Learning Android Development

Lessons Learned After 3 Days Debugging Jetpack Compose SwipeToDismiss

Lots of Useful Jetpack Compose and Design Relevant Learning Obtained After The Pain of Finding Them Out

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Swipe to dismiss is a common feature for any App these days. It should be easy, especially with Jetpack Compose, right?

True, it is supposed to be easy. I even shared a blog on it

Jetpack Compose Swipe To Dismiss Made Easy

Unfortunately, there are some little traps I fell into that altogether took me about 3 days before I can comprehend them well.

My final design works well as shown below

You can get the code here https://github.com/elye/demo_android_jetpack_compose_list_update

But it took me quite a bit of exploration before I can reach there. I’m glad I got through as I learned other bits along the way.