I'm working on a UI Kit library in Compose So I w...

# compose

[Danish Ansari]

I'm working on a UI Kit library in Compose

So I was wondering how should I develop that it works on Android as well as Desktop. Any heads up?

[Kirill Grouchnikov]

Compose itself is structured in a way that places common code in commonMain - like https://github.com/androidx/androidx/blob/androidx-main/compose/material/material/src/commonMain/kotlin/androidx/compose/material/Button.kt

[Kirill Grouchnikov]

Then desktopMain has desktop-specific actual implementation of a common interface or desktop-specific integration points, as in https://github.com/androidx/androidx/tree/androidx-main/compose/material/material/src/desktopMain/kotlin/androidx/compose/material or https://github.com/androidx/androidx/tree/androidx-main/compose/desktop/desktop/src/jvmMain/kotlin/androidx/compose/ui/window

[Kirill Grouchnikov]

Android-specific integration would be in androidMain like https://github.com/androidx/androidx/blob/androidx-main/compose/ui/ui/src/androidMain/kotlin/androidx/compose/ui/window/AndroidPopup.android.kt

[Danish Ansari]

Alright, now I have to do some intense RnD on Kotlin Multiplatform, right?

[Kirill Grouchnikov]

That would depend on the scope of your UI Kit. The deeper you "interface" with the underlying platform, the more platform-specific code you'd need to put into androidMain and desktopMain

[Danish Ansari]

Ok got it

[Danish Ansari]

Thanks @Kirill Grouchnikov