Overview:

Showkase is an annotation-processor based Android library that helps developers organize, discover, search, and visualize Jetpack Compose UI elements. With minimal configuration, Showkase generates a UI browser that allows for easy component discovery, color exploration, and typography visualization. The library also renders components in different situations, such as dark mode and right-to-left layouts, to help identify any potential issues early on. Showkase aims to streamline the process of maintaining a design system by providing a searchable and discoverable repository of UI elements.

Features:

• Simple Setup: Setting up Showkase is straightforward and requires only a few steps.
• Visualization Support: Showkase supports the visualization of composables, colors, and typography, making it easier to preview and fine-tune UI elements.
• First Class @Preview Support: Showkase seamlessly integrates with the @Preview annotation in Android Studio, allowing for easy inclusion of existing components in the Showkase browser.
• Permutations Generation: Showkase automatically creates multiple permutations of each composable, including basic examples, dark mode, right-to-left layouts, font scaled, and display scaled.
• Search Functionality: Showkase provides the ability to search for a specific UI element by name or group.
• KDoc Support: Showkase includes support for KDoc, allowing developers to add descriptive documentation for components within the Showkase browser.
• Multi-Module Support: Showkase enables showcasing UI elements across multiple modules.
• Customizable Component Constraints: Showkase allows for constraining a component with a custom height/width using additional parameters in the annotation.
• Descriptive Error Messages: The library provides descriptive error messages to help developers troubleshoot any setup issues.
• Incremental Annotation Processor: Showkase's incremental annotation processor improves code-generation performance.