# The state of managing state (with Compose)

DevFeed: [The state of managing state (with Compose)](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/the-state-of-managing-state-with-compose-20891.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://code.cash.app/the-state-of-managing-state-with-compose>)

Author: Jake Wharton

Published: 2021-11-11T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Jake Wharton](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/jake-wharton.md>)

Topics: [Compose](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/compose.md>), [Coroutines](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/coroutines.md>), [multiplatform](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/multiplatform.md>)

Tags: [compose](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/compose.md>), [coroutines](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/coroutines.md>), [multiplatform](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/multiplatform.md>), [rxjava](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/rxjava.md>)

## AI overview

This article describes the evolution of Cash App's Android UI architecture from RxJava-based state management toward Compose. It introduces Molecule as a way to use Compose to produce state values without performing rendering, allowing the resulting state stream to be consumed outside Compose UI.

## Source excerpt

This post was published externally on Cash App Code Blog. Read it at https://code.cash.app/the-state-of-managing-state-with-compose.