Chapter 11: Conclusion and Next Steps

This book shows you how to write beautiful, fast, and maintainable Jetpack Compose apps. In Chapters 1 to 3, I introduced you to the fundamentals of Jetpack Compose, explained core techniques and principles, as well as important interfaces, classes, packages, and, of course, composable functions. Chapters 4 to 7 focused on building Compose UIs. You learned how to manage state and navigate to different screens. We also explored the ViewModel and Repository patterns. Chapters 8 to 10 covered advanced topics such as animation, interoperability, testing, and debugging.

This final chapter is all about what you can do next. We'll investigate the near future of Jetpack Compose and explore neighboring platforms, because you can apply your Compose knowledge there, too. The main sections of this chapter are the following:

• Exploring the future
• Migrating to Material You
• Moving beyond Android

We'll start by looking at the...