Todoist adopted Compose to Wear OS and increased its growth by 50 percent

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Todoist is the world’s top
Task and Time Management App, which empowers over 30,000,000 people to organise.
Collaborate on small and large projects. Todoist, as a company is
It is committed to providing more rewarding work environments for its employees
live—which includes access to its app across all devices.

That’s why Todoist developers adopted
Wear OS: Compose
It was necessary to rebuild the entire app for wearables. The new UI toolkit provides
Developers have the same simple-to-use software that
Android It is now available on all devices. This allows for easy and manageable app development.

Wear OS-optimized version of a familiar toolkit

Todoist’s developers have already used Jetpack Compose. Android
Mobile, which enabled them to rapidly familiarize themselves using Compose
Wear OS. “When the new Wear design language and Compose for Wear OS were
announced, we were thrilled,” said Rastislav Vaško, Head of Android
For Todoist. “This gave us motivation to invest and provided an opportunity.
in the future of the platform.”

Developers can embed customizable components in Jetpack Compose mobile.
You can order components right from the
Wear OS: Compose
This toolkit allows users to create code and put it into practice.
design requirements
They were able to move much quicker than they did with their View-based layouts. The
available
Documentation
The instructor will provide hands-on support and guidance.
They were able, with the Compose OS codelab to convert their previous toolkit knowledge into the wearable
platform.

“Compose for Wear OS had almost everything we needed to create our layouts,”
Rastislav. “Swipe-dismiss, TimeText, and ScalingLazyList were all
We were very pleased with the components, and they still allowed us to use them in our daily work.
us to make a recognizable and distinct app.” For features that were not yet
available in the toolkit, the Todoist team used Google’s
Horologist—a group of open-source libraries which provide Wear OS developers with
Developers often require certain features, but they are not yet made available. To
They used the
The Compose Layout Library
To incorporate the fadeaway modifier to match the native design
guidelines.

Compose for Wear OS puts development in overdrive

Compose For Wear OS makes it easy to develop UI for Wear OS. Engineers can use this tool for their daily work.
You can create complicated screens that can both be readable and maintained by using it.
Modern declarative approaches and rich Kotlin syntax. It was an important accomplishment
Benefit for developers to produce the Todoist new application
You can achieve more with less effort.

All screens and interaction were redesigned as the main focus of the redesign.
To keep up with the most recent
Wear OS: Material Design Todoist developed Wear OS using Compose.
WearableDrawerLayout
In favor of a more compact app structure. Material Design followed this switch.
Wear OS guidance and modernized the application’s layout.

Every screen is designed and developed by Todoist for Wear OS devices
Remove unnecessary elements which can make the user experience more difficult

“For wearables, we’re always thinking about what we can leave out, to keep
only streamlined, focused, and quick interactions,” Rastislav said. Write
Wear OS was a tremendous help to the Todoist Team with development and execution.
Design, which allows them to implement a sustainable implementation and provide design services.
a consistent user experience.

A better user-developer experience

Todoist developers created an efficient and fast refreshed website.
Wear OS application using Jetpack Kompose Modern tooling, intuitive
APIs, as well as a host of documentation and sample resources that make it easy to use them.
Design and development that requires less code, and is faster.
Delivery of an entirely new user experience.

The growth rate of Todoist installations on Google has increased since the redesign.
Play has increased by 50% and has been receiving positive feedback.
Both internal and external teams.

Todoist looks forward to seeing what other Composes are out there
Wear OS allows you to do many things for your application. The refresh was seen as an investment.
We are optimistic about the future wearables, and we look forward to the new opportunities.
Wear OS 3 devices offer a variety of features.

Compose for WearOS transforms apps

Todoist completely revamped and redesigned their Wear OS App with Compose
Wear OS improves both developer and user experience

Find out more
Jetpack Compose Wear OS