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tscholze
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Apr 09, 2022
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UI question on foldable: How to display a small amount of content on top of an extended canvas?

Hi team, during my current pet project I learn, that my UI / UX understanding and how thing should work under Android is still not competitive (and useful) that's why I ask you, the awesome Surface ...
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    khalper
    Apr 14, 2022

    Hi Tobias,

     

    Thanks for your question!

     

    To be honest, I also am not an expert in Android components/Material Design, but from what you have described, it sounds like a Sheet would fit your needs. We do use a custom component similar to a BottomSheet/Drawer in the NavigationRail Compose sample, but like you mentioned, some content is still shown when the component is collapsed, so that wouldn't fit your exact use case.

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khalper
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Apr 14, 2022

Hi Tobias,

 

Thanks for your question!

 

To be honest, I also am not an expert in Android components/Material Design, but from what you have described, it sounds like a Sheet would fit your needs. We do use a custom component similar to a BottomSheet/Drawer in the NavigationRail Compose sample, but like you mentioned, some content is still shown when the component is collapsed, so that wouldn't fit your exact use case.

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