Add the possibility to make the generated Res class public

[asapha]

Right now, it's internal, which makes it not accessible by other modules.

Taking the :resources:demo project as an example, the app's name needs to be duplicated in
shared/src/commonMain/composeResources/values/strings.xml, desktopApp/src/jvmMain/kotlin/Main.kt

singleWindowApplication(
        title = "Resources demo",
        state = WindowState(size = DpSize(800.dp, 800.dp))
    ) {
        MainView()
    }

and androidApp/src/main/res/values/strings.xml

<resources>
    <string name="app_name">Resources demo</string>
</resources>

It could be parameterized like in moko-resources

cf.

compose-multiplatform/gradle-plugins/compose/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/compose/resources/ResourcesSpec.kt

Lines 104 to 106 in 2e354eb

	): FileSpec = FileSpec.builder(packageName, "Res").apply {
	addType(TypeSpec.objectBuilder("Res").apply {
	addModifiers(KModifier.INTERNAL)

[terrakok]

Right now, it's internal, which makes it not accessible by other modules.

yes. it is the current design decision. module's resources are isolated from each other. if you want to provide it outside you are suppose to declare explicit API in the module.

[m0rtis]

yes. it is the current design decision. module's resources are isolated from each other. if you want to provide it outside you are suppose to declare explicit API in the module.

Konstantin I'm so grateful for your answer! I finally got how to get my resources from my compose ui design system library in my applications! But I have a question - why that design decision was made? I want to extract my compose elements to separate library and reuse it in several applications. May be I'm doing something wrong?

[m0rtis]

@terrakok sorry, I tagged you to attract your attention to my question:))

[MatkovIvan]

https://www.jetbrains.com/help/kotlin-multiplatform-dev/compose-images-resources.html

• Multimodule projects are not supported yet. The JetBrains team is working on adding this functionality in future releases. For now, store all resources in the main application module.

• The publication of Compose Multiplatform libraries with resources is not supported yet. The JetBrains team is working on adding this functionality in future releases.

Currently, there are some limitations in underlying things that block us from doing this. We're working with Kotlin and other teams to make this happen.

[m0rtis]

Ivan thank you a lot! Will wait quietly:))

[terrakok]

#4327 (comment)

[okushnikov]

Please check the following ticket on YouTrack for follow-ups to this issue. GitHub issues will be closed in the coming weeks.