Compose Material 3

Build Jetpack Compose UIs with Material Design 3 Components, the next evolution of Material Design. Material 3 includes updated theming and components and Material You personalization features like dynamic color, and is designed to be cohesive with the new Android 12 visual style and system UI.
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January 12, 2022 - - - 1.0.0-alpha03

Structure

Compose is combination of 7 Maven Group Ids within androidx. Each Group contains a targeted subset of functionality, each with it's own set of release notes.

This table explains the groups and links to each set of release notes.

GroupDescription
compose.animationBuild animations in their Jetpack Compose applications to enrich the user experience.
compose.compilerTransform @Composable functions and enable optimizations with a Kotlin compiler plugin.
compose.foundationWrite Jetpack Compose applications with ready to use building blocks and extend foundation to build your own design system pieces.
compose.materialBuild Jetpack Compose UIs with ready to use Material Design Components. This is the higher level entry point of Compose, designed to provide components that match those described at www.material.io.
compose.material3Build Jetpack Compose UIs with Material Design 3 Components, the next evolution of Material Design. Material 3 includes updated theming and components and Material You personalization features like dynamic color, and is designed to be cohesive with the new Android 12 visual style and system UI.
compose.runtimeFundamental building blocks of Compose's programming model and state management, and core runtime for the Compose Compiler Plugin to target.
compose.uiFundamental components of compose UI needed to interact with the device, including layout, drawing, and input.

Declaring dependencies

To add a dependency on Compose, you must add the Google Maven repository to your project. Read Google's Maven repository for more information.

Add the dependencies for the artifacts you need in the build.gradle file for your app or module:

Groovy

dependencies {
    implementation "androidx.compose.material3:material3:1.0.0-alpha03"
}

android {
    buildFeatures {
        compose true
    }

    composeOptions {
        kotlinCompilerExtensionVersion = "1.0.0-alpha03"
    }

    kotlinOptions {
        jvmTarget = "1.8"
    }
}

Kotlin

dependencies {
    implementation("androidx.compose.material3:material3:1.0.0-alpha03")
}

android {
    buildFeatures {
        compose = true
    }

    composeOptions {
        kotlinCompilerExtensionVersion = "1.0.0-alpha03"
    }

    kotlinOptions {
        jvmTarget = "1.8"
    }
}

For more information about dependencies, see Add build dependencies.

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Version 1.0

Version 1.0.0-alpha03

January 12, 2022

androidx.compose.material3:material3:1.0.0-alpha03 is released. Version 1.0.0-alpha03 contains these commits.

Bug Fixes

Dependency Updates

  • Now depends on Kotlin 1.6.10.

Version 1.0.0-alpha02

December 1, 2021

androidx.compose.material3:material3:1.0.0-alpha02 is released. Version 1.0.0-alpha02 contains these commits.

New Features

  • Add support for checkbox and radiobutton.
  • Updated to be compatible with Kotlin 1.6.0

API Changes

  • Remove drawer from Material 3's scaffold. (I04f51)
  • Adds Material 3 Checkbox support. (Id5542)
  • Adds Material 3 RadioButton support. (I20334)

Bug Fixes

  • Reduce IconButton ripple radius from 40dp to 20dp. (I68bbe, b/206674345)
  • Port string fast path for Text changes from compose.material (I30b03)
  • Fixed but that hardcoded button to always be enabled. (Iea832, b/205335456)

Version 1.0.0-alpha01

October 27, 2021

androidx.compose.material3:material3:1.0.0-alpha01 is released. Version 1.0.0-alpha01 contains these commits.

New Features

Material Design 3 theming and Material You dynamic color

Material Design 3 components

For more information, check out the Material Design 3 and Material You section in the Material Theming in Compose guide.