TextField in Jetpack Compose:past, present and future
summary
New Jetpack Compose text APIs replace the old value/callback shape with a state object and provide concrete tools: basic text field 2 with rememberTextFieldState, textAsFlow and forEachTextValue for debounceable async validation, a TextFieldBuffer edit session API for append/replace/select, built‑in input filters and chained input transformation and an implicit output transformation (not merged yet). Features available in Compose 1.6 alpha: secure text field with obfuscation modes, scroll and undo state, and a separate text2 package—try now but treat as experimental.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Introduction
- 0:49Past APIs recap
- 10:44New shiny APIs
- 21:38Programmatic edits
- 24:06Visual transformation
- 34:38Password field
- 37:26Scroll and undo state
- 39:31Future plans and feedback
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