hey I see in gradle file I have kotlin block insid...

# multiplatform

[Vivek Modi]

hey I see in gradle file I have kotlin block inside that I have getting/creating. I know this property using delagate property. Can someone explain me what is use of creating and getting and when to use them. I am totally confused.

val androidMain by getting {
            dependencies {
                implementation("androidx.core:core-ktx:1.3.2")
            }
        }

val iosMain by creating {
            dependsOn(commonMain)
            iosX64Main.dependsOn(this)
            iosArm64Main.dependsOn(this)
            iosSimulatorArm64Main.dependsOn(this)
        }

  val iosMain by creating { dependsOn(commonMain) }
        val iosX64Main by getting { dependsOn(iosMain) }
        val iosArm64Main by getting { dependsOn(iosMain) }

[Paul Woitaschek]

It is a property delegate that uses the name of the variable to create / locate the source set

[Paul Woitaschek]

https://kotlinlang.org/docs/delegated-properties.html

[Vivek Modi]

Can you tell me what is difference in these two

val iosMain by creating { dependsOn(commonMain) }

vs

val iosX64Main by getting { dependsOn(iosMain) }

?

[Vivek Modi]

iosMain is using creating and iosX64Main is getting . It little bit confusion.

[Paul Woitaschek]

It's about connecting source sets

[Paul Woitaschek]

iosMain is created

[Paul Woitaschek]

Then it depends on all the other iosXYZMains that already exist. Therefore the use the getting

[Vivek Modi]

Ok got it thanks