MainActivity.kt

package com.sandbox

import android.os.Bundle
import android.util.Log
import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity
import androidx.compose.foundation.Text
import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.Column
import androidx.compose.runtime.Composable
import androidx.compose.runtime.remember
import androidx.compose.ui.platform.setContent
import androidx.compose.ui.viewinterop.AndroidView
import androidx.lifecycle.MutableLiveData
import androidx.lifecycle.ViewModel
import android.widget.TextView
import androidx.compose.material.Button
import androidx.compose.runtime.getValue

// Add this to gradle.build for the observeAsState function:
//     implementation "androidx.compose.runtime:runtime-livedata:$compose_version"
import androidx.compose.runtime.livedata.observeAsState

import androidx.compose.runtime.mutableStateOf
import androidx.compose.ui.platform.ContextAmbient
import androidx.compose.ui.text.TextStyle
import androidx.compose.ui.unit.em


sealed class AppView
data class ShowSomeText(val text: String) : AppView()
data class SomeOtherState(val data: Any?) : AppView()
data class ShowSomeText2(val text: String) : AppView()

class AppViewModel : ViewModel() {

    var currentView = MutableLiveData<AppView>(ShowSomeText("original text"))
    var currentViewWorkaround = MutableLiveData<AppView>(ShowSomeText("original text"))


    private val textRing = arrayOf("one", "two", "three")
    private var textRingPosition = 0

    fun incrementTextState() {
        val nextState = ShowSomeText(textRing[textRingPosition])
        currentView.postValue(nextState)

        val nextStateWorkaround = when(currentViewWorkaround.value) {
            is ShowSomeText -> ShowSomeText2(textRing[textRingPosition])
            else -> ShowSomeText(textRing[textRingPosition])
        }
        currentViewWorkaround.postValue(nextStateWorkaround)
        textRingPosition = (textRingPosition + 1) % textRing.size
    }
}

class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity() {

    private val viewModel = AppViewModel()

    override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
        setContent {
            ViewContainer(viewModel)
        }
    }
}

@Composable
fun ViewContainer(viewModel: AppViewModel) {

    // Add this to gradle.build for the observeAsState function:
    //     implementation "androidx.compose.runtime:runtime-livedata:$compose_version"
    val currentView: AppView by viewModel.currentView.observeAsState(ShowSomeText("starting text"))
    val currentViewWorkaround: AppView by viewModel.currentViewWorkaround.observeAsState(ShowSomeText("starting text"))

    Column {
        Button(onClick = viewModel::incrementTextState) {
            Text(
                text = "tap to change",
                style = TextStyle(fontSize = 12.em)
            )
        }
        Text("Compose Text")
        when (currentView) {
            is ShowSomeText -> createComposeTextView((currentView as ShowSomeText).text)
            is SomeOtherState -> Text("the other state")
        }
        Text("AndroidView wrapping TextView")
        when (currentView) {
            is ShowSomeText -> createAndroidViewForTextView((currentView as ShowSomeText).text)
            is SomeOtherState -> Text("the other state")
        }
        Text("AndroidView wrapping TextView with 2-state workaround")
        when (currentViewWorkaround) {
            is ShowSomeText -> createAndroidViewForTextView((currentViewWorkaround as ShowSomeText).text)
            is ShowSomeText2 -> createAndroidViewForTextView((currentViewWorkaround as ShowSomeText2).text)
            is SomeOtherState -> Text("the other state")
        }
    }

}

@Composable
fun createAndroidViewForTextView(text: String) {
    val context = ContextAmbient.current
    val tv = remember(text, context) {
        val x = TextView(context)
        x.text = text
        x.textSize = 48.0f
        x
    }
    AndroidView({ tv })
}

@Composable
fun createComposeTextView(text: String) {
    Text(text, style = TextStyle(fontSize = 12.em))
}