextAmbient is perfect for me. thanks! btw - is there any top level meta document on using Compose or at this point is it basically the tutorial + the javadocs?

[Leland Richardson [G]]

tutorials and docs are pretty much the only official things we have at the moment, sorry

[Leland Richardson [G]]

APIs are changing pretty dramatically still at this point so we don’t want to waste too much effort documenting things in ways that will be outdated

[Kevin Hester]

gotcha. no worries! I'll try not to be too pesty with questions tho.

[Leland Richardson [G]]

no worries! ask away! that’s partially why this slack channel is here

[Kevin Hester]

oh yah - I bet it is a goldmine of 'oh, here's what we'll need to document or here's usecases that actual users are trying'

[Leland Richardson [G]]

yeah it is