Since I'm also new to IntelliJ IDEA, I'm wondering...
# multiplatforms
Sylvain Patenaude
09/26/2019, 1:45 PMSince I'm also new to IntelliJ IDEA, I'm wondering if someone could explain me the differences between these various options of Kotlin Projects:
- Multiplatform Library | Gradle
- Mobile Android/iOS | Gradle
- Mobile Shared Library | Gradle
Based on the descriptions, the differences seem subtle.
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Kris Wong
09/26/2019, 1:52 PM1. library with various targets included (i think jvm, js, and one other), 2. Android & iOS apps with multiplatform library & targets for both, 3. similar to 2 w/o the app projects
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Sylvain Patenaude
09/26/2019, 2:29 PMThank you @Kris Wong. Looks like it's between 1 or 3 for me since I don't need the app projects for now. I'll probably try 3 and adjust from there.
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Kris Wong
09/26/2019, 2:29 PMif you're targeting mobile then pick 3, otherwise 1
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Sylvain Patenaude
09/26/2019, 2:33 PMYeah, potential clients (consumers) of the library would be Android native (Kotlin, Java), iOS native (Swift, Objective-C) and cross-platform (Xamarin, React Native), so I'll pick 3.
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basher
09/27/2019, 4:55 PMUltimately, the k/n toolchain has to use the xcode toolchain to build an arm64 / x86_64 framework native binary for use in the iOS app. Does that clarify?
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Kris Wong
09/27/2019, 4:55 PMyeah, it's not magic, it doesn't replace the iOS dev tools. it uses them.
Kris Wong
09/27/2019, 4:56 PMit does the same for Android, but that works on windows 🙂
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Sylvain Patenaude
09/27/2019, 5:00 PMYeah ok, that makes sense. Not familiar with the concept of "toolchain", will have to look it up.
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basher
09/27/2019, 5:11 PMjust a loose term for collection of tools designed to work together. apple actually uses it more concretely in their builds, but that's not super relevant
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Arkadii Ivanov
09/27/2019, 11:05 PMAlso Windows targets require Windows host, Linux MIPS targets require Linux host, Android Native x64 require Linux or Mac OS hosts
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basher
09/30/2019, 4:53 PM👍 i also use CI for this (but the reverse for building windows)
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basher
09/30/2019, 5:25 PMAzure Pipelines have built-in gradle support: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/build/gradle?view=azure-devops
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Big Chungus
10/07/2019, 4:33 PMYou can always build on docker
Big Chungus
10/07/2019, 4:33 PMI'm developing on linux, and building for windows via windows docker image
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Kris Wong
10/07/2019, 4:54 PMi assume you're familiar with source control?
Kris Wong
10/07/2019, 4:54 PMi.e., git
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Sylvain Patenaude
10/07/2019, 4:56 PMYes, we're actually using Git.
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Kris Wong
10/07/2019, 5:03 PMi'm not sure what the issue is, then?
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Xavier Lian
10/08/2019, 6:19 AMI like to keep our MP project in its own git repository.
When it’s built, it generates a .jar and a .framework for Android and iOS respectively.
IMO this is the cleanest way of doing MP. I don’t like how many tutorials out in the wild tie MP in so tightly with Android.
Xavier Lian
10/08/2019, 6:27 PMYeah
Xavier Lian
10/08/2019, 6:28 PMThe Android and iOS projects get their own respective git repos too
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Sylvain Patenaude
10/08/2019, 6:40 PMOk, so you have 3 repos total: MP, Android, iOS?
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Xavier Lian
10/08/2019, 6:46 PMYea
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