When I started learning Android, my senior asked me to “just show a message on the screen.”

Easy, right?

I googled around, explored some XML… and then I saw it.

Toast.makeText()

Wait… Toast?! Like… butter toast? 🍞☕

Yup. Turns out, in Android, a Toast is a little popup message that disappears on its own.

➡️ In this post, I walk through 3 smart ways to show Toast in Jetpack Compose, including:

• The classic way (with context)
• Using LaunchedEffect for side effects
• A cleaner, reusable ToastHandler
• Plus a bonus hack to debug Compose preview with fake Toasts!

🧠 It's beginner-friendly, easy to try, and fun!

👉 Read the full blog on Medium

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