Mutable State vs. State Management Libraries in Android

Table of Contents

• Mutable State vs. State Management
• Mutable State
• State Management Libraries
• There are several popular state management libraries available
• Mutable State Example with Compose (Kotlin)
• State Management Example with Compose (Kotlin)
• The Mutable State vs. State Management Dilemma: When to Choose What?

Mutable State

:Mutable state is like the color of your toy robot that you can change whenever you want. Imagine you have a remote control with buttons to change the robot’s color. You can press the buttons to make the robot red, blue, green, or any other color you like. If you want to tell someone what color the robot is, you just look at the robot and see the current color it’s showing.

So, in Android, mutable state is like the current information that can be changed easily, just like changing the color of your toy robot with a remote control.

Changes to mutable state are made directly to the data source when needed. This can lead to a straightforward way of modifying data, but it might also result in scattered changes and potentially lead to difficulties in…