Access API key stored in local.properties in Common Code

[ubertrombone]

Is it possible to access an API key that is stored in local.properties in common code? Or what is the recommended way to store an API key in a multiplatform project?

[m-sasha]

API key of what?

Typically you don't want to commit any secrets into version control (git). You can set them as environment variables, or put them into a special file the application will read.

[ubertrombone]

I'm using Voice RSS's TTS API for a multiplatform project I'm working on. In the past, for Android only projects, I could store the API key in local.properties, and then access it in my project by adding something like this to my project Gradle file:

Properties properties = new Properties()
properties.load(project.rootProject.file("local.properties").newDataInputStream())
buildConfigField "String", "API_KEY", "\"${properties.getProperty("API_KEY")}\""

This code is added in the android block, so it won't be accessible for all platforms in common code.

But yeah, in sum, I'm wanting to protect my API keys from being commit to git. For now, I've just created an object file where I store it but don't commit.

[pablichjenkov]

Use https://github.com/yshrsmz/BuildKonfig