Mastering Custom Shapes: A Guide to Crafting Unique UI in Jetpack Compose

Dawinder Singh Gill
8 min readJul 30, 2023

Introduction

Welcome to the world of Jetpack Compose, where creativity knows no bounds! In this story, we’ll embark on an exciting journey exploring the art of creating custom shapes in Jetpack Compose. Join us as we delve into UI design and discover how to elevate your app’s visuals with unique and eye-catching shapes. Let’s unlock the potential of Compose and bring a touch of magic to our user interfaces.

Let’s dive into the fascinating world of custom shapes in Jetpack Compose! We’ll utilize a few essential tools to craft our unique designs that serve as the building blocks of artistic creations. These tools are:

  1. moveTo: This command sets the starting point of a shape's path, allowing us to define where our artistic journey begins.
  2. lineTo: With lineTo, we can draw straight lines from the current point to the specified coordinates, forming the edges of our shapes.
  3. cubicTo: When we desire smooth curves, cubicTo comes to the rescue. It defines a cubic Bézier curve, shaping the fluidity of our designs.
  4. arcTo: For elegant arcs and rounded corners, arcTo it creates beautiful transitions between different parts of our shapes.
  5. angle: The angle function allows us to…

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Dawinder Singh Gill

Expert native Android developer, skilled in Java, Kotlin, and Jetpack Compose. Adheres to best coding practices, excels in UI/UX design and app optimization.