How to load image in Kotlin Compose desktop?

Question

How to load images from the hard disk when using Kotlin compose on the desktop?

Answer 1

other answers are outdated, as per Compose 1.0.0-beta5 you should do the following:

Image(painterResource("image.jpg"))

if you want to load a bitmap only

val bitmap = useResource("image.jpg") { loadImageBitmap(it) }

Only the file name is required (not full path), but make sure that your resources are in src/main/resources/image.jpg