JetBrains/compose-multiplatform v1.8.0-alpha04 on GitHub

Changes since 1.8.0-alpha03

Highlights

Improved performance on Windows by replacing the native code compiler to Clang. See details in JetBrains/skiko#1020 (comment) #1863
- DirectX rendering FPS is 17 % higher
- Software rendering FPS is 73 % higher
- Skiko binary size is reduced from 16.7 to 12.1 Mb on x64 and from 17.4 to 10.5 Mb on arm64
- Note that the numbers are measured on one machine and also can differ between Compose 1.7 and Compose 1.8 (will be updated in the stable Release Notes)

Back gesture may remain stuck in the middle, the fix will be available in the next pre-release version #1861

Google Maven now contains some artifacts for all Kotlin targets including Wasm and JS. Compose Multiplatform now depends on those artifacts and user projects might need to add google() repo to repositories {...} block if it is not there yet #1819
Multiplatform lifecycle was migrated from a internal core-bundle module to the androidx SavedState. Libraries that use org.jetbrains.androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-viewmodel-savedstate or org.jetbrains.androidx.savedstate:savedstate should migrate to the latest version #1850
(prerelease fix) Material3 is reverted from Jetpack Compose Material3 1.4.0-alpha07 to 1.3.1 because 1.4.0 Stable will be released only after Compose Multiplatform 1.8.0. As a workaround to continue using the new API, replace:
```
implementation(compose.material3)
```
by:
```
implementation("org.jetbrains.compose.material3:material3:1.8.0-alpha03")
```
Jetpack Compose Material3 1.4.0 will be merged again sometime after the Compose Multiplatform 1.8.0 release #1868

Support new haptic feedback types #1831
Support for focusable nodes when Full Keyboard Access is enabled on iOS #1825
Floating cursor support for BasicTextField(TextFieldState) #1598
Add support for Bold Text accessibility setting #1846
Bhojpuri language support for VoiceOver #1838
Add support for Reduce Motion accessibility setting #1847
Default androidx.navigation transition animation on iOS is as close as possible to the iOS back gesture #1861
Support accessibility text input #1875
Support text input for UI Tests #1875
Accessibility: added ability to traverse nodes within a scrollable container #1837

Fixed the output of TextField(TextFieldState) (aka BasicTextField2) transformations incorrectly leeching into the untransformed text itself, when input method is used (Chinese and other languages with multi-keystroke character input) #1833
Fix possible IllegalArgumentException: Object already closed during GraphicsLayer.record #1839
(prerelease fix) Change an Esc button interception from onPreviewKeyEvent to onKeyEvent in the desktop BackGestureDispatcher implementation. It fixes problems when user's code handles the Esc-button #1860
(prerelease fix) Fix a problem when an onBack callback is updated but listener is not #1860
(prerelease fix) Fix memory leak in some cases of re-usage internal layout nodes #1873
Compose runtime module now exposes its dependency on Kotlin Coroutines API (changed from implementation() to api()) #1883
Correctly set ScrollState.viewportSize for (Basic)TextField(TextFieldState) #1896

(prerelease fix) Fixed issue where cross-directional scrolling could intercept and cancel each other #1851
Fixed a bug where touches could be handled by back gesture and composable content at the same time #1879

(prerelease fix) Restore compatibility with Ubuntu 20.04 #1870
(prerelease fix) Fix "Could not resolve version conflict" in non-Gradle projects #1872

Mobile browsers: the virtual keyboard is shown when the TextField is clicked/focues #1865
Fix text selection with mouse in TextField #1876

(prerelease fix) Fix a desktop back navigation when Esc button clicked #1890
(prerelease fix) Fix an iOS back navigation after a swipe on disallowed edge #1890

Gradle Plugin org.jetbrains.compose, version 1.8.0-alpha04. Based on Jetpack Compose libraries:
Lifecycle libraries org.jetbrains.androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-*:2.9.0-alpha04. Based on Jetpack Lifecycle 2.9.0-alpha08
Navigation libraries org.jetbrains.androidx.navigation:navigation-*:2.9.0-alpha14. Based on Jetpack Navigation 2.9.0-alpha07
Material3 Adaptive libraries org.jetbrains.compose.material3.adaptive:adaptive*:1.1.0-alpha04. Based on Jetpack Material3 Adaptive 1.1.0-beta01