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Last updated: March 2025

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Compose comes with excellent tooling support in Android Studio:

1. Live Preview: See your composables update in real-time as you code

2. Layout Inspector: Debug your Compose UI hierarchy

3. Animation Preview: Preview and debug animations

4. Semantic Tree: Inspect accessibility properties

5. Interactive Preview: Test your composables directly in Android Studio

6. Deploy Preview: Quick deployment of individual composables to device

7. Memory Profiler: Profile Compose UI performance

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How would you describe a Composable?

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Does Compose work with WearOS?

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Can I still use ConstraintLayout with Compose?

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Are material design widgets available for use?

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