--- title: "Android UI Development is Compose First" url: https://daily.dev/posts/android-ui-development-is-compose-first-zn9i8cy6k source_url: https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2026/05/android-ui-development-is-compose-first.html type: article source: "Android Developers Blog" published: 2026-05-19T17:47:08.306Z updated: 2026-05-26T13:04:08.426Z tags: ["android", "jetpack-compose"] reading_time: 1 upvotes: 1 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Android UI Development is Compose First **[Android Developers Blog](https://daily.dev/sources/androiddev)** · 1 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Google has officially declared Jetpack Compose the standard for Android UI development under a 'Compose First' strategy. All new APIs, libraries, tools, and guidance will be provided exclusively for Compose going forward. The legacy View system (android.widget components) is now in maintenance mode — it will continue to receive critical bug fixes but no new features, with no plans for deprecation or removal. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#android](https://daily.dev/tags/android), [#jetpack-compose](https://daily.dev/tags/jetpack-compose) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/android-ui-development-is-compose-first-zn9i8cy6k)