What if I want to share string resources between C...

# multiplatform

[Andrey Larionov]

What if I want to share string resources between Compose Multiplatform app (mobile, desktop, wasm) and Ktor server? Can I do this with this method?

[Andrey Larionov]

It seems I need to convert my KotlinJVM modules (database, server) to multiplatform modules, am I right? If so, it seems strange

[hfhbd]

No, you just have to depend on the JVM (desktop) target. You don’t need to convert your backend modules but just create/use a shared module.

[Andrey Larionov]

@hfhbd khmm, I have shared top-level resources module where I put my strings.xml files
I also have server/data KotlinJVM module where I'm trying to get a String from ResourcesProvider which inside of resources module

My server/data/build.gradle.kts looks like this

plugins {
    alias(libs.plugins.kotlinJvm)
    alias(libs.plugins.kotlinSerialization)
}

dependencies {
    /**
     * MODEL SHARED
     */
    implementation(projects.modelShared)
    /**
     * DATABASE
     */
    implementation(projects.database.domain)
    implementation(projects.database.tables)
    /**
     * RESOURCES
     */
    implementation(projects.resources)
    /**
     * DEPENDENCIES
     */
    implementation(libs.bundles.database)
}

But when I'm trying to get something from ResourcesProvider inside database module

override suspend fun signIn(request: SignInRequest): User {
    val user = userStorage.getUser(request.email) ?: run {
        buildError("It seems this email is not in our system.")
    }
    return when {
        request.password == user.password -> user
        else -> {
            val error = ResourcesProvider().getStringFromResources(
                Res.string.auth_wrong_email_password_error
            )
            buildError(error)
        }
    }
}

I'm getting an error:

Cannot access class 'org.jetbrains.compose.resources.StringResource'. Check your module classpath for missing or conflicting dependencies.

It looks like I can't include multiplatform recources module to KotlinJVM server module?
It seems I can't include Compose

[Andrey Larionov]

I made resources module multiplatform because it required to have

implementation(compose.components.resources)

So I had to add

plugins {
    alias(libs.plugins.kotlinMultiplatform)
    alias(libs.plugins.androidLibrary)
    alias(libs.plugins.jetbrainsCompose)
    alias(libs.plugins.compose.compiler)
}

[Andrey Larionov]

When I'm trying to apply compose plugin to database/data module

plugins {
    alias(libs.plugins.kotlinJvm)
    alias(libs.plugins.kotlinSerialization)
    alias(libs.plugins.jetbrainsCompose)
}

dependencies {
    implementation(compose.components.resources)
}

I'm getting this error

Cause: e: Configuration problem: Since Kotlin 2.0.0-RC2 to use Compose Multiplatform you must apply "org.jetbrains.kotlin.plugin.compose" plugin.

Ok, I made my database/data/build.gradle looks like this:

plugins {
    alias(libs.plugins.kotlinJvm)
    alias(libs.plugins.kotlinSerialization)
    alias(libs.plugins.jetbrainsCompose)
    alias(libs.plugins.compose.compiler) // <-- ADDED
}

dependencies {
    implementation(projects.resources)
    implementation(compose.runtime) // <-- ADDED
    implementation(compose.components.resources)
}

And when I'm trying to get something from ResourcesProvider, which is inside resource module, I'm getting this error:

java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError
	at org.jetbrains.skiko.SystemTheme_awtKt.getCurrentSystemTheme(SystemTheme.awt.kt:4)
	at org.jetbrains.compose.resources.ResourceEnvironment_desktopKt.getSystemEnvironment(ResourceEnvironment.desktop.kt:11)
	at org.jetbrains.compose.resources.ResourceEnvironmentKt$getResourceEnvironment$1.invoke(ResourceEnvironment.kt:83)
	at org.jetbrains.compose.resources.ResourceEnvironmentKt$getResourceEnvironment$1.invoke(ResourceEnvironment.kt:83)
	at org.jetbrains.compose.resources.ResourceEnvironmentKt.getSystemResourceEnvironment(ResourceEnvironment.kt:90)
	at org.jetbrains.compose.resources.StringResourcesKt.getString(StringResources.kt:42)
	at ResourcesProvider$getStringFromResources$2.invokeSuspend(ResourcesProvider.kt:12)
	at kotlin.coroutines.jvm.internal.BaseContinuationImpl.resumeWith(ContinuationImpl.kt:33)
	at kotlinx.coroutines.DispatchedTask.run(DispatchedTask.kt:104)
	at kotlinx.coroutines.scheduling.CoroutineScheduler.runSafely(CoroutineScheduler.kt:585)
	at kotlinx.coroutines.scheduling.CoroutineScheduler$Worker.executeTask(CoroutineScheduler.kt:802)
	at kotlinx.coroutines.scheduling.CoroutineScheduler$Worker.runWorker(CoroutineScheduler.kt:706)
	at kotlinx.coroutines.scheduling.CoroutineScheduler$Worker.run(CoroutineScheduler.kt:693)
Caused by: org.jetbrains.skiko.LibraryLoadException: Cannot find libskiko-macos-arm64.dylib.sha256, proper native dependency missing.
	at org.jetbrains.skiko.Library.findAndLoad(Library.kt:103)
	at org.jetbrains.skiko.Library.load(Library.kt:56)
	at org.jetbrains.skiko.SystemThemeHelper.<clinit>(SystemTheme.awt.kt:12)
	... 13 more

To sum it up, Jetbrains wants me to make database/data module as multiplatform module.....