Compose Multiplatform Project (Android Target): Resources not working in module

Question

I'm working on a Jetpack Compose Multiplatform project. In my module ui-system, I have a drawable located at:

ui-system/src/commonMain/composeResources/drawable/compose-multiplatform.xml

When I try to run this code on Android using:

@Composable
fun Test() {
    Image(painter = painterResource(Res.drawable.compose_multiplatform), contentDescription = null)
}

I get the following error at runtime:

  Caused by: org.jetbrains.compose.resources.MissingResourceException: Missing resource with path: composeResources/reproduce.ui_system.generated.resources/drawable/compose-multiplatform.xml
                                                                                                        at org.jetbrains.compose.resources.ResourceReader_androidKt$getPlatformResourceReader$1.getResourceAsStream(ResourceReader.android.kt:82)
                                                                                                        at org.jetbrains.compose.resources.ResourceReader_androidKt$getPlatformResourceReader$1.read(ResourceReader.android.kt:29)
    ...

The file exists, the path seems correct, the reference is generated correctly as well and the module uses org.jetbrains.compose.resources. I have tried:

Clean and Rebuild
Check if resources are actually present

Still, the resource isn't found when running on Android (I only tested Android so far).

Has anyone encountered this issue with resources in a secondary module in Compose Multiplatform? Am I missing something?

Yannick · Accepted Answer · 2025-07-27 16:19:38Z

6

The issue can be resolved by adding the following to the module's build.gradle.kts

kotlin {
  androidLibrary {
    experimentalProperties["android.experimental.kmp.enableAndroidResources"] = true
  }
}

answered Jul 27 at 16:19

Yannick

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3 Comments

Anton Malyshev Jul 27 at 17:23

How will it work on iOS?

Yannick Jul 29 at 14:26

From what I've got it will work out of the box on iOS. But I didn't test it. youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/CMP-7751/…

Homa Shafiei Sep 2 at 8:53

I also had this problem and fixed it by adding experimentalProperties['android.experimental.kmp.enableAndroidResources'] = true. Thanks for this solution.

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