ProGuard¶

Compose Desktop currently does not load ProGuard configuration bundled with libraries. When ProGuard is enabled for release builds, add these rules manually to your application's ProGuard file (for example, src/main/compose-desktop.pro):

-keep class dev.hansholz.advancedmenubar.NativeMenuBridge { *; }
-keep class dev.hansholz.advancedmenubar.NativeTextContextMenuBridge { *; }

Make sure the file is included in the Compose Desktop configuration:

compose.desktop {
    application {
        buildTypes.release.proguard {
            configurationFiles.from(project.file("src/main/compose-desktop.pro"))
        }
    }
}

Without these rules, ProGuard may rename or remove the JNI callback classes, causing native menu functionality to fail in the packaged application.

GraalVM Native Image¶

Advanced Menubar artifacts include the JNI reachability metadata, Compose resources, and native macOS libraries required for GraalVM Native Image. No library-specific reflection or resource configuration is needed. Native macOS executables must be built on macOS.

The Tao sample demonstrates the Nucleus/GraalVM setup.