Wondering why the dependency to Cocoapods on iOS

[ristkof]

When looking at the way the project is setup for iOS, I am wondering why the approach was taken to compile the kotlin common code into a cocoapod module and use that for linking?

Is it just that it was convenient for this particular project, or is it a recommended approach for some specific reason?

[om-ha]

Very valid question, I hope others would shed some light here.

From my end, I found these great resources:

1- Different Approaches in Consuming KMM Modules in iOS

• CocoaPods Gradle plugin and git submodule
• Generate and distribute universal (fat) frameworks
• Using transitive dependencies with Gradle

2- This one is by John O'Reilly, the maintainer of this repo! Using Swift Packages in a Kotlin Multiplatform project

• Swift Packages

[joreilly]

When this project was created 2+ years ago this was I think the recommended approach. Options have increased since then but I believe this is still valid option (one of the 2 you get prompted to use for example when using KMM plugin). I've used other approaches on other samples here so of course a choice for folks which one to use themselves.