xml-to-compose-migration

xml-to-compose-migration is a skill for Claude Code, Codex from new-silvermoon/awesome-android-agent-skills. It costs 41 tokens per session (2,481 once invoked), scanned A, original, Apache-2.0.

A guide for converting Android XML layouts, the older view-based screen format, into Jetpack Compose, Android’s code-based UI framework.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to map XML widgets and attributes to Composables, migrate data and screen state, replace view lookups, extract reusable components, and connect navigation.
Why use it?
It helps preserve layout behavior and app state while moving gradually or completely from Android Views to Compose.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

Written for no agent in particular: nothing here depends on one.

Good fit Use it to map XML widgets and attributes to Composables, migrate data and screen state, replace view lookups, extract reusable components, and connect navigation.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/new-silvermoon/awesome-android-agent-skills/xml-to-compose-migration
Install

Getting it into your agent

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Any agent
npx skills add new-silvermoon/awesome-android-agent-skills --skill xml-to-compose-migration
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/new-silvermoon/awesome-android-agent-skills

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

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Per session 41 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 2,481 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe. Third-party audits
  • Socket pass 23 Mar 2026
  • Snyk pass 23 Mar 2026
  • NVIDIA SkillSpector warn 7 Sept 2026
SkillSpector: 2 findings, up to high

These are SkillSpector’s own severities. On a checked sample its high-severity flags on skills were ~96% false positives — a documented command, a public API, a “never do X” rule — so we show them as a caution to read, not a verdict. Why →

  • high Prompt Injection · line 117
    Hidden instructions were detected in comments or invisible text. These could contain malicious directives. Manual review is recommended.
    Fix: Audit all comments and invisible characters. Remove any instructions that direct the agent to perform unauthorized actions. Use plain, reviewable content.
  • high Prompt Injection · line 175
    Hidden instructions were detected in comments or invisible text. These could contain malicious directives. Manual review is recommended.
    Fix: Audit all comments and invisible characters. Remove any instructions that direct the agent to perform unauthorized actions. Use plain, reviewable content.
How audits are shown
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00041 $0.02481
Opus 5 $0.00020 $0.01241
Sonnet 5 $0.00008 $0.00496
Haiku 4.5 $0.00004 $0.00248

Measured 11d ago against content hash e9f1eb49e59f, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-10, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

xml-to-compose-migration scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 11d ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

Origin

Copies of this mod

1 near-identical copy found in the catalogue:

.github/skills/migration/xml-to-compose-migration/SKILL.md · 339 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 339 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

XML to Compose Migration

Overview

Systematically convert Android XML layouts to idiomatic Jetpack Compose, preserving functionality while embracing Compose patterns. This skill covers layout mapping, state migration, and incremental adoption strategies.

Workflow

1. Analyze the XML Layout

  • Identify the root layout type (ConstraintLayout, LinearLayout, FrameLayout, etc.).
  • List all View widgets and their key attributes.
  • Map data binding expressions (@{}) or view binding references.
  • Identify custom views that need special handling.
  • Note any include, merge, or ViewStub usage.

2. Plan the Migration

  • Decide: Full rewrite or incremental migration (using ComposeView/AndroidView).
  • Identify state sources (ViewModel, LiveData, savedInstanceState).
  • List reusable components to extract as separate Composables.
  • Plan navigation integration if using Navigation component.

3. Convert Layouts

Apply the layout mapping table below to convert each View to its Compose equivalent.

4. Migrate State

  • Convert LiveData observation to StateFlow collection or observeAsState().
  • Replace findViewById / ViewBinding with Compose state.
  • Convert click listeners to lambda parameters.

5. Test and Verify

  • Compare visual output between XML and Compose versions.
  • Test accessibility (content descriptions, touch targets).
  • Verify state preservation across configuration changes.

Layout Mapping Reference

Container Layouts

XML Layout Compose Equivalent Notes
LinearLayout (vertical) Column Use Arrangement and Alignment
LinearLayout (horizontal) Row Use Arrangement and Alignment
FrameLayout Box Children stack on top of each other
ConstraintLayout ConstraintLayout (Compose) Use createRefs() and constrainAs
RelativeLayout Box or ConstraintLayout Prefer Box for simple overlap
ScrollView Column + Modifier.verticalScroll() Or use LazyColumn for lists
HorizontalScrollView Row + Modifier.horizontalScroll() Or use LazyRow for lists
RecyclerView LazyColumn / LazyRow / LazyGrid Most common migration
ViewPager2 HorizontalPager From accompanist or Compose Foundation
CoordinatorLayout Custom + Scaffold Use TopAppBar with scroll behavior
NestedScrollView Column + Modifier.verticalScroll() Prefer Lazy variants

Read the full file on GitHub · 339 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 11d ago First seen · 339 lines · 41 tokens per session scan A e9f1eb49e59f

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xml-to-compose-migration is a skill published in the GitHub repository new-silvermoon/awesome-android-agent-skills (955 stars, last pushed 1mo ago), licensed Apache-2.0. It adds 41 tokens to every session and 2,481 once invoked, about $0.0002 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.

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