When a Kotlin Native library is published (via the...

# kotlin-native

[napperley]

When a Kotlin Native library is published (via the publishToMavenLocal Gradle task) locally where are the artifacts stored❓ There is a publications directory with the following structure (has multiple module.json and pom-default.xml files):

publications/
├── kotlinMultiplatform
│ ├── module.json
│ └── pom-default.xml
├── linux
│ ├── module.json
│ └── pom-default.xml
└── metadata
├── module.json
└── pom-default.xml

[napperley]

Also there is a libs directory with the following structure:

libs
├── gobject-meta-linux-0.1-SNAPSHOT-sources.jar
├── gobject-meta-metadata-0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar
├── gobject-meta-metadata-0.1-SNAPSHOT-sources.jar
└── linux
└── main
└── gobject-meta-cinterop-gir.klib

[napperley]

Two KLibs have been generated: gobject-meta.klib and gobject-meta-cinterop-gir.klib. Is there a way to create a custom KLib repo, and have Gradle import the KLibs via build.gradle?

[Sam]

Look in ~/.m2. You’ll find your lib under there.

[napperley]

Tried to declare the library as a implementation (eg "org.digienggobject meta0.1-SNAPSHOT") but Gradle doesn't pick it up in the ~/.m2 directory even though it exists.

[napperley]

Ended up copying the contents of the library from ~/.m2 to the libs directory (in the project), and added maven { url = uri("libs") } to the repositories block (inside the build file) in order to have Gradle find the library.

[msink]

mavenLocal() in repositories block does not work? Weird, works for me.

[napperley]

Didn't know about the mavenLocal() trick. Tried it and it works simple smile .