Is there a simple way to pass a Swift `[String]` t...

# kotlin-native

[ribesg]

Is there a simple way to pass a Swift [String] to a Kotlin function taking an Array<String> (exposed to Swift as KotlinArray<NSString>)?

[Sam]

If you change your kotlin function signature to List<String>, I believe it will bridge automatically.

[ribesg]

That’s what I did but that’s not the question 😄

[Sam]

I suspect its a limitation in the toll free bridging the ObjC runtime does between types. You might be able to write an extension in Swift that would copy the array into a KotlinArray that you instantiate from Swift. It’s a terrible idea but it should work. There’s probably a reason the JB devs didn’t setup Kotlin arrays to bridge as NSArrays but I don’t know what that is.

[ribesg]

Yeah I really just thought I missed something obvious so I asked. But no I think List is the only answer. It was for a main function so supposedly Array<String> was the only solution but oh well, it works. My Kotlin main just isn’t a real main anymore, sadge