Hi guys, I dont know if this is the right channel ...

# multiplatform

[Archie]

Hi guys, I dont know if this is the right channel to ask. but im trying to access IosClientEngine inside iosMain but I cant seem to find the build function Ios ? Ive added the dependency io.ktor:ktor-client-ios:1.5.2. Is there anything I should do? Does anyone have an example of this. Please help. Thanks in advance.

[ptsiogas]

Hi, you can use an HttpClientProvider and have something like this in your iosMain:

@KtorExperimentalAPI
actual class HttpClientProvider {
    actual fun getHttpClient(): HttpClient {
        return HttpClient(Ios) {
            engine {
                //your stuff
            }
        }
    }
}

in your build.gradle.kts you should have something similar to this example:

kotlin {
    sourceSets {
        val commonMain by getting {
            dependencies {
                //your stuff
                implementation("io.ktor:ktor-client-core:$ktorVersion")
                implementation("io.ktor:ktor-client-serialization:$ktorVersion")
                implementation("io.ktor:ktor-client-logging:$ktorVersion")
            }
        }

        val iosMain by getting {
            dependencies {
                //your stuff
                implementation("io.ktor:ktor-client-ios:$ktorVersion")
            }
        }
    }
}

I hope this helps you.

[Archie]

@ptsiogas Thanks for the reply.

Actually did the exactly same setup as you did here.

But apparently, I have to enable commonizer to make it availble in iosMain

kotlin.mpp.enableGranularSourceSetsMetadata=true
kotlin.native.enableDependencyPropagation=false