Has anyone been able to "nest" ios frameworks created by kmp? I'm working on a library, and kmp crea...

# compose-ios

[James Bowler]

Has anyone been able to "nest" ios frameworks created by kmp? I'm working on a library, and kmp creates a "framework". Then, I go to my app, where I want to use the framework, and I attempt to build my app in xcode, and get "no such module". I've added the framwork to xcode, and xcode editor can find it, I can click through and see it, but it can't be found when I build. With Android, it just works, I have my lib in commonMain deps, and it just gets picked up.

[David Nedrow]

Are you adding a reference to the library file in your Xcode project?

[James Bowler]

ya, I've tried adding path to framework search path. It's in the frameworks section in xcode, and xcode recognizes it. It's also in compile sources, and in "embed frameworks" in build phases.

[James Bowler]

I've added it to here in a lot of different ways

iosArm64 {
        binaries.framework {
            baseName = "ComposeApp"
            isStatic = true

like

linkerOpts += listOf(
                "-F", test,
                "-framework", "Test",
                "-rpath", test
            )

[David Nedrow]

Oh, you're doing a static library. It shouldn't need to be in the compile sources phase, as the library should already have been built using gradle.

[David Nedrow]

You're adding the linker options in Xcode?

[James Bowler]

I have the path in framework search paths

[David Nedrow]

OK, I was confused by the linkerOpts section you posted.

So, you build the static library using gradle, and then you add a reference to it in your Xcode project and try a build in Xcode, correct?

[David Nedrow]

Are you copying the library into your Xcode project? Is this a monorepo where you iOS, Android, and KMP code are together?

[James Bowler]

yes, it's a multimodule gradle project, I have a "library", and an "app". I want to use the library in my app (both ios and android), and I want others to be able to use the ios lib in any ios project. Ya, so with the ios framework using the Compile Kotlin Framework build step.

[David Nedrow]

Hmmm. Let me take a look at a couple of things. I'll try to get back to you tonight, if not tomorrow.

[James Bowler]

thanks so much for your help 🙏

[James Bowler]

for me, the issue was that i had been including some dependencies with "implementation" where I needed "api", so when I exported the framework with the child module, it included the classes I needed.