Unresolved reference: ExposedDropdownMenuBox in Compose for Desktop

Issue

I need to implement a drop down menu for Windows App which is based on Compose for Desktop
For that I am trying to use ExposedDropdownMenuBox

But I am getting error:

Unresolved reference: ExposedDropdownMenuBox

Following is the code:

ExposedDropdownMenuBox(
    expanded = expanded,
    onExpandedChange = {
        expanded = !expanded
    }
) {
    // TextFeild implementation
}

And the file build.gradle.kts contains following:

import org.jetbrains.compose.compose
import org.jetbrains.compose.desktop.application.dsl.TargetFormat
import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.tasks.KotlinCompile

plugins {
    kotlin("jvm") version "1.6.10"
    id("org.jetbrains.compose") version "1.1.1"
}

group = "com.op.bgmi"
version = "1.0"

repositories {
    google()
    mavenCentral()
    maven("https://maven.pkg.jetbrains.space/public/p/compose/dev")
}

dependencies {
    implementation(compose.desktop.currentOs)
}

tasks.withType<KotlinCompile> {
    kotlinOptions.jvmTarget = "11"
}

compose.desktop {
    application {
        mainClass = "MainKt"
        nativeDistributions {
            targetFormats(TargetFormat.Dmg, TargetFormat.Msi, TargetFormat.Deb)
            packageName = "App"
            packageVersion = "1.0.0"
        }
    }
}

Am I missing something, please advice.
What is the correct approach to have drop down menu box in Compose for Desktop

Solution

ExposedDropdownMenuBox is currently not available for Desktop.

You can check the location of the item in the AndroidX repository: it is located in androidMain folder, which makes it only available for the Android platform. It uses some Android-specific APIs under the hood, which makes it impossible to use from the desktop.

Perhaps it will be rewritten and made cross-platform before the `Experimental' annotation is removed, or there will be a separate implementation for Desktop in the future. You can follow updates here.

For now, you can use DropdownMenu as shown in this answer.

Answered By - Pylyp Dukhov