Is there a possibility to target android with kotlin but hav

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Is there a possibility to target android with kotlin but having android sdk code accessible only from androidMain Not from commonMain and others

CLOVIS · Answer

Android SDK can t be accessed from common code anyway

Michal Lepíček · Answer

At least in Android Studio it can Of course once i build for different platform it will fail but this question is more about why are imports not red why can I build on android with android SDK inside commonMain

Michal Lepíček · Answer

which means that while we undergo refactor of our modules to be platform independent for future use now still only android then we don t get discouraged from having android SDK code in commonMain package

CLOVIS · Answer

There might be something wrong with your setup Adding Android only methods in commonMain shouldn t compile

Michal Lepíček · Answer

I tried it in many many example repositories and it is the same thing Please check out for example this repository <https github com joreilly PeopleInSpace> and tell me what is wrong with their setup that i can add DisplayMetrics from android content package into commonMain part AND successfully build on android platform It is bugging us for 3 days already and we cannot seem to solve it As far as our understanding is applying plugin ```com android library``` makes all folders inside module able to access android sdk However without it we cannot add ```android ``` target into kotlin block

Javier · Answer

reinstall AS it is not normal

Michal Lepíček · Answer

We did and it is happening on both Linux distribution and Windows Could someone here try it please Sometimes the studio has not automatically added imports but manually pasted import was possible to build and reference through

MJegorovas · Answer

Forked linked project tried importing `DisplayMetrics` in common `PeopleInSpaceRepository kt` file but got error as expected Tried that on mac but other platforms should display same behaviour

MJegorovas · Answer

Oh I get what you mean manually adding the import doesn t display the error but normally autocomplete wouldn t show it as an available import So I guess your problem is that when copy pasting from android into common the imports get resolved correct

Michal Lepíček · Answer

< MJegorovas> Yes exactly slightly smiling face While refactoring we get rid of fragments androidx etc but activity displayMetrics etc imports will not warn us

MJegorovas · Answer

Yeah this is a bit problematic The only thing I can think of is raising an issue in <https youtrack jetbrains com issues|YouTrack>