How do you handle string resources in desktop?

While playing around with desktop apps and Compose for Desktop, I've used

java.util.ResourceBundle

because I want to do some localization. I'm not sure, if there are better alternatives and the last time I did desktop apps professionally is some time ago 😉 Without localization: Object with const Strings. Plain and simple

Seems like we'll need some sort of expect/actual library so that for Android it uses built in resources and for desktop ResourceBundle

Yes, when Compose Desktop is getting more traction the topic will be much more important. Maybe even with stuff that isn't supported in ResourceBoundles like quantity string/pluralization. Also, there is an open issue about the topic in https://github.com/JetBrains/compose-jb/issues/425

Now, that I think about it, we used to do this all the time in Swing

This issue needs a solution not only for String resources. There must be a concept to handle any kind of resource in a platform independent way, e.g. image resources. The problem is that Android deviated from the standard Java way of doing these things and has its own concepts. Maybe a totally new concept is needed for this. (By the way, as far as I know the good old Java methods still work in Android. They are just not used normally.)

now you can try moko-resources - we release 0.17.0 with jvm support