In the last blog post, we learned how to build an Immersive Preview Card for Android TV using Jetpack Compose. This component allows us to provide an immersive experience while browsing content on Android TV devices. While we covered how to build such a component, we didn’t cover how to utilise …
Let’s not kid ourselves – TVs play a huge part in our lives, with living areas in our homes often centred around them. Immersive experiences in the form of video, music and games provide a way for us to relax and bond with those around us and now with Jetpack …
For the past few years, we’ve been getting to grips with Jetpack Compose and how we can use it to build apps for Handheld and Wear OS devices. Late last year, Composables built for Android TV apps started to surface as Alpha releases and in this series of blog posts, …
In version 1.3.0 of Jetpack Compose we see the addition of two sought after composables, the LazyVerticalStaggeredGrid and LazyHorizontalStaggeredGrid. Both of these composables allow us to compose lists of content in a staggered fashion, allowing us to easily compose items that have a range of heights / widths while also supporting lazy composition. In this …