How to use Compose inside Fragment?

setContent on ViewGroup is now deprecated.

The below is accurate as of Compose v1.0.0-alpha01.

For pure compose UI Fragment:

class ComposeUIFragment : Fragment() {

    override fun onCreateView(
        inflater: LayoutInflater, container: ViewGroup?,
        savedInstanceState: Bundle?
    ): View? {
        return ComposeView(requireContext()).apply {
            setContent {
                Text(text = "Hello world.")
            }
        }
    }
}

For hybrid compose UI Fragment - add ComposeView to xml layout, then:

class ComposeUIFragment : Fragment() {

    override fun onCreateView(
        inflater: LayoutInflater, container: ViewGroup?,
        savedInstanceState: Bundle?
    ): View? {
        return inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_compose_ui, container, false).apply {
            findViewById<ComposeView>(R.id.composeView).setContent {
                Text(text = "Hello world.")
            }
        }
    }
}

You don't need Fragments with Compose. You can navigate to another screen without needing a Fragment or an Activity:

class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity() {
    override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
        setContent {
            val navController = rememberNavController()
            NavHost(navController, startDestination = "welcome") {
                composable("welcome") { WelcomeScreen(navController) }
                composable("secondScreen") { SecondScreen() }
            }
        }
    }
}

@Composable
fun WelcomeScreen(navController: NavController) {
    Column {
        Text(text = "Welcome!")
        Button(onClick = { navController.navigate("secondScreen") }) {
            Text(text = "Continue")
        }
    }
}

@Composable
fun SecondScreen() {
    Text(text = "Second screen!")
}

With 1.0.x you can :

- Define a ComposeView in the xml-layout.

• add a androidx.compose.ui.platform.ComposeView in your layout-xml files:

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
    <LinearLayout
        android:orientation="vertical"
         ...>
    
        <TextView ../>
    
        <androidx.compose.ui.platform.ComposeView
            android:id="@+id/compose_view"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="match_parent" />
    
    </LinearLayout>

• Then get the ComposeView using the XML ID, set a Composition strategy and call setContent():

    class ExampleFragment : Fragment() {
    
        override fun onCreateView(
            inflater: LayoutInflater,
            container: ViewGroup?,
            savedInstanceState: Bundle?
        ): View {
            _binding = FragmentExampleBinding.inflate(inflater, container, false)
            val view = binding.root
            view.composeView.apply {
                // Dispose the Composition when viewLifecycleOwner is destroyed
                setViewCompositionStrategy(
                    DisposeOnLifecycleDestroyed(viewLifecycleOwner)
                )
                setContent {
                    // In Compose world
                    MaterialTheme {
                        Text("Hello Compose!")
                    }
                }
            }
            return view
        }
    
        /** ... */
    }

- Include a ComposeView directly in a fragment.

    class ExampleFragment : Fragment() {
    
        override fun onCreateView(
            inflater: LayoutInflater,
            container: ViewGroup?,
            savedInstanceState: Bundle?
        ): View {
            return ComposeView(requireContext()).apply {
                // Dispose the Composition when viewLifecycleOwner is destroyed
                setViewCompositionStrategy(
                    DisposeOnLifecycleDestroyed(viewLifecycleOwner)
                )
    
                setContent {
                    MaterialTheme {
                        // In Compose world
                        Text("Hello Compose!")
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }