Huyen Tue Dao

Software Engineer @ Netflix | Co-host @ Android Faithful

Huyen Tue Dao is an Android developer and Google Developer Expert for Android. She works at Netflix and has worked as an Android developer at Trello and Adobe. Huyen also co-hosts the "Android Faithful" podcast on the Daily Tech News Show network. Huyen lives in Denver, CO, though she is often found in the DMV (DC/Maryland/Virginia) area. When not programming, she is moving (kettlebells, HIIT, dance, yoga, strength) and gaming (video, board, card, mobile, anything).

Digging Deeper with Subcomposition + Custom Compose Layouts

If you're comfortable with Jetpack Compose and its out-of-the-box components, another essential tool is the ability to create custom Compose layouts. This ability is easier to achieve than with the View system; it only requires extending a basic understanding of composition and its phases and can become a simple solution to more complicated layouts. From there, you can customize your layouts even further with custom modifiers and sub-composition to take deeper control of the composition and layout, making them powerful, flexible Composables. In this session, we'll review the basics of building a custom layout and then dive deeper into when and how to use sub-composition to take fine-grain control of your layout's contents and phases. We will also look into designing parameters and modifiers to provide flexibility and further customization.