1.6.0

Changes since 1.5.12

Highlights

An overview of highlights for this release is also available in the Compose Multiplatform documentation: What's new in 1.6.0.

Common

• Resource library improvements (an example project)
  • Compile-time checking of resources through a generated Res class
  • Introduce top level composeResources dir with drawable, font, files, values/strings.xml support
  • Support for various screen densities, multiple languages and regions, and light and dark themes
• Experimental support is available for tests in common code
• Support Kotlin 2.0.0-Beta4

iOS, Desktop, Web

• Support LineHeightStyle.Trim
• Add a way to use fonts installed on the system
• Add support for text decoration line styles via PlatformTextStyle

iOS

• Native-like caret behaviour by long/single taps in textfields(1, 2)
• Basic accessibility support
• Popups/Dialogs can now be displayed outside a ViewController over native components
• Allow selecting Text in SelectionContainer by double and triple tap

Web

• Compose for Web (Wasm) artifacts are available in Maven Central _{Warning: Kotlin 1.9.21 has an issue with web target. Use Kotlin 1.9.22.}

Desktop

• Proper clipping of SwingPanel interop _{(under an experimental flag, see the link)}
• Popups/Dialogs can now be displayed outside the main window or panel and over native components _{(under an experimental flag, see the link)}

Breaking changes

Common

• Resource library (compose.components.resources) changes
  • resources from *Main\resources should be moved to *Main\composeResources\drawable, commonMain\composeResources\font or *Main\composeResources\files depending on the resource type
  • painterResource("resource.xml") should be replaced by painterResource(Res.drawable.resource)
• google() maven repository is now required. Add this to build.gradle.kts:

  repositories {
      ...
      google()
  }
  

  If the project doesn't have it, there will be an error Could not find androidx.annotation:annotation:... or Could not find org.jetbrains.compose.collection-internal:collection.
• Text with lineHeight set is trimmed by default
• Text with fontSize set without lineHeight inside MaterialTheme has different line height

iOS/Desktop/Web

• Deprecate public ComposeScene in favour of @InternalComposeUiApi MultiLayerComposeScene
• Hide deprecated DropdownMenu overloads

Desktop

• Remove deprecated APIs in TooltipArea and PointerEvent

Web (k/js)

• Libraries which depend on earlier Compose Multiplatform version are not compatible with 1.6.0 anymore. This is because decoys generation was disabled. Projects which apply Compose Compiler plugin manually need to remove this argument: plugin:androidx.compose.compiler.plugins.kotlin:generateDecoys=true.

Features

Common

• Publish new platforms for runtime-saveable

iOS

• Adjust overscroll effect params to match iOS animations
• Add ability to change opacity for compose view
• Introduce @Composable fun UIKitViewController
• Remove iOS experimental flag in gradle.properties

Desktop

• Support select till the end of the file / till the start of the file keyboard actions on Windows
• Add LinuxArm64 target to Compose runtime
• Add dedicated feature flags class for desktop

Web

• Change the embedded font to Roboto Regular

HTML library

• Add opportunity to use custom prefixes in StyleSheet
• Add sub, sup and blockquote elements

Gradle Plugin

• Add ui-tooling-preview alias
• Add compose.uiTest dependency
• Add compose.components.uiUtil dependency

Fixes

iOS/Desktop/Web

• Fix "DropdownMenu performs onDismissRequest twice"
• Use a large rectangle for the picture bounds in RenderNodeLayer.drawLayer to prevent clipping
• Fix closing scene during scroll animation
• Fix "Using painterResource(:DrawableResource) outside desktop Window can produce UnsatisfiedLinkError"
• Fix "Rect::makeLTRB expected l <= r" crashes
• Fix "TextLayoutResult#getLineForVerticalPosition returns wrong value + slow performance"
• Run all effects before sending synthetic events
• Font constructor with lazy data loading
• Optimise TextLayoutResult#getLineForOffset
• Fix "SwingPanel/UIKitView doesn't apply Modifier.offset if it's after Modifier.size"
• DatePicker. Fix empty row
• DatePicker. Fix selection of the current day
• Fix LayoutCoordinates.localToWindow coordinates conversion for non-full Compose components

iOS

• Fixed unexpected fling animation over scrolling content
• Fix UIKitView z-order
• Fix missing case for loading SystemFont on iOS
• Fix selection container crash
• Fix WindowInfo.containerSize without platformLayers flag
• Disable encoding on separate thread for iOS
• Synchronise IME insets with iOS keyboard

Desktop

• Protect against MouseInfo.getPointerInfo() returning null in WindowDraggableArea
• Support Rtl in SplitPane
• Fix a native crash on makeGL
• Add Arial and Consolas as backup fonts on Linux and mention font name when one fails to load
• Fix blurry app icon in the system application switcher
• Insert a new line on NumPadEnter
• Don't restart the drag gesture when the onDrag(matcher= changes
• Fix "Resizing window on desktop sometimes triggers onClick handlers of Composables"
• Fix "ComposePanel doesn't calculate its preferredSize correctly when it's called before doLayout"
• Fix input methods on JBR, disable input methods when we lose focus
• Fix "BasicTextField could not input any Chinese character when using JBR"
• Take into account enabled in scrollable for mouse input
• Fix NPE for getComponentAfter/Before in ComposePanel
• Transparency support for D3D _{(previously it supported via fallback on OpenGL)}

Web

• Add a SystemThemeObserver implementation for wasmJs
• Fix keyboard events with meta key on wasm/js targets
• Added WASM to components.uiToolingPreview library
• Fix "The cursor is invisible in compose web"
• Use an alternative implementation of Image.toBitmap

Gradle Plugin

• Fix failing when org.jetbrains.compose is applied from a script plugin

Dependencies

This version of Compose Multiplatform is based on the next Jetpack Compose libraries:

• Compiler 1.5.8
• Runtime 1.6.1
• UI 1.6.1
• Foundation 1.6.1
• Material 1.6.1
• Material3 1.2.0

See the announce of Jetpack Compose 1.6. Notes:

• Changes to default font padding affects only Android target.
• Added support for selection by mouse, including text. concerns only Android. Other targets supported it before 1.6.
• Some of the features are not ported yet (they will be ported in the next versions):
  • BasicTextField2
  • Support for nonlinear font scaling
  • Multipaltform Drag and drop. It works only for Android right now. For desktop there is the old API Modifier.onExternalDrag
  • MultiParagraph.fillBoundingBoxes

See the announce of Material 1.2.