| name | android-design-system |
| description | Enforce Material Design 3 theming and design token usage in Jetpack Compose. Use when implementing M3 components, color schemes, typography, or design tokens. |
| metadata | {"triggers":{"files":["**/*Screen.kt","**/ui/theme/**","**/compose/**"],"keywords":["MaterialTheme","Color","Typography","Modifier","Composable"]}} |
Android Design System (Jetpack Compose)
Priority: P2 (MEDIUM)
Guidelines
Define Color.kt, Theme.kt, and Type.kt in ui/theme/. Map every raw color/type value to lightColorScheme/darkColorScheme slots. Access all tokens through MaterialTheme:
- Colors →
MaterialTheme.colorScheme.*
- Text styles →
MaterialTheme.typography.*
- Spacing →
.dp units consistently
Anti-Patterns
- No Hardcoded Colors: Use
MaterialTheme.colorScheme.*, not Color(0xFF...).
- No Inline Typography: Use
MaterialTheme.typography.*, not raw fontSize = 32.sp.
- No Magic Spacing: Prefer named
.dp tokens; avoid unexplained magic numbers.
References