Squircle Shape

A Compose Multiplatform library providing customizable Squircle shapes for UI components.

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Table of Contents

• Why Squircle?
• Requirements
• Gradle Kotlin DSL Setup (For Multiplatform projects).
• Gradle Kotlin DSL Setup (For Android-only projects).
• Gradle Groovy Setup (For Android-only projects).
• Usage
• License
• Contact

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Why Squircle?

• The squircle is an intermediate shape between a square and a circle, present in digital and real products as well.
• While the corners of a rounded square remain at 90-degree angle, the edges of a squircle curve smoothly outwards from each corner, therefore creating an optically pleasing shape.
• The human brain perceives rounded corners (especially the smoother ones) easier and faster than sharp corners.

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Requirements

Base requirements (For Multiplatform projects):

• Kotlin version - 2.0.20
• Compose version - 1.7.0

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Base requirements (For Android-only projects):

• Kotlin version - 2.0.20
• Jetpack Compose version - 1.7.0
• Project minSdk version - 23
• Project compileSdk version - 35

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Gradle Kotlin DSL Setup (For Multiplatform projects).

Step 1

• Add the Squircle Shape dependency in your common module build.gradle.kts file.
• Latest version:

sourceSets {
    
    val commonMain by getting {
        
        dependencies {
            
            // ...
            
            implementation("io.github.stoyan-vuchev:squircle-shape:<version>")
          
        }
      
    }

    // ...
  
}

• Or if you're using a version catalog (e.g. libs.versions.toml), declare it in the catalog instead.

[versions]
squircle-shape = "<version>"

[libraries]
squircle-shape = { group = "io.github.stoyan-vuchev", name = "squircle-shape", version.ref = "squircle-shape" }

• Then include the dependency in your shared module build.gradle.kts file.

sourceSets {

  val commonMain by getting {

    dependencies {

      // ...

      implementation(libs.squircle.shape)

    }

  }

  // ...

}

Step 2

• Sync and rebuild the project. 🔄️🔨✅

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Gradle Kotlin DSL Setup (For Android-only projects).

Step 1

• Add the Squircle Shape dependency in your module build.gradle.kts file.
• Latest version:

dependencies {
            
    // ...
            
    // Legacy Dependency (Lib. Version < 2.0.0).
    // implementation("com.github.stoyan-vuchev:squircle-shape:<version>")
            
    // New Dependency (Lib. Version >= 2.0.0).
    implementation("io.github.stoyan-vuchev:squircle-shape-android:<version>")
  
}

• Or if you're using a version catalog (e.g. libs.versions.toml), declare it in the catalog instead.

[versions]
squircle-shape = "<version>"

[libraries]

# Legacy Dependency (Lib. Version < 2.0.0).
# squircle-shape = { group = "com.github.stoyan-vuchev", name = "squircle-shape", version.ref = "squircle-shape" }

# New Dependency (Lib. Version >= 2.0.0)
squircle-shape = { group = "io.github.stoyan-vuchev", name = "squircle-shape-android", version.ref = "squircle-shape" }

• Then include the dependency in your module build.gradle.kts file.

dependencies {

  // ...

  implementation(libs.squircle.shape)

}

Step 2

• Sync and rebuild the project. 🔄️🔨✅

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Gradle Groovy Setup (For Android-only projects).

Step 1

• Add the Squircle Shape dependency in your module build.gradle file.
• Latest version:

dependencies {
            
    // ...

    // Legacy Dependency (Lib. Version < 2.0.0).
    // implementation "com.github.stoyan-vuchev:squircle-shape:<version>"
            
    // New Dependency (Lib. Version >= 2.0.0).
    implementation "io.github.stoyan-vuchev:squircle-shape-android:<version>"
  
}

Step 2

• Sync and rebuild the project. 🔄️🔨✅

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Usage

• For components, use SquircleShape(), which comes in multiple variants for multiple use cases, so different variants have different parameters (percent: Float, radius: Dp, etc.).

• However, there is a single common parameter in all variants - cornerSmoothing: Float.

• The cornerSmoothing as you may have or may have not guessed, is responsible for adjusting the smoothness of the corners, the foundation of every squircle shape.

• Take a look at the SquircleShape.kt and CornerSmoothing.kt files for more information.

• For a single percent based corner radius, use the variant of SquircleShape() with precent: Int and cornerSmoothing: Float parameters.

SquircleShape(
    percent = 100,
    cornerSmoothing = CornerSmoothing.Medium
)

• There are also a pixel (Float) and dp (Dp) based variants.

• For a multiple percent based corner radii, use the variant of SquircleShape() with topStart: Int, topEnd: Int, bottomStart: Int, bottomEnd: Int, and cornerSmoothing: Float parameters.

SquircleShape(
    topStart = 50,
    topEnd = 10,
    bottomStart = 50,
    bottomEnd = 10,
    cornerSmoothing = CornerSmoothing.Medium
)

• There are also a pixel (Float) and dp (Dp) based variants.

• Here is an example use of a Button using the default SquircleShape().

Button(
    onClick = { /* Action */ },
    shape = SquircleShape() // Fully rounded squircle shape.
) {
    Text(text = "Full Squircle")
}

• This is an example of Image clipped to the default SquircleShape().

Image(
    modifier = Modifier
        .size(128.dp)
        .clip(shape = SquircleShape()), // Clipped to a fully rounded squircle shape.
    painter = painterResource(R.drawable.mlbb_novaria),
    contentDescription = "An image of Novaria.",
    contentScale = ContentScale.Crop
)

• There is also a support for drawing squircle shapes in Canvas - drawSquircle().
• All methods for creating a squircle shape use the squircleShapePath(). You can find it inside the SquircleShapePath.kt file.

Demo app coming soon! 📱💻✨

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License

This project is open source and available under the MIT License.

MIT License

Copyright (c) 2023 Stoyan Vuchev

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SOFTWARE.

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Contact

Created by @stoyan-vuchev - feel free to contact me!
E-mail - contact@stoyanvuchev.com