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&nbsp;<code>androidx.paging</code>&nbsp;libraries. The most recent version is&nbsp;<code>Paging 3</code>. I am gonna show you how to use the&nbsp;<code>Paging 3</code>&nbsp;library in Jetpack Compose.</p> <blockquote> <p>&ldquo;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.&rdquo; According to&nbsp;<a href="https://developer.android.com/topic/libraries/architecture/paging/v3-overview" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">the Paging official documentation</a></p> </blockquote> <p>Let&rsquo;s start by adding the dependency:</p> <pre> implementation &quot;androidx.paging:paging-compose:1.0.0-alpha16&quot;</pre> <p><strong>Note:&nbsp;</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Check if there is a newer version of this dependency.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&nbsp;<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&rsquo;s Placeholder. Make sure to add all those libraries. The link to my GitHub repo will be at the end of the article.</p> <p><a href="https://betterprogramming.pub/jetpack-compose-pagination-287ea6e782e3">Visit Now</a></p> <p>&nbsp;</p>