Is there a way to consume a swift package library from kmm shared code without using cocoapods?

# compose-ios

[Rafs]

Is there a way to consume a swift package library from kmm shared code without using cocoapods?

[Pablichjenkov]

Yes

[Pablichjenkov]

https://kotlinlang.org/docs/multiplatform-mobile-ios-dependencies.html#without-cocoapods

[Pablichjenkov]

That's the official documentation. But it is easier to expose a public interface interface in your shared library code, this interface will be implemented in Swift. Then you pass the swift implementation to shared. And you avoid all the steps in the page above.

[Rafs]

Is there any open-source project with an example that you can link

[Pablichjenkov]

I have done it in a couple of projects but don't know your specific use case.
Let me see if I can point you an example

[Rafs]

I'm just trying to add firebase analytics to the ios side

[Pablichjenkov]

https://github.com/pablichjenkov/kmp-amadeus-api/blob/main/shared/src/iosMain/kotlin/com/pablichj/incubator/amadeus/demo/Bindings.kt#L60
Check that, although I just realized I haven't import any library, I am just using :
import SwiftUI but it shouldn't be a problem to import AnyLibrary

[Pablichjenkov]

For firebase I have seen Integrations already. I believe Chris banes tivi App has it integrated, also there is a touchlab example I think.

[Pablichjenkov]

Also check Joreilly stuff, he might get something:
https://github.com/joreilly

[Mofe Ejegi]

I've been struggling to figure this out since yesterday and this thread, particularly the Tivi app example, helped me understand this better. Thank you @Pablichjenkov

[Mofe Ejegi]

I find the pattern of using Platform bridges quite intriguing, a good next step would be to make this work seamlessly with a DI library.

[Rafs]

Yeah I forgot to comment further on this thread. I ended up using platform bridges, and I got it to work seamlessly with koin.

[Rafs]

In my commonMain I have an expect platform module where I supply all the bridges

expect fun platformModule(analytics: Analytics): Module

[Rafs]

I can implement the interface in ios and supply it to the DI graph
KoinApplication.shared.initialize(analytics: AppleAnalytics())

[Mofe Ejegi]

Nice. So you have the iOS bridge provided there.
Out of curiosity, where do you do the same for Android.

I just got my implementation to work and I'm about to integrate it with Koin

[Rafs]

Application onCreate

[Rafs]

override fun onCreate() {
        super.onCreate()
        startKoin {
            androidContext(this@App)
            modules(
                modules = appModule(analytics = AndroidAnalytics()),
            )
        }
    }

[Rafs]

and this is the def of appModule

fun appModule(analytics: Analytics) =
    listOf(useCaseModule(), screenModules(), platformModule(analytics))

[Mofe Ejegi]

Nice, I like the name platformModule
I'd steal that 😛

[Rafs]

😀

[markturnip]

might also be relevant: https://github.com/ttypic/swift-klib-plugin