is it possible to use ROOM in compose desktop appl...

# compose-desktop

[Pablo]

is it possible to use ROOM in compose desktop applications?

[Taha]

No, Room is an Android library. if you only target desktop you can use any jvm database that does not have android dependencies.

[Taha]

you can checkout SQLdelight and i think there is a few other options
https://github.com/cashapp/sqldelight

[Pablo]

but there are a lot of android components, like corutines, that you can use in compose desktop

[Pablo]

I mean, it's what I believe, but I'm still doing my first steps

[Pablo]

maybe room will be ported too?

[Taha]

coroutines is a kotlin thing and has nothing to do with android its just that a lot of android libraries import and use coroutines

[Pablo]

oh, but when I import some components like corutines, If I'm not wrong, the parent package is called androidx

[Pablo]

maybe I'm confused with other components, but I remember to see androidx in some implementations on gradle of my first compose for desktop projects

[Taha]

yeah thats because compose multiplatform uses the same api as jetpack compose so when you import LazyColumnt for example you see the package contains androidX

[Jacob Ras]

Room is being ported to KMP, but it's not ready yet. https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/299168035

[Jacob Ras]

And about seeing `androidx`: indeed there's Compose Multiplatform using that (for compatibility with Android Composables) but also DataStore and some others: https://developer.android.com/kotlin/multiplatform

[Mike Dawson]

I made something for it: https://www.github.com/UstadMobile/door/

[Mike Dawson]

It is experimental still, not that polished, but I am using it right now in my compose app (including paging etc)

[Mike Dawson]

I might need to update the build on jitpack to make sure that all the fixes that were made to handle paging fun are integrated.

There are some limitations:

All entities must use var (not val).
Auto migration not supported
Few other minor ones mentioned on the README

[Mike Dawson]

If you are starting from scratch with a new desktop application, and you don't have a database preference, then SQLdelight is certainly more stable and probably recommended.

If you already have a Room database, or are already otherwise familiar with Room and just want to get Room running on JVM, please do try Door.

[Pablo]

thanks, I'll check