Hello everyone, I'm trying to create a multi-modul...

# multiplatform

[bmo]

Hello everyone, I'm trying to create a multi-module library in Kotlin Multiplatform to be used in iOS, Android and Web but I have issues with iOS. I created a stackoverflow post. If anyone can help, it would be greatly appreciated!
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/66471115/how-to-make-a-multi-module-kotlin-multiplatform-library-for-ios

[Artyom Degtyarev [JB]]

Hello, @bmo. First of all, can you please clarify why you want to use CocoaPods plugin for both of those modules? As far as I understand, you’d like to use it only for the :example module. The other problem I see is that you define export(...) over the framework, which is not being used by the CocoaPods plugin. To access the right one, I would recommend to get rid of the current framework{…} block, and to specify those export as

targets.withType<KotlinNativeTarget>{

        binaries.withType<org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.plugin.mpp.Framework>{
            //Specify things here
        }
    }

[bmo]

Hello @Artyom Degtyarev [JB], I have no idea what I'm doing. That's why ^^
Could you tell me how I should specify the things there?
Because I don't see how what you propose for the export is going to be different than having :

ios("ios") {
  binaries {
    framework("Example") {
      // Specify things here
    }
  }
}

[Artyom Degtyarev [JB]]

CocoaPods plugin adds its own framework internally. See, at the doc:

Adds both debug and release frameworks as output binaries for all macOS, iOS, tvOS, and watchOS targets.

This framework’s name will be set by the frameworkName option, and none of your options defined at the ios().binaries.framework block will be applied.

[Artyom Degtyarev [JB]]

In fact, there are two main options when you produce an iOS framework.
1. You define a framework binary, specify all its details, produce it using link<Debug|Release>Framework<targetName> and add it to the Xcode - manually or using packForXcode task, as the documentation and all wizards do
2. You use the CocoaPods plugin to set dependency on a pod, AND to deliver your framework to the Xcode project
Mixing those is not a good idea, this way one could confuse oneself easily.

[bmo]

Thank you very much, I'll try that !

[bmo]

@Artyom Degtyarev [JB], I have tried this morning many configuration but none seems to work. Also, when I change for :

targets.withType<KotlinNativeTarget>{
    binaries.withType<org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.plugin.mpp.Framework>{
        baseName = "Example"
        export(project(":common")) {
            isStatic = true
        }
    }
}

The import in Android Studio takes a very long time to finish (it's been running for 20 minutes) and the tasks which takes the longer seems to be :

:example:generateDummyFramework
:example:podImport

Also, I have changed `common`'s build.gradle.kts to remove the cocoapods part and said that the binary is a staticLib

When I do a pod install with only example in my Podfile, nothing changes. I still have classes generated in the framework which matches the interface in common but no class from common

Finally, I realized I wasn't clear yesterday but the reason why I had common as a cocoapods is because later, I want more than 1 module like example and they all need to depend on the same common (but I'll figure this part later)

[Artyom Degtyarev [JB]]

1. isStatic parameter makes sense only for a framework block. I’m not sure this syntax works correctly.
2. Have you tried adding transitiveExport = true ?

targets.withType<KotlinNativeTarget>{
    binaries.withType<org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.plugin.mpp.Framework>{
        baseName = "Example"
        export(project(":common"))
        isStatic = true
        transitiveExport = true
    }
}

[bmo]

Thanks, I'll try that

[Hiresh Pillay]

I’m having a similar case where a KMM module is dependent on another KMM module.

Using export breaks the code as there are also cases where I will be using both the modules together on iOS native.

Where you guys able to find out a solution for this?