Support Material Web Components

[ghasemdev]

Hello 👋
One of the key reasons developers turn to building websites with Kotlin is to create WebViews for their Android apps, enabling them to make certain parts of the app dynamic. However, many developers lack experience with HTML styling. Additionally, frameworks like Bootstrap don’t align closely with Android’s component design. Supporting Material Web, in my opinion, can significantly bridge this gap and address these challenges effectively.

[rjaros]

It is on my todo list for some time, but there is a problem with Material libs. The official Material3 library is not complete and is not maintained anymore. If you read this thread, you will find a lot of people are angry and disappointed by Google decision. There are some alternatives, but they are not perfect. I'm thinking about BeerCSS library, but I'm also closely watching ambitious compose-material3-html project (unfortunately it is still far from complete).

[ghasemdev]

It is on my todo list for some time, but there is a problem with Material libs. The official Material3 library is not complete and is not maintained anymore. If you read this thread, you will find a lot of people are angry and disappointed by Google decision. There are some alternatives, but they are not perfect. I'm thinking about BeerCSS library, but I'm also closely watching ambitious compose-material3-html project (unfortunately it is still far from complete).

Alright, so based on what you mentioned, having Material Components would either be a long process, or we’d have to reinvent the wheel or rely on unofficial projects created by others.

[rjaros]

Alright, so based on what you mentioned, having Material Components would either be a long process, or we’d have to reinvent the wheel or rely on unofficial projects created by others.

I'm afraid that's true. But relying on community projects isn't a bad thing - Kilua already uses many open source projects for various components.