I was trying out the new CocoaPods support for Kotlin/Native, so I can include Firebase as a pod on ...

# kotlin-native

[Thomas]

I was trying out the new CocoaPods support for Kotlin/Native, so I can include Firebase as a pod on my iOS project. Unfortunately, it looks like subspecs are not supported, which prevents me from adding the Firebase pod. Is there a way to get this working? Or is there an issue I can follow regarding subspecs?

[svyatoslav.scherbina]

Have you tried adding Firebase pod with required subspecs to Podfile for your Xcode project?

[Thomas]

@svyatoslav.scherbina if I add the pod to the Xcode project, will that allow me to use them from my Kotlin/Native module? I would like to use Firebase from my Kotlin code. That's why I tried adding the Firebase pod to the Gradle file.

[Thomas]

The Kotlin documentation on CocoaPods says that subspecs are not supported. So I was wondering if there was another way to get it working.

[svyatoslav.scherbina]

if I add the pod to the Xcode project, will that allow me to use them from my Kotlin/Native module?

If you also add the parent pod to Gradle build, then it will likely work.

The Kotlin documentation on CocoaPods says that subspecs are not supported. So I was wondering if there was another way to get it working.

Exactly, that’s why I’m trying to provide you a workaround for this.

[Thomas]

Thanks @svyatoslav.scherbina, I appreciate your help.

The issue I had was that “Firebase/Core” was an invalid pod name because of the “/” character. It returned an error when doing a Gradle sync. I am not sure why, but if I remove the “/” it does work correctly, I think Firebase has another pod called “FirebaseCore”. That one does work correctly and I am able to use it in the Kotlin code.

[Thomas]

@svyatoslav.scherbina This is the error I get when doing a Gradle sync after adding “Firebase/Core” to the Gradle file: https://gist.github.com/Thomas-Vos/71674dd5af4cbe0449e5a981d097e0f6

[oleksandr.stepanov]

@Thomas, I had the same issue, and ended with replacing Firebase pods with / by there non-/ counterparts. How to detect them: run pod install in your iOS project, and look into Podfile.lock. It will show you what are the subpods for Firebase/Core. It’s FirebaseCore and FirebaseAnalytics effectively.

[Thomas]

@oleksandr.stepanov thanks, that is really helpful. I managed to get Firebase working in my project now.