Is there a way to execute a

main()

function, located in a file inside the common module, in the IDE?

I’m assuming the gutter icon doesn’t work for you?

Nope!

Wanna try adding a custom Gradle task as a run configuration? That's how I run my tests from the IDE.

I'm actually not sure if there's a Gradle task that gets generated if I add a main method to a Kotlin file

Whoops right gradle task

Looks like creating a run configuration manually worked. Need to reference the main class as it's declared in the common module, but pick

jvmMain

in

Use classpath of module

awesome!

I’m actually not sure if there’s a Gradle task that gets generated if I add a main method to a Kotlin file

There isn’t one automatically, but you can configure one if you want. On JVM you can use the

application

plugin like you would for non-MPP. On JS the

browser()

and

nodejs()

configurations add run tasks. On native you can do

binaries { executable { ... } }

and point it at your main function.

Nice, good to know! I was basically looking for a way to run common code in the simplest way possible on any platform, would be great if there was a more seamless way to create a run configuration in the IDE.

It should be possible to do that in JVM target code in multiplatform module (without

application

plugin). I've done that for example in https://github.com/joreilly/PeopleInSpace/blob/master/common/src/jvmMain/kotlin/com/surrus/Main.kt . With that I see run icon to left of

main

and am able to just run that then in IDE.

Right, that works! It's just that I only had common code and that would've required me to create a file in

jvmMain

for the sole reason of executing the common code with the Run button.

I've had mixed results with the gutter icon but good that you figured something out