Jetpack Compose Grid API: Build 2D Android Layouts

On April 8, 2026, Google shipped the stable Jetpack Compose April '26 release (Compose 1.11) with a long-requested addition: a first-class non-lazy Grid composable. Until now, anything beyond a Row or Column meant either nesting them with awkward weights, reaching for LazyVerticalGrid (which is built for scrolling, not screen layout), or pulling in a third-party library like gridpad-android.

This guide walks through the new Grid API end to end. By the time you finish, you will have a real adaptive product card screen that reflows from phone to foldable to tablet, using tracks, fractional units, gaps, and explicit spans. We will also cover the gotchas that tripped up early adopters during the 1.11 beta — measurement order, weight semantics versus Fr, and why the Grid is not a drop-in replacement for LazyVerticalGrid.