- Experimental multiplatform support of `Lifecycle` and `ViewModel`.
- The `LifecycleOwner` interface is implemented on the level of Compose Multiplatform itself, providing a `LifecycleOwner` entity for all common composables
- The `ViewModel` class can be used on any platform, but it needs a factory for platforms where the necessary type cannot be discovered by class reflection (iOS and Web)
- Experimental multiplatform support of Jetpack Navigation.
- To see the Compose Multiplatform navigation library in action, check out the [nav_cupcake project](https://github.com/MatkovIvan/nav_cupcake) which was converted from the [Navigate between screens with Compose](https://developer.android.com/codelabs/basic-android-kotlin-compose-navigation#2) Android codelab.
- [Support multi-module projects and libraries publication with Compose resources](https://github.com/JetBrains/compose-multiplatform/pull/4454) <sub>_(Kotlin `2.0.0-Beta05` or higher is required)_</sub>
## Known issues
- `inline fun <reified VM> viewModel(...)` is not available from common due to [compiler bug](https://github.com/JetBrains/compose-multiplatform/issues/3147). Please use `fun <VM> viewModel(KClass, ...)` overload instead.
- Compose Multiplatform doesn't provide default `ViewModelStoreOwner` yet. For using `ViewModel`s outside of `NavHost` you need to provide custom store owner via `LocalViewModelStoreOwner`. Due to dependencies stability, it's expected to be fixed only in `1.7.0`.
## Features
### Common
- [Add font rasterization settings in paragraph style](https://github.com/JetBrains/compose-multiplatform-core/pull/1102)
- [Localize internal strings in `ui`, `material` and `material3`](https://github.com/JetBrains/compose-multiplatform-core/pull/1158)
### iOS
- [Magnifier for iOS 17+](https://github.com/JetBrains/compose-multiplatform-core/pull/1000)
- [Support software keyboard inset in `Dialog`](https://github.com/JetBrains/compose-multiplatform-core/pull/1067)
- [iOS a11y dialogues and popups integration](https://github.com/JetBrains/compose-multiplatform-core/pull/1091)
- [Add throttle for text context menu updates](https://github.com/JetBrains/compose-multiplatform-core/pull/1182)
- [Support a11y for interop views](https://github.com/JetBrains/compose-multiplatform-core/pull/1241)
- [Support `HapticFeedback` on iOS](https://github.com/JetBrains/compose-multiplatform-core/pull/1255)
- [iOS support `LiveRegion` semantics in a11y](https://github.com/JetBrains/compose-multiplatform-core/pull/1258)
### Desktop
- [Add an `alwaysOnTop` flag to `DialogWindow`](https://github.com/JetBrains/compose-multiplatform-core/pull/1120)
- Basic support of `BasicTextField2`: [#1227](https://github.com/JetBrains/compose-multiplatform-core/pull/1227), [#1264](https://github.com/JetBrains/compose-multiplatform-core/pull/1264)
### Web
- [Listen to browser clipboard events and bind them with Compose TextFieldSelectionManager and SelectionManager](https://github.com/JetBrains/compose-multiplatform-core/pull/1206)
- [Introduce ComposeViewport function that renders content in parent container](https://github.com/JetBrains/compose-multiplatform-core/pull/1211)
- [Option to pack jars as uber JAR, support Proguard for uber JAR](https://github.com/JetBrains/compose-multiplatform/pull/4136)
## Fixes
### Common
- [Propagate composition locals to layers in the (re)composition phase](https://github.com/JetBrains/compose-multiplatform-core/pull/1233)
- [Move the effects and synthetic events dispatching to after the draw phase in the render loop.](https://github.com/JetBrains/compose-multiplatform-core/pull/1260)
- [Prevent a few unnecessary re-compositions in `Popup` and `DesktopMenu`.](https://github.com/JetBrains/compose-multiplatform-core/pull/1225)
- [Fix render order of interop views](https://github.com/JetBrains/compose-multiplatform-core/pull/1145)
