Is it mandatory to call the remember function when creating state in Jetpack Compose?

In Jetpack Compose, calling the remember function is not strictly necessary to create state, but it is required if you want the state to persist across recompositions. Without remember, the state will be recreated on each call of the composable function, leading to data loss.

Example usage:

var count by remember { mutableStateOf(0) }

Here, remember ensures that the value of count is preserved during re-renderings of the component.