Resource sharing

[armcha]

I think it will be great to add support to share resources between platforms, for example, strings, colours, images and so on․

[olonho]

Hmm, not sure how Kotlin/Native prevents resource sharing, or how it could help with it. Could you please elaborate?

[msink]

Maybe something like #1819

Embedding resourses, like in jar on jvm

[petrukhnov]

You could copy resources to framework by executing copy command from gradle:
cp -r "$PROJECT_DIR/src/main/resources" "$PROJECT_DIR/build/framework."

[armcha]

@olonho, For example, it can generate Static variables from string resources.
MyString
In code it will be something like this
Strings.my_string
or
S.my_string

[armcha]

@petrukhnov The problem not only to copy but also an ability to use it for other platforms

[olonho]

See https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin.native/immutable-blob-of.html

[nadafsak]

This is what I do at the moment in my build.gradle to copy over resources for iOS:

            exec {
                commandLine "cp"
                args = ["-r", "$projectDir/src/commonMain/resources", "$buildDir/bin/ios/debugFramework/test_shared_library.framework"]
            }

[Alex009]

for mobile platforms you can use https://github.com/icerockdev/moko-resources too

[nadafsak]

for mobile platforms you can use https://github.com/icerockdev/moko-resources too

This is ok for specific assets (images, font, translation), but does not let you share generic file types like a HTML or .mp4 file.

[Alex009]

yes, for now it is, but support of generic files will be added soon

[SvyatoslavScherbina]

According to migrating issue tracking to YouTrack, closing this issue in favour of https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/KT-39194