# How to make expandable text with a button in Jetpack Compose

DevFeed: [How to make expandable text with a button in Jetpack Compose](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/how-to-make-expandable-text-with-a-button-in-jetpack-compose-37167.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://arkadiuszchmura.com/posts/how-to-make-expandable-text-with-a-button-in-jetpack-compose/>)

Published: 2023-04-28T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Arkadiusz Chmura](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/arkadiusz-chmura.md>)

Topics: [Jetpack Compose](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/jetpack-compose.md>), [Compose](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/compose.md>), [Android](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/android.md>), [Android Studio](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/android-studio.md>)

Tags: [android-studio](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/android-studio.md>), [animations](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/animations.md>), [callback](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/callback.md>), [compose](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/compose.md>), [how-to](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/how-to.md>), [jetpack-compose](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/jetpack-compose.md>), [lambda](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/lambda.md>), [layout](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/layout.md>)

## AI overview

A tutorial on building expandable text in Jetpack Compose. It shows how to toggle between collapsed and expanded text with a button, add animations and an ellipsis for overflow, and hide the button when the text fits within five lines.

## Source excerpt

In this post I will show you how to make an expandable text controlled by a button using Jetpack Compose.