---
title: "compose"
description: "Creates a snapshot of the [GlanceAppWidget] content without running recomposition.

This runs the composition one time and translates it to [RemoteViews].

If a valid [id] is provided, this function will use the sizing values from the bound widget if
using [SizeMode.Exact] or [SizeMode.Single].

Only one instance of compose for a particular [id] may run at the same time. Calling compose
concurrently with the same ID will succeed, but the first call will resume with an exception.

If you need to call compose concurrently, you can omit [id] so that a random fake ID will be
used. Otherwise, call compose sequentially when using the same [id]."
type: "function"
---

<div class='type'>Function</div>


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```kotlin
public suspend fun GlanceAppWidget.compose(
    @Suppress("ContextFirst") context: Context,
    id: GlanceId = createFakeAppWidgetId(),
    options: Bundle? = null,
    size: DpSize? = null,
    state: Any? = null,
): RemoteViews
```


Creates a snapshot of the `GlanceAppWidget` content without running recomposition.

This runs the composition one time and translates it to `RemoteViews`.

If a valid `id` is provided, this function will use the sizing values from the bound widget if
using `SizeMode.Exact` or `SizeMode.Single`.

Only one instance of compose for a particular `id` may run at the same time. Calling compose
concurrently with the same ID will succeed, but the first call will resume with an exception.

If you need to call compose concurrently, you can omit `id` so that a random fake ID will be
used. Otherwise, call compose sequentially when using the same `id`.