Your First Kotlin Android App: Polishing the App

Aug 22 2023 · Kotlin 1.8.20, Android 13, Android Studio Flamingo | 2022.2.1

Part 2: Style the App

12. Style Text

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Its time to style the text in the Bullseye app. Material Design 3 provides us with different typography styles for common use cases. We can use them as they are, update them or create our own styles for text. Doing this is straightforward as you’ll see in the demo section. Let’s get into it.

Text(
  value.toString(),
  style = MaterialTheme.typography.labelLarge
)
style = MaterialTheme.typography.labelLarge.copy(fontSize = 20.sp)
@Preview(showBackground = true)
@Composable
fun GamePromptPreview() {
  GamePrompt(targetValue = 50)
}
Text(
  stringResource(R.string.instruction_text),
  style = MaterialTheme.typography.titleMedium.copy(letterSpacing = 1.sp, fontWeight = FontWeight.Bold) // New Code
)
Text(
//      "$targetValue",
  text = targetValue.toString(),
//      fontSize = 32.sp,
//      fontWeight = FontWeight.Bold,
  modifier = modifier.padding(8.dp),
  style = MaterialTheme.typography.displayMedium.copy(fontWeight = FontWeight.Bold)
)