Hi ! In my application I'm defining a function like this : ```expect fun getStartDirectory() : Strin...

# multiplatform

[loloof64]

Hi ! In my application I'm defining a function like this :

expect fun getStartDirectory() : String

Which, on Android should return the application folder as String, and on Desktop (Windows/Linux) should return the content of user.home system property.
But on Android I need a Context, while on Desktop I don't need anything in order to compute it.

So is there a clean way to handle this ?

[loloof64]

Fore more information : I handle in Desktop with this :

actual fun getStartDirectory(): String {
    return System.getProperty("user.home")
}

[loloof64]

And on Android I need something like this :

actual fun getStartDirectory(): String {
    return context.getApplicationInfo().dataDir
}

where here the main concern is the context value, which can't be declared in the common code.

[louiscad]

Splitties App Context should help you 😉

[loloof64]

Thank you : what do you mean by splitting app context ?

[louiscad]

"Splitting" ?

[loloof64]

splitties sorry

[louiscad]

Google it 😉

[loloof64]

Found this : https://splitties.louiscad.com/modules/appctx/ Thank you. I'll have a look at it

[louiscad]

Yup, that's it.
implementation("com.louiscad.splitties:splitties-appctx:3.0.0") should get you going

[loloof64]

Thank you very much 🙂 I try it right now 🙂

[loloof64]

Is there in import to add in order to use appCtx ? Fleet from Intellij Idea does not yet give me any.

[louiscad]

Make sure the dependency is added to androidMain to the right module, make sure Gradle sync was done, and make sure you try to use it in a file in androidMain

[loloof64]

Ok. I'll do one more Gradle Sync

[loloof64]

I've added in android dependencies

androidMain.dependencies {
            implementation(compose.preview)
            implementation(libs.androidx.activity.compose)
            implementation(libs.coroutines.android)
            implementation(libs.splitties.app.ctx)
        }

[louiscad]

You should then get it with splitties.init.appCtx

[loloof64]

Oh : I made a typo in the libs.versions.toml. Hence the fact it could not find it I guess. Still waiting the sync.

[loloof64]

All fine : thank you very much 👍