Hi! I am using Kotlin/Native to develop multiplatf...
# kotlin-nativem
Mohit Gurumukhani
06/27/2018, 6:29 PMHi! I am using Kotlin/Native to develop multiplatform project and was wondering how should I structure the project and which IDE to use? Like should we have android, ios, js etc. as separate modules in the same project? Or should we have a separate project for ios and separate for say common+android+js with each as modules. And then we could use Gradle to link this project with iOS. Also, how would this playout with the IDE for each project?
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amorenew
06/27/2018, 6:53 PMCheck this project from jetbrain
https://github.com/JetBrains/kotlinconf-app
amorenew
06/27/2018, 6:54 PMIDE is CLion or AppCode
preview "alpha" version is free
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Aregev2
06/27/2018, 7:05 PMPersonally prefer clion, in 2018.2 Gradle support is implemented
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spierce7
06/27/2018, 7:29 PMCan you develop android apps in app code?
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amorenew
06/27/2018, 7:34 PMNo because only for iOS/macOS development
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drofwarcs
06/27/2018, 8:13 PMI would suggest following structure laid out here https://github.com/JetBrains/kotlin-native/blob/master/MULTIPLATFORM.md
drofwarcs
06/27/2018, 8:14 PMIt allows you to use the IDE of your choice for the different platforms, and still share the common modules
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Mohit Gurumukhani
06/27/2018, 8:38 PMYeah but they use Kotlin to develop a framework and use it as a library in Swift using XCode. There should be a better way to develop iOS apps entirely in Kotlin/Native.
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drofwarcs
06/28/2018, 12:52 AMYou can do an entire iOS app via KN(though I would not recommend it). If you are using AppCode with the Kotlin/Native plugin, there is an option to create an iOS application. This does NOT create any frameworks builds the entire project as if its and Objc iOS app. I'm not to sure how well that type of project works with MPP though.
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