How do I reference more than one KMM frameworks in the iOS a

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How do I reference more than one KMM frameworks in the iOS app I ve tried playing with the linker settings in XCode but it doesn t seem to be helping It works if I link the original shared module that was created by Android studio but anything else doesn t work

ribesg · Answer

You can t unless that changed and I didn t hear about it

Rafs · Answer

Actually i ve been able to do it by manually adding an extra value to the `Framework Search Paths` in XCode

ribesg · Answer

I wonder how that works Each KMM framework includes its dependencies so you have them multiple times

Arkadii Ivanov · Answer

I find the following article pretty useful <https touchlab co multiple kotlin frameworks in application |https touchlab co multiple kotlin frameworks in application >

ribesg · Answer

So basically it has been working since Kotlin 1 3 70 but don t do it smile

Rafs · Answer

Reason why I started looking into multiple frameworks is because I want to have a different framework for `data` and a different one for `ui` both of which are multiplatform components

Arkadii Ivanov · Answer

Well I can imagine an isolated framework built with Kotlin that you can include in addition Yes it will include all the dependencies But this might be ok it depends

Arkadii Ivanov · Answer

I believe Kotlin frameworks can t really communicate with each other as explained in the article

ribesg · Answer

Yeah if they are 100 independent why not But if at some point you need to pass some class from `data` to a function or something from `ui` you won t be able to

Rafs · Answer

What is the proper way to go if I want them to communicate with each other

Rafs · Answer

Should I have a parent module which will be the framework and create sub modules inside of it

Arkadii Ivanov · Answer

I would create an ambrella module and export it as a Framework with dependencies added as `api`

Rafs · Answer

I ve just tried this but the framework isn t getting generated for the umbrella module < Arkadii Ivanov>

Arkadii Ivanov · Answer

Here is an example of an umbrella module <https github com JetBrains compose multiplatform blob master examples todoapp common root build gradle kts|https github com JetBrains compose multiplatform blob master examples todoapp common root build gradle kts> Basically you export it the same way Just one module instead of two

Rafs · Answer

Thanks < Arkadii Ivanov> I managed to get it to work by following the sample

Rafs · Answer

< Arkadii Ivanov> One thing i ve noticed from using the umbrella module is that the framework doesn t get generated if there aren t any sources for the umbrella module itself For instance if I delete `src commonMain kotlin` then the framework isn t generated and XCode will report a no mudule found error I don t want to have any sources in there

Arkadii Ivanov · Answer

Well you could put a dummy class or function there as a workaround

Rafs · Answer

Yeah that s what i m doing now but thats what I was hoping I wouldn t have to do grinning

xiaobailong24 · Answer