Can somebody explain when how compose desktop became compose

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Can somebody explain when how compose desktop became compose multiplatform Was there an announcement that I missed

czuckie · Answer

I don t think that statement is accurate

czuckie · Answer

I think compose desktop would be a leaf off the branch of compose multiplatform

Yan Pujante · Answer

The link at the top of this channel used to point to a compose desktop page Now it is compose multiplatform So something happened at some point to merge desktop web together and rebrand the whole effort maybe

czuckie · Answer

I guess that might be the case but I think desktop still exists

czuckie · Answer

like if you were having problem with something you were building on desktop you d say you were having problems with compose desktop rather than compose multiplatform even if you were targeting android and web as well

Igor Demin · Answer

Compose Multiplatform is a main product that allows to write applications for Desktop stable Android stable Web DOM stable Web Canvas experimental iOS experimental sharing a lot of code between them if you want You can also just write applications for a single platform desktop for example In this case you will be using Compose for Desktop that have support specific for desktop native distribution window management etc This is similar to Kotlin Multiplatform It unites Kotlin for Android Kotlin for JVM Kotlin for JS Kotlin for iOS etc

Javier · Answer

Is it possible to see which APIs are available for the canvas approach web

Javier · Answer

maybe the androidx github repo

Igor Demin · Answer

You can look <https github com JetBrains androidx tree jb main compose|here> in different modules Web Canvas is built from `jsMain` `jsNativeMain` `skikoMain` `commonMain` sourcesSets `skikoMain` is also used by iOS and desktop `commonMain` is also used by Android

Yan Pujante · Answer

The main page Compose Multiplatform does not talk about Android or iOS just desktop and web but glad to know that it is the end goal Definitely would love to see an example of a truly multiplatform app android desktop web

Michael Paus · Answer

Just have a look here <https github com JetBrains compose jb tree master experimental examples> The falling balls mpp example would fit your criteria It also covers iOS

Yan Pujante · Answer

It lacks android wink

Michael Paus · Answer

And what is this <https github com JetBrains compose jb tree master experimental examples falling balls mpp src androidMain>

czuckie · Answer

wait the canvas support is a real thing and there is some experimental version of it This is huge

darkmoon_uk · Answer

< czuckie> Do you mean canvas for Web or for iOS Either way yes and yes it is huge grin

czuckie · Answer

I thought I dreamt up the idea of rendering compose to a canvas to avoid the dom to have a cough flutter like delivery avenue for compose

czuckie · Answer

I ve scoured the web with my best google fu but I ve been unable to see anything yet so I m a little bummed out but glad to know it s coming I ll be quick to adopt it and overlook any pain points in the short term joy

darkmoon_uk · Answer

You can already adopt it it s a bit bleeding edge and requires some looking after but a small number of folk are already delivering Flutter like outcomes with this slightly smiling face

czuckie · Answer

is there any open source projects I can look at to see what the development loop is like The only way to describe my level of interest is major