Cannot use dependencies in commonMain for kotlin multiplatform - kotlin

Question

I cannot figure out how to get a commonMain dependency to work in a kotlin multiplatform project. I have read and re-read the documentation many times and have looked at many of the examples, but it just isn't working. Here is the smallest example that I believe should work. What am I doing wrong?
multiplatform-lib
plugins {
kotlin("multiplatform") version "1.3.61"
`maven-publish`
}
group = "github.fatalcatharsis"
version = "1.0-SNAPSHOT"
repositories {
mavenCentral()
mavenLocal()
}
kotlin {
/* Targets configuration omitted.
* To find out how to configure the targets, please follow the link:
* https://kotlinlang.org/docs/reference/building-mpp-with-gradle.html#setting-up-targets */
sourceSets {
val commonMain by getting {
dependencies {
implementation(kotlin("stdlib-common"))
}
}
val commonTest by getting {
dependencies {
implementation(kotlin("test-common"))
implementation(kotlin("test-annotations-common"))
}
}
}
}
src/commonMain/kotlin/Test.kt
data class Test (
val test : Int
)
multiplatform-test
plugins {
kotlin("multiplatform") version "1.3.61"
}
group = "github.fatalcatharsis"
version = "1.0-SNAPSHOT"
repositories {
mavenCentral()
mavenLocal()
}
kotlin {
/* Targets configuration omitted.
* To find out how to configure the targets, please follow the link:
* https://kotlinlang.org/docs/reference/building-mpp-with-gradle.html#setting-up-targets */
js {
browser()
}
jvm()
sourceSets {
val commonMain by getting {
dependencies {
implementation(kotlin("stdlib-common"))
implementation("github.fatalcatharsis:multiplatform-lib-metadata:1.0-SNAPSHOT")
}
}
val commonTest by getting {
dependencies {
implementation(kotlin("test-common"))
implementation(kotlin("test-annotations-common"))
}
}
}
}
src/commonMain/kotlin/Tester.kt
import github.fatalcatharsis.Test
fun test() {
val meh = Test()
}
intellij says it resolved the dependency just fine on the project menu, but highlights github as Red. No autocomplete available for "Test". Errors with multiplatform-test\src\commonMain\kotlin\Tester.kt: (1, 8): Unresolved reference: github. Just looks like the dependency content isn't available in the commonMain. I feel like I've missed something subtle and obvious. Any ideas?
Edit: Doing the opposite of what the documentation says for common dependencies, if I change the dependency to:
implementation("github.fatalcatharsis:multiplatform-lib:1.0-SNAPSHOT")
it produces the error:
Could not determine the dependencies of task ':jsPackageJson'.
> Could not resolve all dependencies for configuration ':jsNpm'.
> Could not resolve github.fatalcatharsis:multiplatform-lib:1.0-SNAPSHOT.
Required by:
project :
> Unable to find a matching variant of github.fatalcatharsis:multiplatform-lib:1.0-SNAPSHOT:
- Variant 'metadata-api':
- Found org.gradle.status 'integration' but wasn't required.
- Required org.gradle.usage 'kotlin-runtime' and found incompatible value 'kotlin-api'.
- Required org.jetbrains.kotlin.platform.type 'js' and found incompatible value 'common'.

Answer 1

Assuming you've published locally, and that was successful, then the first thing to change is the dependency:
implementation("github.fatalcatharsis:multiplatform-lib:1.0-SNAPSHOT")
You probably don't want the metadata artifact.
Next, add the following to your test app's settings.gradle file.
enableFeaturePreview("GRADLE_METADATA")
After that, try building on command line. Sometimes intellij does see everything.
If things still aren't working, I'd start looking at your publish config.