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SnackbarHost

Common

Component in Material Compose

Host for [Snackbar]s to be used in [Scaffold] to properly show, hide and dismiss items based on material specification and the [hostState].

This component with default parameters comes build-in with [Scaffold], if you need to show a default [Snackbar], use use [ScaffoldState.snackbarHostState] and [SnackbarHostState.showSnackbar].

@sample androidx.compose.material.samples.ScaffoldWithSimpleSnackbar

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Installation

dependencies {
   implementation("androidx.compose.material:material:1.8.0-alpha04")
}

Overloads

@Composable
fun SnackbarHost(
    hostState: SnackbarHostState,
    modifier: Modifier = Modifier,
    snackbar: @Composable (SnackbarData) -> Unit = { Snackbar(it) }
)

Parameters

namedescription
hostStatestate of this component to read and show [Snackbar]s accordingly
modifieroptional modifier for this component
snackbarthe instance of the [Snackbar] to be shown at the appropriate time with appearance based on the [SnackbarData] provided as a param

Code Examples

ScaffoldWithSimpleSnackbar

@Composable
fun ScaffoldWithSimpleSnackbar() {
    val scaffoldState = rememberScaffoldState()
    val scope = rememberCoroutineScope()
    Scaffold(
        scaffoldState = scaffoldState,
        floatingActionButton = {
            var clickCount by remember { mutableStateOf(0) }
            ExtendedFloatingActionButton(
                text = { Text("Show snackbar") },
                onClick = {
                    // show snackbar as a suspend function
                    scope.launch {
                        scaffoldState.snackbarHostState.showSnackbar("Snackbar # ${++clickCount}")
                    }
                }
            )
        },
        contentWindowInsets = ScaffoldDefaults.contentWindowInsets,
        content = { innerPadding ->
            Text(
                text = "Body content",
                modifier = Modifier.padding(innerPadding).fillMaxSize().wrapContentSize()
            )
        }
    )
}

ScaffoldWithCustomSnackbar

@Composable
fun ScaffoldWithCustomSnackbar() {
    val scaffoldState = rememberScaffoldState()
    val scope = rememberCoroutineScope()
    Scaffold(
        scaffoldState = scaffoldState,
        snackbarHost = {
            // reuse default SnackbarHost to have default animation and timing handling
            SnackbarHost(it) { data ->
                // custom snackbar with the custom border
                Snackbar(
                    modifier = Modifier.border(2.dp, MaterialTheme.colors.secondary),
                    snackbarData = data
                )
            }
        },
        floatingActionButton = {
            var clickCount by remember { mutableStateOf(0) }
            ExtendedFloatingActionButton(
                text = { Text("Show snackbar") },
                onClick = {
                    scope.launch {
                        scaffoldState.snackbarHostState.showSnackbar("Snackbar # ${++clickCount}")
                    }
                }
            )
        },
        contentWindowInsets = ScaffoldDefaults.contentWindowInsets,
        content = { innerPadding ->
            Text(
                text = "Custom Snackbar Demo",
                modifier = Modifier.padding(innerPadding).fillMaxSize().wrapContentSize()
            )
        }
    )
}
by @alexstyl