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Is it possible to write Jetpack Compose components in Java? All of the documentation seems to only give examples in Kotlin. If not, is there any future plan to allow components to be implemented in Java?
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Can I use it with Java? Jetpack Compose is Kotlin exclusive. It uses features such as coroutines, and the handling of @Composable annotations is done by a Kotlin compiler. There is no way to get access to these from Java.
Jetpack Compose is a modern toolkit designed to simplify UI development. It combines a reactive programming model with the conciseness and ease of use of the Kotlin programming language. It is fully declarative, meaning you describe your UI by calling a series of functions that transform data into a UI hierarchy.
Jetpack Compose is Android's modern toolkit for building native UI. It simplifies and accelerates UI development on Android. Quickly bring your app to life with less code, powerful tools, and intuitive Kotlin APIs.
It makes writing UI code faster, easier and more fun, while also making the code simpler and easier to test. Google is putting a huge amount of effort, developer time and resources into creating Compose. Their focus is very much on improving Compose and not maintaining and updating the older View based system.
No, you can't write Jetpack Compose components in Java, and there are no future plans to allow this (source: I work on Compose). Note that this is not the same thing as using components created in Compose from a Java app, which is possible.
Jetpack Compose makes heavy use of Kotlin features such as coroutines, and @Composable methods require transformations that are done by a Kotlin compiler plugin. There is no way to get access to these from Java.
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