Jetpack Compose Pagination
<p>Fetching a long list of data from the server is a very costly operation. It takes too long and too much memory. In those situations, the backend will split the list into pages. That is called pagination.</p>
<p>We are all familiar with <code>androidx.paging</code> libraries. The most recent version is <code>Paging 3</code>. I am gonna show you how to use the <code>Paging 3</code> library in Jetpack Compose.</p>
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<p>“The Paging library helps you load and display pages of data from a larger dataset from local storage or over network. This approach allows your app to use both network bandwidth and system resources more efficiently.</p>
<p>The components of the Paging library are designed to fit into the recommended Android app architecture, integrate cleanly with other Jetpack components, and provide first-class Kotlin support.” According to <a href="https://developer.android.com/topic/libraries/architecture/paging/v3-overview" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">the Paging official documentation</a></p>
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<p>Let’s start by adding the dependency:</p>
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implementation "androidx.paging:paging-compose:1.0.0-alpha16"</pre>
<p><strong>Note: </strong>Check if there is a newer version of this dependency.</p>
<p>We will need some data to showcase pagination. For that, we will use Tasty APIs. At <a href="https://rapidapi.com/apidojo/api/tasty/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">this link</a>, you can find the API that we are gonna use.</p>
<p>Except for the paging library, I am using Hilt, Retrofit, OkHttp, Moshi, Coil, and Accompanist’s Placeholder. Make sure to add all those libraries. The link to my GitHub repo will be at the end of the article.</p>
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