Hello! Does Compose UI compile to macOS? I'd like ...

# compose-desktop

[louiscad]

Hello!
Does Compose UI compile to macOS?
I'd like to integrate it into AppKit and into a ScreenSaverView

I think I'd need this in gradle.properties, but is there anything else I'd need?
> org.jetbrains.compose.experimental.macos.enabled=true

[jw]

Two years ago the bouncing balls sample compiled for MacOS native, but it seems to have been deleted as a sample. It only worked when you built it yourself, and that's true today as well since none of the packages are built for native (aside from the runtime).

[louiscad]

Yup, I recall about these, and wow, that was 2 years ago already!
I wonder why it's not published (as experimental) anymore, maybe someone from JetBrains has an answer?

[Garret Yoder]

I think it'd be really nice to not have to jvm package on macos some day as well

[Dima Avdeev]

MacOS native works in some examples, for example in graphics-2d.
But it is very experimental

[Garret Yoder]

Oh thats pretty cool. I know theres a hundred bigger priorities, but is the plan to eventually(in the far future) have native compilation for all platforms and not rely on JVM?

[Dima Avdeev]

is the plan to eventually(in the far future) have native compilation for all platforms and not rely on JVM?

not yet

[louiscad]

Considering the "in the far future", that sounds like a yes?

Would macOS support come first in that case?

[Dima Avdeev]

@louiscad Sorry, I can't answer directly on this question. We should focus for now on current tasks and can't give promises about native MacOs support

[Alexander Zhirkevich]

Got my Compose iOS app run natively on Mac Catalyst Apple Silicon mac and it works surprisedly well, seamlessly brings native mac features like Apple ID auth, App Store billing, push notifications. Release build performance is even better than JVM version. But it behaves like a touch app, doesn't support key / wheel scroll events, text selection is bad. I assume on iPad with Magic Keyboard behaviour is the same

[louiscad]

How did you get it to work on Mac Catalyst? I thought it wasn't possible to compile to this target blob thinking fast

[Alexander Zhirkevich]

Screenshot 2024-02-24 at 01.35.38.png

[louiscad]

This issue is still in the backlog:
https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/KT-40442/Support-building-Kotlin-Native-for-Mac-Catalyst-x86-64-and-arm64

[Alexander Zhirkevich]

I just launched it on m1 using this button xD not sure is it a Catalyst, i am not an ios dev

[louiscad]

Oh, I think it's just an iOS app running on an Apple Silicon computer

[Alexander Zhirkevich]

Probably so

[louiscad]

I also use that sometimes, but it doesn't help for Intel Macs

[Alexander Zhirkevich]

I guess intel macs will die sooner than macOS native / catalyst feature is implemented . So Compose iOS app for Apple Silicon looks promising)