I am originally an Android app developer trying to...

# compose-desktop

[Abhishek Das]

I am originally an Android app developer trying to develop a desktop version of an existing Android application with #compose-desktop so that I can reuse much of the UI-related code I have written for Android app. For that, I have first visited https://kmp.jetbrains.com/ and downloaded the file with project structure. Then I have opened the project with Android Studio on Ubuntu. For testing whether I can actually generate application packages, I used ./gradlew packageDeb command in terminal and generated a DEB file with which I could install the application and see the app in action. Similarly for Windows, I have done the same but with ./gradlew packageMsi command (I have done this on a windows machine and with IntelliJ Idea community edition IDE). I could find the generated MSI file, which on opening I could launch a setup wizard and with that setup wizard I installed the application. But here is the problem: I could not find the application on the start menu or on search. When searched, I could find the MSI package file which installs the application, but no application which I can launch to see the app in action. I can find the package ID of the app on Settings -> Apps -> Installed apps. I see the option to uninstall the app but how can I launch the app? Am I missing something? Like a configuration setup for launching the app or something like that? I can see the app is working as expected when I run it with desktopRun . Thanks in advance.

[bryankeltonadams]

It put the folder in C:/Program Files for me, but yeah it didn't seem to create a desktop shortcut or anything

[Jacob Ras]

Start menu shortcut is configurable: https://kotlinlang.slack.com/archives/C01D6HTPATV/p1712829219491039?thread_ts=1646905108.814009&cid=C01D6HTPATV

[Abhishek Das]

Thank you very much @Jacob Ras, it worked!