Styling a Compose app

Most of your Compose UI will likely use the built-in composable functions from the androidx.compose.material3 package. They implement the design language known as Material Design and its successor, Material You (which was introduced with Android 12). Material You is the native design language on Android, though it’s also available on other platforms. It expands on the idea of a pen, paper, and cards, and it makes heavy use of grid-based layouts, responsive animations, and transitions, as well as padding and depth effects. Material You advocates large buttons and rounded corners. Custom color themes can be generated from the user’s wallpaper.

Defining colors, shapes, and text styles

While apps should certainly honor both system and user preferences regarding visual appearance, you may want to add colors, shapes, or text styles that reflect your brand or corporate identity. So, how can you modify the look of the built-in Material composable functions...