In Compose, the analogue is the GraphicsLayer API: it separates composition into layers so the background can be blurred as a unit while the overlay renders cleanly above. Prefer Haze by @chrisbanes.me — it handles this and edge cases.

Realtime Blur on Android used to be a punchline, and many of us still carry that muscle memory.
This thread rewrites it: what we tried, why it hurt, and how RenderEffect + AGSL made "frosted glass" practical and fast.
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Spent a few evenings tinkering with the official KotlinLSP. Got it working with Android in VSCode by writing a custom Gradle Plugin to analyze classpath & generate workspace.json file. Now I have auto-completion for Android libs/SDK + basic build & run tasks. Loving the progress!
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I tried the new shape-morphing APIs and found them easy to use, with great-looking results.
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I'm really liking where this is going, the overall shape is starting to take form. There are still some rough edges, but the work is progressing nicely.
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How to display many high-quality images at once without OOM?

Use atlas textures:
– Pack multiple images into a single bitmap
– Draw specific regions via coordinates

One texture = lower memory overhead than managing hundreds of bitmaps.

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Hey chat, what do you think of these animations? Are they a bit too distracting?
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And here’s the original version so you can compare.

@chrisbanes.me Here’s what I’ve got. It’s not perfect, but I think the draw latency is much lower. Also, I reuse RenderScript objects instead of reallocating them every frame. What do you think?
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