Package Search is something we've been working on ...

# multiplatform

[hhariri]

Package Search is something we've been working on that provides amongst others things, discoverability of multiplatform packages. https://blog.jetbrains.com/idea/2019/10/introducing-package-search-eap/

[Fudge]

For those of you who have experience with NuGet and are using our .NET IDE Rider, this will definitely be familiar to you. The enhancements however are that we now have our own package index with additional metadata.

Wow, this is incredible news!

[alex009]

what should do author of library to library appear in search?

[alex009]

for example popular mobile mpp library https://github.com/russhwolf/multiplatform-settings - not appear in search

[alex009]

but https://github.com/korlibs/klock found

[alex009]

also showing of supported kotlin version will be useful. for now Kotlin/Native artifacts depends from kotlin/native compiler version. We can't use libs what not compiled by same version of kotlin as in our project...in package manager nothing show this info

[alex009]

just like with gradle metadata version...different versions of gradle support different kotlin libs (depends from used gradle version in library)

[alex009]

also in Android Studio 3.5.0 not worked for me 😞 just exception when i press "add package" and empty window.
On IDEA Ultimate 2019.2.3 works fine

[hhariri]

Right now we’re using the gradle metadata to get this info albeit we’re considering the use of BOM files. If there’s a library missing, please let us know and we can check it.

[hhariri]

Regarding AS we’ll also check.

[hhariri]

Could I please ask you to log the issues https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issues/PKGS Cause it’s easier for yourself and us to track.

[Jakub Senohrabek [JB]]

@alex009 1) We currently only index maven central (planning to extend to more repos).
2) For kotlin version I've already created issue: https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/PKGS-347

[Fudge]

Doesn't work in IDEA 2019.3 either, but I assume that will be resolved once it's out of EAP.

[Fudge]

Will Package Search be able to work with custom maven repositories? Not Maven Central, JCenter, etc.

[hhariri]

@Fudge Hmm. Strange. I’m using it with EAP. In fact the screenshots were with the EAP. Which specific version? Regarding custom, it’s something on the roadmap.

[Fudge]

Regarding custom, it’s something on the roadmap.

Great to hear! I'll check the EAP problem again.

[Fudge]

Hmm, it seems to work now in EAP.