is there a way to package resources like a json fi...

# kotlin-native

[Racci]

is there a way to package resources like a json file inside a .kexe or .exe

[Dominaezzz]

Yes but it's non trivial.

[Dominaezzz]

Have a look at immutable byte array.

[Big Chungus]

I'd also be curious to see some examples of it (however rough) as I had attempted this before with little success and in the end had to resort to packaging my resources along the executable and reading them from the fs

[bod]

(last time I tried I employed a dirty trick: I generated a byte array in a Kotlin file in the project - not great obviously)

[Dominaezzz]

That's exactly the way to do it right now. A gradle plugin would be nice.

[Big Chungus]

Ah, i see. So you basically "encode" your assed into the actual *,kt source file (i.e. you don't actually embed any resources, because at that point it's just a source file to be compiled)

[Gary Peck]

There’s also an open issue for this: https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/KT-39194