Just created an empty compose-desktop project with latest IDEA/Utlimate (2022.1) and trying to add a...

# compose-desktop

[Yan Pujante]

Just created an empty compose-desktop project with latest IDEA/Utlimate (2022.1) and trying to add a dependency:

sourceSets {
        val jvmMain by getting {
            dependencies {
                implementation(compose.desktop.currentOs)
                implementation(files("external/libs/luaj-jse-3.0.2.jar"))
            }
        }

but the dependency is not being picked up. If I replace the path with /foo.jar nothing happens either, not even an error message. Any idea what is wrong?

[Kirill Grouchnikov]

Which one, compose or this luaj-jse?

[Yan Pujante]

luaj (the wizard generated the compose.desktop.currentOs line)

[Yan Pujante]

if I move the dependencies section outside like in one of the official example (https://github.com/JetBrains/compose-jb/blob/master/examples/notepad/build.gradle.kts) I get Unresolved reference: implementation error

[Dragos Rachieru]

Well, if you use sourceSets and jvmMain you are using the multiplatform plugin.

The notepad example uses the jvm plugin. That's why it's not working, You can go with jvm if you target desktop only

About the jar, make sure the file is in the specified folder relative to the build.gradle.kts file

[Yan Pujante]

I guess that would explain it (although I explicitely selected a desktop single application, not a multiplatform one in the IDEA wizard).

And yes the file is there...

> ls -la build.gradle.kts
-rw-r--r--  1 ypujante  staff  1143 Apr 20 10:58 build.gradle.kts
> ls -la external/libs/luaj-jse-3.0.2.jar
-rw-r--r--@ 1 ypujante  staff  354944 Apr 20 10:39 external/libs/luaj-jse-3.0.2.jar