are there any variables that I can use within a .D...

# kotlin-native

[Kris Wong]

are there any variables that I can use within a .DEF file?

[Kris Wong]

for instance to get the source root/project path

[Kris Wong]

i have relative paths in my def file and that breaks when I try to include it as a subproject

[Dominaezzz]

I have had this issue too.

[Dominaezzz]

I ended up specifying the path in gradle instead.

[olonho]

yes, it is intended usage - .def contains whatever is stable between users, and gradle is used for dynamic computations

[Kris Wong]

i finally figured out how to use the gradle variation. it's very finicky and there's no guidance that showed the working variation in my case.

[Kris Wong]

i haven't yet figured out how to make the gradle variation work for the subproject context

[Dominaezzz]

Calculate the path using the project directory.

[Kris Wong]

that doesn't work

[Kris Wong]

trying another approach

[Kris Wong]

wow, even linkerOpts "-F${gradle.conferenceDialer_frameworkDir}", setting the path explicitly in settings.gradle does not work in the subproject context

[Kris Wong]

it works fine building the project proper

[Kris Wong]

ld: framework not found libPhoneNumber_iOS

[Kris Wong]

oh man... so my assumption about the error was incorrect. the real root cause was that the parent project needed it's own linker path to link the cinterop framework dependency from the child project

[napperley]

Are there any plans for the def file format to accept relative paths?

[Dominaezzz]

It does accept relative paths.

[Dominaezzz]

You just can't explicitly specify what it is relative to.

[Kris Wong]

I find it's cleaner to keep all paths in the build.gradle. makes the def file more portable.

[Kris Wong]

Finally figured out how to do that :P

[napperley]

Is there a Kotlin Native example on how to dynamically manage compiler and linker paths with C lib dependencies?