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Building Your First Compose App
When Android was introduced more than 10 years ago, it quickly gained popularity among developers because it was incredibly easy to write apps. All you had to do was define the user interface (UI) in an XML file and connect it to your activity. This worked flawlessly because apps were small, and developers needed to support just a handful of devices.
So much has changed since then.
With every new platform version, Android has gained new features. Through the years, device manufacturers introduced thousands of devices with different screen sizes, pixel densities, and form factors. While Google did its best to keep the Android view system comprehendible, the complexity of apps increased significantly; basic tasks ...
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