Hello, I'm sorry if this question has been asked b...

# multiplatform

[bmo]

Hello, I'm sorry if this question has been asked before but I couldn't find an answer (either on the web or here).
I understand that iOS and MacOS source sets can only be compiled from a Mac for legal reasons (Apple being Apple...)
Yet, I'm on Linux and I would like to be able to contribute to the iOS code (even if not compiling) but when I sync a project with a pod dependency, I cannot import the dependencies and I see this in the command line :

> Task :module:podGenIOS SKIPPED
> Task :module:podSetupBuildPodDependencyIphonesimulator SKIPPED

I suspend this is linked to me not being able to see the dependencies.

Is there a way for me to force Kotlin to generate the bridge (or at least let IntelliJ know about it) so that I can develop for iOS in Kotlin MPP without actually buying a Mac ?

[Artyom Degtyarev [JB]]

Hello, @bmo! Those tasks are not working correctly, because they hardly depend on the CocoaPods dependency manager. At the moment, I was not able to find any instruction on how to install and use it from Linux machine.

[bmo]

Hello @Artyom Degtyarev [JB], thanks for the answer, I have no idea how cocoapods works TBH but I installed the gem without any issues. I'll look more into it and let you know if I find something

[bmo]

@Artyom Degtyarev [JB], it seems that doing

sudo apt install ruby2.7-dev
sudo gem install cocoapods

does the trick. It appears that I have cocoapods manager installed on my machine and I can execute pod commands on my Linux machine.
Is there a way I can force the task podInstall to execute and not skip ?

[Artyom Degtyarev [JB]]

AFAIK, the answer is no bc those tasks relies on the Xcode. @Yaroslav Chernyshev [JB], can you please take a look?

[bmo]

Thank you, I'll wait on Yaroslav's answer to see if I can be unblocked

[bmo]

I tried manually to do a pod gen on linux to generate the synthetics that is there on Mac OS and it works. Therefore, I don't know why this is a skipped step on Linux. Also, it appears that I cannot get (even on Mac OS) the import cocoapods.*** to work no matter what I try