Anyone using KMM to create a published Android/iOS Library (i.e. NOT an app)? I setup a KMM project (used Android Studio), and set it to use cocoapods to integrate the shared module into the ios app. I updated the generated ios app project (removed the app target, created a framework target, and copied over the build settings and such to use the cocoapods framework). Everything seems to work. I setup a build script to use xcodebuild to build device and simulator versions of the framework, and then combine them into an XCFramework. From there I setup a podspec, and publish (to a private podspec repo) the pod with the xcframework as the vendored_framework. I can then pull in my published ios pod into an app and use it. Everything seems ok. But then I go to run the app on a device, and it crashes with:

Library not loaded: shared.framework/shared

I think I understand why this happens, but I’m not sure how to fix it? A bit more info in the 🧵

If you’re building an internal library to be consumed by a separate iosApp project, you might look into KMMBridge

Thanks Casey. I have looked into KMMBridge, and it’s been extremely helpful in getting me to the point I am at. I may end up using it directly, but I also want to understand the how/why so I don’t just have to rely on a “black box” solution without really understanding what is going on.

In the

cocoapods'

framework definition, you can set it to be static:

kotlin {
    cocoapods {
        (...)
        framework {
            isStatic = true
        }
    }
}