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Bundle files with Compose for Desktop (Compose Multiplatform)

I am an Android developer and I have experience with Jetpack Compose. Now, I am trying to build desktop apps, so I found this Compose for Desktop project. I want to store a JSON file with my desktop app so that I can read the file from my desktop app and show it to users. Not only JSON files, but I also want to store some other files like HTML.

In Android, I could use the raw or assets folders, but I don't know how to do that in Compose for Desktop.

If someone can point me in the right direction, I will appreciate it.

Solution

  • You can put any assets files inside src\jvmMain\resources access them using useResource.

    for example to read json file as text:

    useResource("data.json") { stream ->
    val textJson = stream.bufferedReader().use { it.readText() }
}