Is there a way to run my Compose Multiplatform app on my iphone (real device) from Android Studio? ...

# compose-ios

[Alex Styl]

Is there a way to run my Compose Multiplatform app on my iphone (real device) from Android Studio?

I can only see simulators as potential targets via the 'Execution Targets' dropdown, so I guess not, but maybe someone has found a way

[Arkadii Ivanov]

I haven't tried it myself, but one of the contributors added these files to my template exactly for this purpose: https://github.com/arkivanov/decompose-multiplatform-template/tree/master/.run

[Alex Styl]

never seen .run before. what is it?

[Arkadii Ivanov]

I think those files are created when you add run configurations manually.

[Alex Styl]

TIL. I copy pasted the files to my project and it added configs. Values seem hardcoded so it doesnt work on my case but i think i can figure it out

[Arkadii Ivanov]

Yeah, you will likely need to change some values.

[Alex Styl]

hmm cant get it to work. I am getting

Project directory '/Users/alexstyl/Downloads/KotlinProject/iosApp' is not part of the build defined by settings file '/Users/alexstyl/Downloads/KotlinProject/settings.gradle.kts'. If this is an unrelated build, it must have its own settings file.

which is weird, because in your project your ios app is also not defined in the settings.gradle.kts

[Alex Styl]

getting the same when i closed your template

[Arkadii Ivanov]

Right, sorry for the confusion! I think those files became outdated after migration to Xcode-based projects.

[Alex Styl]

it's cool. i appreciate the pointer. i havent touched compose multiplatform in forever so i have no idea at what state it is currently (or what xcode based projects are)

[Arkadii Ivanov]

A while ago, there was a way of creating a Compose iOS app without a single line in Swift, even without creating an Xcode project. There was a Gradle DSL like as follows.

compose.experimental { 
    uikit.application { ... }
}

It allowed running the iOS app via a single Gradle task called iosDeployIPhone12ProDebug , which you can see in that run configuration file.
But the support was removed and I think now we have to create an Xcode project and use ComposeUIViewController.
See: https://kotlinlang.slack.com/archives/C0346LWVBJ4/p1699707606789959

[Arkadii Ivanov]

I think there should be a way of running the Xcode app from command line, and it should be possible to create a run configuration calling that command.

[Garret Yoder]

You could also try running the project on your phone from xcode itself, that might at least generate some config files you can then use from Studio

[Garret Yoder]

xcode will build it and run last i tried it'll just act weird and throw a lot of errors/warns.

[Alex Styl]

i can run it on xcode. havent figured out how from AS