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# Kotlin/Native in multiplatform projects
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While Kotlin/Native could be used as the only Kotlin compiler in the project, it is pretty common to combine
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While Kotlin/Native can be used as the only Kotlin compiler in a project, it is pretty common to combine
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Kotlin/Native with other Kotlin backends, such as Kotlin/JVM (for JVM or Android targets) or Kotlin/JS
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(for web and Node.js applications). This document describes recommended approaches and the best practices for such scenarios.
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(for web and Node.js applications). This document describes the recommended approaches and best practices for such scenarios.
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Kotlin as a language provides a notion of expect/actual declarations, and Gradle in its turn
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augments it with the notion of multiplatform projects (aka MPP). Those two, combined together, provide a flexible
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standartized [mechanism of multiplatform development](https://kotlinlang.org/docs/reference/multiplatform.html)
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across various Kotlin flavours.
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Kotlin as a language provides a notion of expect/actual declarations, and Gradle in turn
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augments it with the notion of multiplatform projects (aka MPP). These two, combined together, provide a flexible
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standardized [mechanism of multiplatform development](https://kotlinlang.org/docs/reference/multiplatform.html)
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across various Kotlin flavors.
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Code, common amongst multiple platforms can be placed in common modules, while platform-specific code could be placed
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into platform-specific modules, and expect/actual declarations can bind them together in developer-friendly way.
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Code, common amongst multiple platforms can be placed in common modules, while platform-specific code can be placed
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into platform-specific modules, and expect/actual declarations can bind them together in a developer-friendly way.
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Below one can find a step-by-step tutorial of creating a Kotlin multiplatform application for Android and iOS.
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Below you will find a step-by-step tutorial for creating a Kotlin multiplatform application for Android and iOS.
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## Creating multiplatform Android/iOS application with Kotlin
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To create an MPP application one has to start with clear understanding which parts of an application is common for a different
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targets, and which ones are specific, and organize module structure accordingly. For shared Kotlin code the common
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ground consist of the Kotlin's standard library, which does include basic data structures and computational primitives,
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along with expect classes with platform-specific implementation. Most frequently, such code consists of GUI,
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input-output, cryptography and other APIs, available on the particular platform.
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To create an MPP application you have to start with clear understanding of which parts of an application are common for different
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targets, and which are specific, and then organize the module structure accordingly. For shared Kotlin code the common
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ground consists of Kotlin's standard library, which does include basic data structures and computational primitives,
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along with some expected classes with platform-specific implementation. Most frequently, such code consists of a GUI,
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input-output, cryptography, and other APIs, available on the particular platform.
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In this tutorial, the multiplatform application will include three parts:
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* An **Android application** represented by a separate Android Studio project written in Kotlin.
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* An **iOS application** represented by a separate Xcode project, written in Swift.
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* A **multiplatform library** containing a business logic of the application and used by both Android and iOS applications.
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* A **multiplatform library** containing the business logic of the application and used by both Android and iOS applications.
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This library can contain both platform-dependent and platform-independent code and is compiled into a `jar`-library
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for Android and in a `Framework` for iOS by Gradle.
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So, the multiplatform library will include three subprojects:
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* `common` - contains a common logic for both applications;
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* `ios` - contains an iOS-specific code;
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* `android` - contains an Android-specific code.
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* `common` - contains common logic for both applications
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* `ios` - contains iOS-specific code
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* `android` - contains Android-specific code
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### 1. Preparing a workspace
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├── android/
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└── ios/
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As said above, [Gradle](https://gradle.org/) is the main build system for Kotlin thus our project will use it.
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As said above, [Gradle](https://gradle.org/) is the main build system for Kotlin so our project will use it.
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To install Gradle refer to [this instruction](https://gradle.org/install/). Despite the fact that you can use the local
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Gradle installation for building the project, it's recommended to use the
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To install Gradle refer to [these instructions](https://gradle.org/install/). Despite being able to use the local
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Gradle installation for building a project, it's recommended to use the
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[Gradle wrapper](https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/gradle_wrapper.html) instead. To create the wrapper, install
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Gradle as described above and execute `gradle wrapper` in the root directory of the project. After that you can
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Gradle as described above, and execute `gradle wrapper` in the root directory of the project. After that you can
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use `./gradlew` to run the build instead of using your local Gradle installation.
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Once the wrapper is created we need to describe the project structure in Gradle terms. To do this, create
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in the project also must be declared here.
