A Jetpack Compose implementation of the `fadingEdge` effect.

FadingEdge.kt

import androidx.compose.foundation.ScrollState
import androidx.compose.material.MaterialTheme
import androidx.compose.ui.Modifier
import androidx.compose.ui.composed
import androidx.compose.ui.draw.drawWithContent
import androidx.compose.ui.geometry.Offset
import androidx.compose.ui.geometry.Size
import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Brush
import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color
import androidx.compose.ui.platform.debugInspectorInfo
import androidx.compose.ui.unit.Dp

fun Modifier.horizontalFadingEdge(
    scrollState: ScrollState,
    length: Dp,
    edgeColor: Color? = null,
) = composed(
    debugInspectorInfo {
        name = "length"
        value = length
    }
) {
    val color = edgeColor ?: MaterialTheme.colors.surface

    drawWithContent {
        val lengthValue = length.toPx()
        val scrollFromStart = scrollState.value
        val scrollFromEnd = scrollState.maxValue - scrollState.value

        val startFadingEdgeStrength = lengthValue * (scrollFromStart / lengthValue).coerceAtMost(1f)

        val endFadingEdgeStrength = lengthValue * (scrollFromEnd / lengthValue).coerceAtMost(1f)

        drawContent()

        drawRect(
            brush = Brush.horizontalGradient(
                colors = listOf(
                    color,
                    Color.Transparent,
                ),
                startX = 0f,
                endX = startFadingEdgeStrength,
            ),
            size = Size(
                startFadingEdgeStrength,
                this.size.height,
            ),
        )

        drawRect(
            brush = Brush.horizontalGradient(
                colors = listOf(
                    Color.Transparent,
                    color,
                ),
                startX = size.width - endFadingEdgeStrength,
                endX = size.width,
            ),
            topLeft = Offset(x = size.width - endFadingEdgeStrength, y = 0f),
        )
    }
}

fun Modifier.verticalFadingEdge(
    scrollState: ScrollState,
    length: Dp,
    edgeColor: Color? = null,
) = composed(
    debugInspectorInfo {
        name = "length"
        value = length
    }
) {
    val color = edgeColor ?: MaterialTheme.colors.surface

    drawWithContent {
        val lengthValue = length.toPx()
        val scrollFromTop = scrollState.value
        val scrollFromBottom = scrollState.maxValue - scrollState.value

        val topFadingEdgeStrength = lengthValue * (scrollFromTop / lengthValue).coerceAtMost(1f)

        val bottomFadingEdgeStrength = lengthValue * (scrollFromBottom / lengthValue).coerceAtMost(1f)

        drawContent()

        drawRect(
            brush = Brush.verticalGradient(
                colors = listOf(
                    color,
                    Color.Transparent,
                ),
                startY = 0f,
                endY = topFadingEdgeStrength,
            ),
            size = Size(
                this.size.width,
                topFadingEdgeStrength
            ),
        )

        drawRect(
            brush = Brush.verticalGradient(
                colors = listOf(
                    Color.Transparent,
                    color,
                ),
                startY = size.height - bottomFadingEdgeStrength,
                endY = size.height,
            ),
            topLeft = Offset(x = 0f, y = size.height - bottomFadingEdgeStrength),
        )
    }
}

    Modifier.drawWithContent {

Should be:

   drawWithContent {

otherwise you're not chaining properly to the extension receiver.

        val scrollFromTop = scrollState.value
        val scrollFromBottom = scrollState.maxValue - scrollState.value

Should be

        val scrollFromTop by derivedStateOf { scrollState.value }
        val scrollFromBottom by derivedStateOf { scrollState.maxValue - scrollState.value }

so that you can properly share the scroll state with Modifier.verticalScroll .

You need to make similar updates to the horizontal.

I also made a version that works for LazyColumn

fun Modifier.verticalFadingEdge(
    lazyListState: LazyListState,
    length: Dp,
    edgeColor: Color? = null,
) = composed(
    debugInspectorInfo {
        name = "length"
        value = length
    }
) {
    val color = edgeColor ?: MaterialTheme.colors.surface

    drawWithContent {
        val topFadingEdgeStrength by derivedStateOf {
            lazyListState.layoutInfo.run {
                when {
                    visibleItemsInfo.size in 0..1 -> 0f
                    visibleItemsInfo.first().offset == viewportStartOffset -> 0f
                    visibleItemsInfo.first().offset < viewportStartOffset -> visibleItemsInfo.first().run {
                        abs(offset) / size.toFloat()
                    }
                    else -> 1f
                }
            }.coerceAtMost(1f) * lengthValue
        }
        val bottomFadingEdgeStrength by derivedStateOf {
            lazyListState.layoutInfo.run {
                when {
                    visibleItemsInfo.size in 0..1 -> 0f
                    visibleItemsInfo.last().run { offset + size } == viewportEndOffset -> 0f
                        visibleItemsInfo.last().run { offset + size } > viewportEndOffset -> visibleItemsInfo.last().run {
                        (viewportEndOffset - offset) / size.toFloat()
                    }
                    else -> 1f
                }
            }.coerceAtMost(1f) * lengthValue
        }
       ...
     }

Hi @dovahkiin98 and @fargus9, thank you both for sharing your solutions! 

I’ve made some small corrections to your solution fargus9, so that the fade does not go away between two items: when the last visible item is aligned with the end of the viewport. Also the fading was not properly drawn on the last item.

fun Modifier.verticalFadingEdge(
    lazyListState: LazyListState,
    length: Dp,
    edgeColor: Color? = null,
) = composed(
    debugInspectorInfo {
        name = "length"
        value = length
    }
) {
    val color = edgeColor ?: MaterialTheme.colorScheme.surface

    drawWithContent {
        val topFadingEdgeStrength by derivedStateOf {
            lazyListState.layoutInfo.run {
                val firstItem = visibleItemsInfo.first()
                when {
                    visibleItemsInfo.size in 0..1 -> 0f
                    firstItem.index > 0 -> 1f // Added
                    firstItem.offset == viewportStartOffset -> 0f
                    firstItem.offset < viewportStartOffset -> firstItem.run {
                        abs(offset) / size.toFloat()
                    }
                    else -> 1f
                }
            }.coerceAtMost(1f) * length.value
        }
        val bottomFadingEdgeStrength by derivedStateOf {
            lazyListState.layoutInfo.run {
                val lastItem = visibleItemsInfo.last()
                when {
                    visibleItemsInfo.size in 0..1 -> 0f
                    lastItem.index < totalItemsCount - 1 -> 1f // Added
                    lastItem.offset + lastItem.size <= viewportEndOffset -> 0f // added the <=
                    lastItem.offset + lastItem.size > viewportEndOffset -> lastItem.run {
                        (size - (viewportEndOffset - offset)) / size.toFloat()  // Fixed the percentage computation
                    }
                    else -> 1f
                }
            }.coerceAtMost(1f) * length.value
        }

        drawContent()

        …

Thanks for the fixes!

For material3, I used default edgeColor to MaterialTheme.colorScheme.background.

visibleItemsInfo.size in 0..1 should be before visibleItemsInfo.first()/last()
otherwise NoSuchElementException("List is empty.")