Explicit markdown pre-rendering

[stashymane]

Feature Description

Currently, you have to either create the state in compose, or use a stateFlow. This prevents me from choosing when I want the markdown content to be decoded.
Would be very useful to have an explicit decode operation that returns an already-parsed state, so that I can pre-parse markdown content before the app is even shown and have it be given to consumers immutably.

Checklist

• I have searched for similar feature requests
• I have read the README
• I have checked the CHANGELOG to see if this feature is already planned

[mikepenz]

Good day.

It is possible to parse the markdown in your viewmodel and expose the state via the view model, which gives you full flexibility on when to do the parsing, and when to show.

Is this what you are looking for?

[stashymane]

According to the readme, parsing in the viewmodel requires use of parseMarkdownFlow(), which involves mutable state. I manage my states as immutably as possible, and there is no proper way of parsing the markdown component's state immutably. What I am requesting is the ability to skip all the mutable flow machinery and simply immediately receive a State.Success instance to pass into the markdown component.

[mvanhorn]

Implemented in #591.