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Note that both iOS and Android applications are not included in the root Gradle build. They are represented by
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independent builds which are managed by specific IDEs (Android Studio and Xcode). Such an approach makes work with
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these builds easier from these IDEs.
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independent builds which are managed by specific IDEs (Android Studio and Xcode). Such an approach makes working with
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these builds easier from the IDEs.
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As for IDE for other parts of the project, [IntelliJ IDEA](https://www.jetbrains.com/idea/) is recommended to be used.
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As for an IDE for other parts of the project, [IntelliJ IDEA](https://www.jetbrains.com/idea/) is recommended.
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> Note: Kotlin/Native is not supported by IntelliJ IDEA so the only IDE to develop Kotlin/Native subprojects is
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> Note: Kotlin/Native is not supported by IntelliJ IDEA so the only IDE to develop Kotlin/Native sub-projects is
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[CLion](https://www.jetbrains.com/clion/). But at the moment CLion has no Gradle integration. As a workaround you can
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create a CLion Cmake project from a Kotlin/Native Gradle one. Just run `./gradlew generateCMake` for this project. It
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will generate all the necessary files which are required. See
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[this](https://blog.jetbrains.com/kotlin/2017/11/kotlinnative-ide-support-preview/) blog post to learn more about
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Kotlin/Native support in CLion.
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As the final step create empty `build.gradle` files in the root directory of the project and in all subprojects which are
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included in `settings.gradle`. After all these actions the project structure will be the following (files
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For the final step create the empty `build.gradle` files in the root directory of the project and in all subprojects which are
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included in `settings.gradle`. After performing all these actions the project structure will be the following (files
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generated by the Gradle wrapper are not shown):
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application/
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├── build.gradle
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└── settings.gradle
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Now we have a basic structure of the project and can proceed to implementing of the multiplatform library.
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Now we have the basic structure of the project and can proceed to implement the multiplatform library.
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### 2. Multiplatform library
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We need to add buildscript dependencies to be able to use Kotlin plugins for Gradle in our build. Open
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`build.gradle` in the `greeting` directory and put into it the following snippet:
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We need to add buildscript dependencies to be able to use the Kotlin plugins for Gradle in our build. Open
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the `build.gradle` in the `greeting` directory and put the following snippet into it:
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// Set up a buildscript dependency on the Kotlin plugin.
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buildscript {
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#### 2.1 Common subproject
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The `common` subproject contains a platform-independent code. To build it, add the following snippet in `common/build.gradle`:
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The `common` subproject contains platform-independent code. To build it, add the following snippet in `common/build.gradle`:
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apply plugin: 'kotlin-platform-common'
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version = 1.0
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dependencies {
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// Set up compilation dependency on common Kotlin stdlib
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// Set up a compilation dependency on common Kotlin stdlib
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implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-common:$kotlin_version"
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}
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fun greeting(): String = "Hello, ${Platform().platform}"
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}
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Here we create a simple class using `expect`/`actual` paradigm. See details about platform-specific declarations
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Here we create a simple class using the `expect`/`actual` paradigm. Find details about platform-specific declarations
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[here](https://kotlinlang.org/docs/reference/multiplatform.html#platform-specific-declarations).
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#### 2.2 Android subproject
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The `android` subproject contains platform-dependent implementations of `expect`-declarations we've created in the
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The `android` subproject contains platform-dependent implementations of the `expect`-declarations we've created in the
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`common` project. We compile it into a Java library which an Android Studio project can depend on. The content
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of `android/build.gradle` will be the following:
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of the `android/build.gradle` will be the following:
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apply plugin: 'kotlin-platform-jvm'
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}
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As said above this subproject should include actual implementations of the common project's `expect`-declarations.
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As mentioned above this subproject should include actual implementations of the common project's `expect`-declarations.
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Let's write an Android-specific method:
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// greeting/android/src/main/kotlin/android.kt
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#### 2.3 iOS subproject
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This project is compiled into an Objective-C framework using Kotlin/Native compiler. To do this, declare a framework in
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`ios/build.gradle` and add an `expectedBy` dependency in the same manner as in the Android project:
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This project is compiled into an Objective-C framework using the Kotlin/Native compiler. To do this, declare a framework in
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`ios/build.gradle` and add an `expectedBy` dependency in the same manner as was done in the Android project:
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apply plugin: 'konan'
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### 3. Android application
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Now we can create an Android application which will use the library we implemented on the previous step. Open Android
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Studio and create a new project in the `androidApp` directory. Android Studio will generate all necessary files and
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Now we can create an Android application which will use the library we implemented in the previous step. Open Android
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Studio and create a new project in the `androidApp` directory. Android Studio will generate all the necessary files and
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directories.
