How to get Context in Jetpack Compose
AndroidKotlinAndroid JetpackAndroid Jetpack-ComposeAndroid Problem Overview
fun createListItem(itemIndex: Int) {
Padding(left = 8.dp, right = 8.dp, top = 8.dp, bottom = 8.dp) {
FlexRow(crossAxisAlignment = CrossAxisAlignment.Center) {
expanded(1.0f) {
Text("Item $itemIndex")
}
inflexible {
Button(
"Button $itemIndex",
style = ContainedButtonStyle(),
onClick = {
Toast.makeText(
this@MainActivity,
"Item name $itemIndex",
Toast.LENGTH_SHORT
).show()
})
}
}
}
}
I try to make Toast in a normal way. but I got the error I tried a lot of multiples source but failed.
Android Solutions
Solution 1 - Android
Update March 2021: The previous answer has been deprecated. You should now use:
val context = LocalContext.current
Previous answer for reference:
You can access to context with define ambientContext
.
Example:
val context = ContextAmbient.current
Solution 2 - Android
ContextAmbient
and AmbientContext
is deprecated
You can replace them with
val context = LocalContext.current
Solution 3 - Android
is deprecated as of ContextAmbient.current
alpha-09
.
is deprecated. I think as of AmbientContext.current
alpha-11
.
LocalContext.current
is how you get the context in a composable now.
Solution 4 - Android
Solution 5 - Android
ContextAmbient
and AmbientContext
is deprecated
Update
Now Jetpack way to do this has been updated. It's now:
val context = LocalContext.current
Solution 6 - Android
ContextAmbient.current
has been deprecated, use val context = LocalContext.current
instead.
Solution 7 - Android
> LocalContext.current - is the right approach. But the problem is you > can't use LocalContext.current inside @Composable function
You need to create separate function to use Context
Sample code
@Composable
fun DoneButton(){
val context = LocalContext.current
Button(onClick = { showToast(context,"Button clicked")}) {
Text(name = "Done")
}
}
fun showToast(context: Context, msg:String){
Toast.makeText(context,msg,Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show()
}
Solution 8 - Android
For getting context in jetpack compose:
val context = ContextAmbient.current
> Working on 0.1.0-dev14
How to use it in TOAST:
@Composable
fun cardViewImplementer(item: Int) {
val context = ContextAmbient.current
Card(
shape = RoundedCornerShape(10.dp),
modifier = Modifier.padding(10.dp)
) {
Box(
modifier = Modifier
.fillMaxWidth()
.drawShadow(5.dp)
.clickable(onClick = {
Toast.makeText(context, "Clicked $item", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show()
}), children = {
})
}
For accessing the Resource:
Text("Read this string: "+context.getString(R.string.name))
Solution 9 - Android
Issues with compose_version = '1.0.0-alpha12'
? AmbientContext
is now LocalContext
Solution 10 - Android
val context = LocalContext.current
Toast.makeText(context,"Hello Compose",Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show()
Solution 11 - Android
Some useful if you need get context as Activity from last Android Studio template:
val view = LocalView.current
(view.context as Activity).<activity method>
Better solution
fun Context.getActivity(): Activity? = when (this) {
is Activity -> this
is ContextWrapper -> baseContext.getActivity()
else -> null
}
val activity = LocalContext.current.getActivity()