is there any current documentation about how to set up an mpp nowadays? <https://kotlinlang.org/doc...

# multiplatform

[thana]

is there any current documentation about how to set up an mpp nowadays? https://kotlinlang.org/docs/reference/building-mpp-with-gradle.html seems to be pretty putdated

[mkojadinovic]

https://dev.to/benwhitley/two-apps-in-less-than-five-minutes-with-kotlin-multiplatform-1gm1

[tylerwilson]

I would love to see the project templates in IntelliJ, AppCode, etc updated to the latest ‘approved’ way to set up MPP projects. But not just the trivial one, but with at least one third-party dependency like ktor or serialzation (so that we can see the construction of dependencies), and with tests enabled for all platforms. And if targeting iOS, using the built-in cocoapods feature (I still see so many uses of the old manual framework approach).

[Andy Gibel]

+1 for the cocoapods approach. It seems to be rare

[thana]

i'd be already glad if i knew how to get my tests running again using the js{nodejs{testTask}} syntax

[Dave]

cocoapods approach works through IntelliJ's Kotlin/MPP template:

[Dave]

https://cl.flycl.ps/lluwKQ7w

[thana]

thx

[Fabio Bombardi]

Why doesn't kotlin mpp [hands on](https://play.kotlinlang.org/hands-on/Targeting%20iOS%20and%20Android%20with%20Kotlin%20Multiplatform/01_Introduction) ios/android show how to use android platform specific libraries? (e.g. android.os.* ). The way is made I can use only jvm libraries 'cause it's not an android library...

[Fabio Bombardi]

@Dave I've tried the template you said but It doesn't seem to add cocoapods setup in build.gradle and there's no podfile in iosApp folder. I'm also trying to have a standard template of kotlin mpp to share code between android and ios but still I cannot find one. And I still see many projects using groovy and not kotlin dsl for kotlin mpp module.

[Andy Gibel]

@Fabio Bombardi check out moko-template. It's nonstandard in that it uses their plugin but still helpful. Not sure if they updated to 1.3.60 yet #moko

[Fabio Bombardi]

Hi @Andy Gibel ! Thanks, I’ll give it a try for sure!

[Dave]

@Fabio Bombardi this is what i see from that template: https://cl.flycl.ps/L1uYLGj4

[Dave]

entirely possible you're not seeing the same behavior, but i'm pretty new to this so i can't help debug it too much, sadly.

[Fabio Bombardi]

🤔 @Dave What's your IntelliJ version? Either with 2019.2 and 2019.3 RC I see a totally different template

[Fabio Bombardi]

[Dave]

https://cl.flycl.ps/BluErN06

[Dave]

maybe community vs. ultimate?

[Dave]

or 2.4 vs 3

[Fabio Bombardi]

Nope... I guess the first one! ^^

[Fabio Bombardi]

Ultimate vs Community

[Dave]

😕

[Fabio Bombardi]

I'm a cinderella man 😢

[Fabio Bombardi]

xD

[Fabio Bombardi]

Thanks for helping me figuring this out [-;

[Dave]

of course.

[Fabio Bombardi]

Hey @Dave do you know what? I've tried IntelliJ Ultimate 2.4 (your same version — trial) but using Mobile Android/iOS template I still see a template without cocoapods gradle task. Maybe do you have an additional plugin? Anyway I've found my simplest template by wrapping the one from hands-on with android-gradle (all with kotlin dsl .kts gradle files). Its enough for me now even without cocoapods. I'm just curious how come you see a totally different tamplate...

[Fabio Bombardi]

Gotcha! https://github.com/JetBrains/kotlin-native/blob/master/COCOAPODS.md

[Fabio Bombardi]

[Dave]

@Fabio Bombardi you found it! great to hear, i had no idea why you weren't seeing the same thing as me.