Hi all :wave: starting a new MPP project using Kot...

# multiplatform

[Ivann Ruiz]

Hi all 👋 starting a new MPP project using Kotlin 1.4, lemme pick your brains a bit. In my app's build.gradle.kts file I can create ios/android targets by adding these lines👇 it all compiles and runs fine.

plugins {
    kotlin("multiplatform")
}

kotlin {
    ios()
    android()
}

but when i try to put this same logic in the build.gradle.kts of a new :common module it just won't work. First it gives me an error on the android() line. Second, i get around this by adding jvm("android") instead, but then my app crashes when running.

The point of doing this is so I can have all the multiplatform gradle code separate from the app gradle. Thoughts?

[kpgalligan]

I don’t have a lot of thoughts, but we just updated our sample app to 1.4: https://github.com/touchlab/KaMPKit

[kpgalligan]

It has shared code in a separate module

[Ivann Ruiz]

Oh nice! Taking a look 👀

[Ivann Ruiz]

@kpgalligan wow this is awesome! it's so true, the biggest roadblock for KMP is getting started. Spent soo many hours going through countless website/tutorials/posts just to get my KMP frankenstein projects going.

[kpgalligan]

Hope it works out! Let us know if there are things that could be improved.

[Kurt Renzo Acosta]

If you have android as a target, you have to use the com.android.library plugin

[Ivann Ruiz]

Yeap that was just it, figured that one out yesterday but appreciate the post.