
Episode 144: Compilers
Android Developers Backstage
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Is Jetpack Compose a Compiler Plugin?
Jetpack Compose works as a full compiler plugin. You cannot, with KSP, change the internal representation. So you basically just have like a read-only view of the internal structures in the compilation. And then you can generate source from that. If you want to change the IR, write your own plugin.
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