# Jetpack Compose - now on Maven

DevFeed: [Jetpack Compose - now on Maven](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/jetpack-compose-now-on-maven-25655.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://adambennett.dev/2019/10/jetpack-compose-now-on-maven/>)

Published: 2019-10-14T07:56:37Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Posts on Adam Bennett](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/posts-on-adam-bennett.md>)

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

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## AI overview

A historical demo shows how Jetpack Compose libraries could be fetched from Google's Maven repository and used in an Android app. The author notes that the approach is deprecated and that the example compiles but has subtle runtime and behavioral problems.

## Source excerpt

This article is also now deprecated, but I'm keeping it up for posterity. This article was a quick demo and explore of the Jetpack Compose library, with the binaries being fetched from the then-newly discovered Maven links. Whilst it technically compiles and renders the Views, it's broken in subtle ways (such as observing @Models, which is half the point of Compose).