Unresolved reference: ExposedDropdownMenuBox in Compose for Desktop - kotlin

Question

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

Answer 1

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.