- [Reimplement SortedSet for JS/Native to improve performance](https://github.com/JetBrains/compose-multiplatform-core/pull/1167)
- [Allow drawing outside of platform layers](https://github.com/JetBrains/compose-multiplatform-core/pull/1190)
### iOS
- [Fix keyboard disappear on IME action](https://github.com/JetBrains/compose-multiplatform-core/pull/1118)
### Desktop
- [Fix nested scrolling on mouse wheel](https://github.com/JetBrains/compose-multiplatform-core/pull/1055)
- [Trigger fling callbacks on mouse wheel scroll (fixes `Pager` and lazy column/row spanning)](https://github.com/JetBrains/compose-multiplatform-core/pull/1100)
- [Fix crash when we resize ComposePanel after re-adding it to the hierarchy](https://github.com/JetBrains/compose-multiplatform-core/pull/1195)
- [Re-show the tooltip on mouse-move following a click in TooltipArea.](https://github.com/JetBrains/compose-multiplatform-core/pull/1209)
- [Fix the direction of scrolling when pressing on the scrollbar track with `reverseLayout=true`](https://github.com/JetBrains/compose-multiplatform-core/pull/1221)
- [Add transactions to `FocusOwnerImpl.takeFocus` and `releaseFocus` to prevent crash when a window is re-shown](https://github.com/JetBrains/compose-multiplatform-core/pull/1231)
- [Don't crash, and allow selection in `SelectionContainer` to start when drag starts below the bounds of the visible text](https://github.com/JetBrains/compose-multiplatform-core/pull/1230)
### Web
- [Implement actual `fun isCopyKeyEvent`](https://github.com/JetBrains/compose-multiplatform-core/pull/1101)
- [Send correct window sized on resize](https://github.com/JetBrains/compose-multiplatform-core/pull/1166)
- [Dispose all listened events alongside with the application being disposed](https://github.com/JetBrains/compose-multiplatform-core/pull/1239)
- [Modify `buttonFlags` only on `Press` and `Release`](https://github.com/JetBrains/compose-multiplatform-core/pull/1243)
- [Fix resource accessors compilation when there are huge number of resource files.](https://github.com/JetBrains/compose-multiplatform/pull/4294)
- [Init resource accessors lazily and in external function to avoid `MethodTooLargeException`](https://github.com/JetBrains/compose-multiplatform/pull/4404)
- [Fix `Res` class generation if the library is declared as 'api'](https://github.com/JetBrains/compose-multiplatform/pull/4406)
- [Fix resource packaging in APK when 'build' task is used with AGP 8.2+](https://github.com/JetBrains/compose-multiplatform/pull/4408)
- [Fix `regionCode` crash on iOS before 17](https://github.com/JetBrains/compose-multiplatform/pull/4473)
- [Use first of preferred locales instead of a current on iOS](https://github.com/JetBrains/compose-multiplatform/pull/4507)
- [Fix `readResourceBytes` function on Android if font is located under qualified directory](https://github.com/JetBrains/compose-multiplatform/pull/4512)
- [Fix android fonts in APKs](https://github.com/JetBrains/compose-multiplatform/pull/4509)
- [Handle special characters for quantity strings](https://github.com/JetBrains/compose-multiplatform/pull/4543)
- [Select default resource if there are no exact language+region or default language match](https://github.com/JetBrains/compose-multiplatform/pull/4577)
## Dependencies
- Gradle Plugin `org.jetbrains.compose`, version `1.6.0`. Based on Jetpack Compose libraries:
- [Lifecycle Runtime Compose 2.8.0-alpha02](https://developer.android.com/jetpack/androidx/releases/lifecycle#2.8.0-alpha02) <sub>_(due to Compose `1.6.*` compatibility)_</sub>
- Navigation libraries `org.jetbrains.androidx.navigation:navigation-*:2.8.0-alpha01`. Based on [Jetpack Navigation 2.8.0-alpha05](https://developer.android.com/jetpack/androidx/releases/navigation#2.8.0-alpha05)
Ivan Matkov
2 weeks ago