Question, how come `import androidx.compose.founda...

# compose-desktop

[ursus]

Question, how come import androidx.compose.foundation ui etc work in compose desktop? In my android project I tried to use those dependencies in a pure kotlin (jvm) module (just some extensions, no @Composable stuff), and gradle complained about the module not applying `kotlin-android`so I figured those have an android dependency?
Or did I mess something up?

[Albert Chang]

Compose for Desktop has its own artifacts that can be used in pure JVM modules.

[ursus]

but how? when I click into say MaterialTheme class, its exactly the same

is it just a copy? they take all of the android compose sources, and strip the android stuff, and publish?

[Albert Chang]

Basically that, and delegate to Google version for Android.

[ursus]

Tldr; if it were interfaces then I'd get it, they just provide desktop impl, but its whole concrete sources, so it must be a copy

[ursus]

okay understood, thanks!

[ursus]

which kind of makes me wonder why, must be very error prone process to update -- how come the android bits are not isolated, so just a different impl would be provided, so no need to copy stuff? must be bit more nuisanced

[Albert Chang]

Sounds like you need to learn some basics of Kotlin multiplatform.

[ursus]

that might be true, but looking at the dependency graph I'd expect there to be some androidx dependency, where the jetbrain dependecy provides the `actual`s

but yea, I never actually built stuff with kmm

[ephemient]

if you apply the org.jetbrains.compose gradle plugin, it'll give you a shortcut for the proper dependencies (e.g. dependencies { implementation(compose.foundation) }), substituting them as appropriate for Android

[ephemient]

in general you should always use the plugin when working with compose multiplatform, https://github.com/JetBrains/compose-jb/issues/1404

[ursus]

Yes but my question now is, say MaterialTheme.kt, is in both the jetbrains and in androidx package, is it
1) pulled in via som dependency (not visible in the graph
2) or is it a "copy paste"