Compose Material Catalog

A working reference for Jetpack Compose UI

Compose Material Catalog is a demo and reference app for Android developers using Jetpack Compose. It presents Material components in a running interface, making it useful when you want to inspect how a control looks and behaves before adding a similar pattern to your own project. It is aimed at developers learning Compose, checking a component’s practical use, or comparing interface details across themes.

What you can explore

The catalog brings common Material building blocks together in one place instead of leaving you to search through separate examples. Browse component groups, open individual entries, and try interactive demonstrations where the example supports user input or state changes. The app is most useful as a visual companion to documentation: it shows the result on screen while you work out which component and arrangement fit your design.

• Examples of Material UI components built with Jetpack Compose
• Interactive samples for seeing controls respond in use
• Light and dark theme views for comparing presentation and contrast
• Organized browsing from a component list to individual examples

Best suited to developers

This is not a general-purpose design gallery or a consumer app. Its value comes from focused inspection. New Compose users can use it to become familiar with the available Material vocabulary, while experienced Android developers may find it handy when checking a component’s visual treatment or behavior without first creating a test project. The interface itself also provides a straightforward example of Compose-based Material design in practice.

At a glance

Published by Google LLC, Compose Material Catalog is listed under Libraries & Demo. It has a rating of 3.85 from 857 reviews and has reached 100,000+ installs. Those figures suggest a well-established audience among Android developers, though the app is best judged by whether you need a hands-on component reference rather than by its install count alone.