I have a question about Gradle with multiplatform ...

# multiplatform

[loke]

I have a question about Gradle with multiplatform kotlin projects. I have a project where 99% of the code is in common, and then there is some glue code in jvm, js and linux that allows me to target these platforms. I also have a separate project that links to it in order to provide an Android UI. Now, I recently added some code to the jvm part of the project that doesn't compile on Android (it uses some Java 21 API's). Is there a way to separate out the non-Android code so that the Android build doesn't try to compile it?

[andylamax]

yes, add an a`ndroid` target in your build.gradle.kts

[loke]

@andylamax thanks a lot for your reply. I still have one question: There are a lot of actual implementations in the jvm package that I want to use from the android one. Is there a different target I can use that is shared between jvm and android?

[andylamax]

You can add an intermediate sourceSet (lets call it jvmAndAndroid), all those code can live in there and the unique ones can live inside their platform specific sourceSet

[loke]

@andylamax I see, thanks. I'll try this.