Is it possible to use moko resources with AppIntent on iOS?

[zacharee]

I've been looking into adding Shortcuts integration to my app on iOS. The Apple documentation shows an example for AppIntent here:

struct OpenFavorites: AppIntent {
    
    static var title: LocalizedStringResource = "Open Favorite Trails"

    static var description = IntentDescription("Opens the app and goes to your favorite trails.")
    
    static var openAppWhenRun: Bool = true
    
    @MainActor
    func perform() async throws -> some IntentResult {
        navigationModel.selectedCollection = trailManager.favoritesCollection
        
        return .result()
    }
    
    @Dependency
    private var navigationModel: NavigationModel
    
    @Dependency
    private var trailManager: TrailDataManager
}

You're then supposed to add that struct to an AppShortcutsProvider implementation: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/appintents/appshortcutsprovider.

The problem I'm running into is that LocalizedStringResource is something that can only handle compile-time values, which means I can't use MR.strings().someString.desc().localized(). I did try passing the generated key someString, but it doesn't seem like the framework knows to look in non-main resource bundles.

Is there a way for moko resources to write its strings to the main resource bundle, or a way I can tell my iOS app to search other bundles when looking for localization keys?

[Alex009]

hi. moko-resources not write strings into main bundle. it write strings and other resources to self bundle inside framework.

as i see LocalizedStringResource works on bundle base, so you can create LocalizedStringResource instance with data from moko's StringResource
https://developer.apple.com/documentation/foundation/localizedstringresource/3988421-init
https://github.com/icerockdev/moko-resources/blob/71095fc691d8769b581b1b48c489701f0fd2c344/resources/src/appleMain/kotlin/dev/icerock/moko/resources/StringResource.kt

let str: StringResource
LocalizedStringResource(
    String.LocalizationValue(str.resourceId),
    bundle: LocalizedStringResource.BundleDescription.atURL(str.bundle.bundleURL)
)

i think it should work

[zacharee]

I tried that too. It doesn't let you use that initializer for this.