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Kotlin/Native requires Gradle 4.7 or higher so you need to make sure that the AS project uses the correct
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property. Upgrade the wrapper if necessary
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(see [Gradle documentation](https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/gradle_wrapper.html#sec:upgrading_wrapper)).
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Now we only need to add a dependency on our library. There are 2 actions we need to do:
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Now we only need to add a dependency on our library. There are 2 actions we need to take:
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1. Add dependency on the library. To do this just open `androidApp/app/build.gradle` and add the following snippet in
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the `dependencies` script block:
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>implementation project(':greeting:android')
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>```
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After these steps we can access our library as any other Kotlin code:
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After these steps we can access our library as we would with any other Kotlin code:
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import org.greeting.*
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### 4. iOS application
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As said above the multiplatform library can also be used in iOS applications. The general approach here is the same as
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in case of an Android application: we create a separate Xcode project and add the library as a framework. But we need
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As already mentioned above the multiplatform library can also be used in iOS applications. The general approach here is the same as
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in the case of the Android application: we create a separate Xcode project and add the library as a framework. But we need
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to make some additional steps here.
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Unlike Android Studio Xcode doesn't use Gradle, so we cannot just add the library as a dependency. Instead we need to
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create a new framework in the Xcode project and then replace its default build phases with a custom one which delegates
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building the framework to Gradle.
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To do this, make the following steps:
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To do this, perform the following steps:
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1. Create a new Xcode project in the root directory of our project (the `application` directory in the
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1. Create a new Xcode project in the root directory of your project (the `application` directory in the
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[section 1](#1-preparing-a-workspace)). Name it `iosApp` so Xcode will create the project in the directory we created
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in the section 1.
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2. Add a new framework in the project. Go `File` -> `New` -> `Target` -> `Cocoa Touch Framework`. Specify the same
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framework name as in `greeting/ios/build.gradle`: `Greeting`.
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2. Add a new framework in the project. Go to `File` -> `New` -> `Target` -> `Cocoa Touch Framework`. Specify the same
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framework name as is in `greeting/ios/build.gradle`: `Greeting`.
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3. Choose the new framework in the `Project Navigator` and open the `Build Settings` tab. Here we need to add a new build
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setting specifying what Gradle task will be executed to build the framework for one or another platform. Fortunately,
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Xcode allows us to set different values for the same build setting depending on the platform. Create a new build
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setting in the `User-defined` section and name it `KONAN_TASK`. Then specify the following values of it for different
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setting in the `User-defined` section and name it `KONAN_TASK`. Then specify the following values for it for different
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platforms (for both `Debug` and `Release` modes):
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|Platform |Value |
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4. Add one more build setting for the framework to manage optimizations performed by the Kotlin/Native compiler. Name
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it `KONAN_ENABLE_OPTIMIZATIONS ` and set its value to `YES` for the `Release` mode and to `NO` for the `Debug` mode.
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5. Ensure that the framework is still selected in the `Project Navigator` and open the `Build phases` tab. Remove all
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default phases except `Target Dependencies`.
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the default phases except `Target Dependencies`.
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6. Add a new `Run Script` build phase and put the following code into the script field:
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```
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Kotlin sources (`greeting/ios/src` in this sample). Choose the framework created as a target to add these sources to.
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Do this for the common code of the library too.
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Now the framework is added and all Kotlin API are available from Swift code (note that you need to build the
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Now the framework is added and all the Kotlin API are available from Swift code (note that you need to build the
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framework in order to get code completion). Let's print our greeting:
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import Greeting
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### Sample
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A sample implementation which follows these documenation can be found [here](https://github.com/JetBrains/kotlin-mpp-example).
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A sample implementation which follows this documentation can be found [here](https://github.com/JetBrains/kotlin-mpp-example).
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You may also look at the [calculator sample](https://github.com/JetBrains/kotlin-native/tree/master/samples/calculator). It has a simpler structure (particularly both Android app
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and Kotlin/Native library are combined in a single Gradle build) but also uses the multiplatform support provided by Kotlin.
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