Building Compose APIs

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Jetpack Compose team replaces a brittle swipeable API with a simpler, iteration-first design that becomes anchorDragable state plus modifier.dragable. The old API forces a composition pass, layout measurement, then a recomposition for layout dependent anchors, slowing components and making tests flaky. The new design moves the core into foundation, exposes updateAnchors safely, removes a separate swipe‑anchors modifier, and proves workable after internal MVPs and migrations, reducing complexity and surprising two‑pass behavior.

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1. 0:00Introduction
2. 1:31Problem with Swipeable API
3. 6:25Redesigning the API
4. 10:41Breaking down the API
5. 13:34Modifier vs Composable
6. 16:02Naming challenges
7. 18:27Core API parts
8. 19:32Layering in Compose
9. 22:02Iterating on APIs
10. 23:05Prototype lessons
11. 26:42Simplifying APIs
12. 28:10Public API release
13. 31:21Final thoughts

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