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Parallax scrolling is a technique in which the background content and foreground
content scroll at different speeds. You can implement this technique to enhance
your app's UI, creating a more dynamic experience as your users scroll.

## Results

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**Figure 1.** A scrolling list with a parallax effect.

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## Version compatibility

This implementation requires that your project minSDK be set to API level 21 or
higher.

### Dependencies

### Kotlin

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```kotlin
  implementation(platform("androidx.compose:compose-bom:2026.01.00"))
  
```

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### Groovy

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```groovy
  implementation platform('androidx.compose:compose-bom:2026.01.00')
  
```

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## Create a parallax effect

To achieve the parallax effect, you apply a fraction of the scrolling value from
the scrolling composable to the composable that needs the parallax effect. The
following snippet takes two nested visual elements---an image and a block of
text---and scrolls them in the same direction at different speeds:


```kotlin
@Composable
fun ParallaxEffect() {
    fun Modifier.parallaxLayoutModifier(scrollState: ScrollState, rate: Int) =
        layout { measurable, constraints ->
            val placeable = measurable.measure(constraints)
            val height = if (rate > 0) scrollState.value / rate else scrollState.value
            layout(placeable.width, placeable.height) {
                placeable.place(0, height)
            }
        }

    val scrollState = rememberScrollState()
    Column(
        modifier = Modifier
            .fillMaxWidth()
            .verticalScroll(scrollState),
    ) {

        Image(
            painterResource(id = R.drawable.cupcake),
            contentDescription = "Android logo",
            contentScale = ContentScale.Fit,
            // Reduce scrolling rate by half.
            modifier = Modifier.parallaxLayoutModifier(scrollState, 2)
        )

        Text(
            text = stringResource(R.string.detail_placeholder),
            modifier = Modifier
                .background(Color.White)
                .padding(horizontal = 8.dp),

        )
    }
}
```

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### Key points about the code

- Creates a custom `layout` modifier to adjust the rate by which the composable scrolls.
- The `Image` scrolls at a slower rate than the `Text`, producing a parallax effect as the two composables translate vertically at different rates.

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