Why Jetpack Compose Is More Relevant Than Ever in 2025

Jetpack Compose has evolved far beyond being a modern UI toolkit for Android. As of 2025, it's powering cross-platform experiences, high-performance UI, and AI-assisted design workflows — all while keeping the developer experience intuitive.

If you’ve already followed our Jetpack Compose beginner’s guide, this article will take you into the advanced Compose universe: from real-time animations to Compose Multiplatform and performance profiling.

1. Smooth & Powerful Animations

Jetpack Compose now supports advanced animation APIs that are not only easy to use but also incredibly performant.

• animate*AsState() for value-driven UI transitions
• AnimatedVisibility for sleek screen toggles
• updateTransition() for grouped animations
• rememberInfiniteTransition() for looping effects

Tip: Pair animations with LaunchedEffect to sync with backend or UI events

2. Performance Optimization Techniques

2025 Compose apps demand responsiveness. Here's how to optimize for speed:

• Use LazyColumn or LazyVerticalGrid with key to prevent recomposition.
• Avoid Modifier.fillMaxSize() when unnecessary.
• Profile recomposition using Layout Inspector and Compose Compiler Metrics.
• Prefer remember { mutableStateOf() } over raw var usage.

Best Practice: Hoist your state and use derivedStateOf() to avoid wasteful recomposition.

3. Jetpack Compose Multiplatform (Android + iOS + Desktop + Web)

Compose is no longer Android-only. With JetBrains Compose Multiplatform, you can now build:

• ✅ Android apps (default)
• ✅ iOS apps (via Kotlin/Native)
• ✅ Desktop apps (Windows, macOS, Linux)
• ✅ Web apps (Jetpack Compose for Web)

Write your UI once in Kotlin, and deploy it anywhere.

@Composable
fun Greeting(name: String) {
    Text("Hello $name!")
}

Compose Multiplatform is ideal for shared design systems, business apps, and internal tools.

4. Compose + AI Assistants

Android Studio now offers AI-powered code suggestions using Gemini or GitHub Copilot. For Jetpack Compose:

• Get real-time layout fixes
• AI-generated UI previews
• One-click migration to newer Compose APIs

Compose and AI go hand-in-hand in 2025 — making UI development smarter, not harder.

5. Integrating Compose in Existing Apps (Interoperability)

Compose plays well with XML and View-based UIs:

setContent {
    AndroidView(factory = { context ->
        LayoutInflater.from(context).inflate(R.layout.legacy_view, null)
    })
}

This allows you to migrate screens incrementally — a lifesaver for large apps.

6. Best Libraries for Compose Developers (2025 Edition)

• Accompanist – Animations, insets, permissions, and more.
• Voyager / Decompose – Navigation for Compose Multiplatform.
• Koin / Hilt – Dependency injection with smooth Compose support.
• Lottie for Compose – Render vector animations seamlessly.
• Material3 – Official support for modern Material You designs.

Final Thoughts

Jetpack Compose has matured into a cross-platform powerhouse in 2025. Whether you're building for Android, iOS, desktop, or web — Compose gives you performance, flexibility, and future-proof development.

Already comfortable with the basics? Now is the time to embrace animations, AI workflows, performance tuning, and Compose Multiplatform.