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A note about #JetpackCompose: Although more of the widgets are created & bundled with the library, Compose doesn't package its own version of SKIA. This means that you will still run into a few platform specific issues since compose is still using platform specific SKIA version.
What does this mean? If you are drawing manually you will still experience some missing APIs or bugs in older Canvas APIs that are bundled with the OS & as such will never receive an update.
Example of unsupported drawing APIs per API level: https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/graphics/hardware-accel#unsupported
Example of unsupported drawing APIs per API level: https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/graphics/hardware-accel#unsupported
Another example of differences in Canvas drawing results on different API versions: drawTextOnPath renders differently and sometimes ignores startOffset.
Just pointing out that you could still see some differences and the system uses the built-in Canvas.
Flutter is different in that it packages a version of SKIA, so the rendering the same across APIs, but it increases the size of the library.
Flutter is different in that it packages a version of SKIA, so the rendering the same across APIs, but it increases the size of the library.
However, #JetpackCompose does mean less inconsistencies because more of the "built-in" widgets are packaged with the library (ie TextField, Column etc). Whereas previously TextViews etc weren't 
But we are not guaranteed complete platform unbundling yet.
But we are not guaranteed complete platform unbundling yet.
Still very excited by all of it, especially after seeing the examples of what you can build with it. I'm looking forward to experimenting more with it in the coming months 
For those asking what is SKIA? Its the 2D graphics library that is bundled with your OS. https://skia.org/
Basically Canvas/Paint classes etc wrap the SKIA libraries. If you want to read more about that - https://medium.com/over-engineering/getting-started-with-drawing-on-the-android-canvas-621cf512f4c7
Basically Canvas/Paint classes etc wrap the SKIA libraries. If you want to read more about that - https://medium.com/over-engineering/getting-started-with-drawing-on-the-android-canvas-621cf512f4c7
