Inside

"src/jvmMain/resources"

I’ve my resources. If I run

./gradlew run

the app launches and I can use them, example:

playSound(File("src/jvmMain/resources/sound.wav"))

. But when I create a distribution or a package those resources aren’t included. I can see them inside

build/processedResources

but not in

/build/compose/binaries/main/app/MyApp.app/Contents/app/resources

. I’ve tried this:

with(project.file("src/jvmMain/resources")) {
    macOS { iconFile.set(resolve("icon.icns")) }
    linux { iconFile.set(resolve("icon.png")) }
    windows { iconFile.set(resolve("icon.ico")) }
    appResourcesRootDir.set(project.layout.projectDirectory.dir(this.path)) //<<<<<<<<<<<<<
}

But with no luck, still can’t “find them”. Funny thing, the icons (

iconFile

) are found and used 🤷‍♂️ Any hint? Thanks. I was looking into this docs.

You cannot load resources in Java that way. You should use one of Class::getResource or Class::getResourceAsStream but the linked documentation is clearly saying that. And then your path is wrong too. It should be just

/sound.wav

without the

src/jvmMain/resources

part.

Thanks for your reply, but I’m interested in the second approach:

Adding files to packaged application

Sorry, but I cannot help you with the second approach. If done right, the first approach works nicely with minimum effort for desktop and Android. So I use it all the time.