Hi all, I have a question regarding creating kotli...

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[arunshaik432]

Hi all, I have a question regarding creating kotlin library. I want to wrap already created javascript library (available on npm) in a kotlin library and consume it in android native projects. How can i do so? please anyone help on this? Thank You

[efemoney]

That is impossible.

[arunshaik432]

Hi @efemoney, do you know any other way to achieve it?

[Pablichjenkov]

You will have to add a JavaScript engine into your code. The other alternative, it depends on your requirements, is using a WebView, there is an API to call functions from kotlin/java to the JavaScript code running in the WebView. Take a look into the Cordova project.
Back to the engine alternative, you can check https://github.com/cashapp/zipline,
Check what they do.

[Pablichjenkov]

But yeah any path is a heavy alternative if you just want to execute one library code. I believe it would be much easier trying to find the kotlin version of that library.

[arunshaik432]

@Pablichjenkov I will check the zipline and cordova github repos. Thank You

[Pablichjenkov]

Those are big projects, for the case you plan to run a full JavaScript app or something of that magnitude. But again, for one single use library it would be easier just finding the kotlin equivalent of that library.

[arunshaik432]

ok got it.

[Joffrey]

Or the java equivalent, which you could use from Kotlin

[Joffrey]

What library did you have in mind specifically? What did you intend to do with it?

[arunshaik432]

not any specific js lib

[Youssef Shoaib [MOD]]

You could also, as long as the library isn't js-specific, try to rewrite the library in Kotlin. It's quite a difficult undertaking, but it could be easier if there's typescript definitions for the library already

[Joffrey]

@arunshaik432 I thought your question was about a library you wanted to use. Was it just a theoretical question without a concrete need?

[arunshaik432]

i need it in one my contract work. they want me to build a kotlin wrapper on top of their crypto js library that kotlin lib will be used in android native projects. that is why i asked this question