How to build kotlinx.coroutines in Kotlin/Native (test version 0.23.4-native-1) - kotlin

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This question is a continuation of this thread:
https://github.com/Kotlin/kotlinx.coroutines/issues/246#issuecomment-407023156
I am trying to use org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-coroutines-core-native:0.23.4-native-1 in a Kotlin/Native project targeting iOS.
build.gradle:
buildscript {
repositories {
mavenCentral()
maven { url "https://dl.bintray.com/jetbrains/kotlin-native-dependencies" }
}
dependencies {
classpath 'org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-native-gradle-plugin:0.8'
classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:1.2.51"
}
}
apply plugin: 'kotlin-platform-native'
repositories {
jcenter()
mavenCentral()
maven { url "https://kotlin.bintray.com/kotlinx" }
}
sourceSets {
main {
component {
target 'ios_arm32', 'ios_arm64', 'ios_x64'
outputKinds = [KLIBRARY]
}
}
}
dependencies {
expectedBy project(':common')
implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-coroutines-core-native:0.23.4-native-1"
}
The kotlinx:kotlinx-coroutines-core-native dependency doesn't seem to work, as the produces build errors like:
error: unresolved reference: coroutines
import kotlinx.coroutines.experimental.*
^
If I manually include the artifact dependencies such as org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-coroutines-core-native_release_ios_x64:0.10.3-native, then I get a complier exception:
exception: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Could not find "atomicfu-native"
This error persists, even if I also add org.jetbrains.kotlinx:atomicfu-native:0.10.3-native dependency.

Answer 1

Here is a list of things to check for (I have been through this, and finally made it work) :
Enable Gradle metadata. It's required to retrieve the coroutines dependencies. To do so, add this line in your "settings.gradle" file, after all the "include" instructions :
enableFeaturePreview('GRADLE_METADATA')
use gradle 4.7 (newer version are incompatible with the meta data of the current coroutines library, they require something with 0.4 version and the current published one uses 0.3)
In the iOS module :
implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-coroutines-core-native:0.23.4-native-1"
In your common module :
implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-coroutines-core:0.23.4"
If you have a js module, it may fail due to the gradle metadata feature. You can fix it by adding this before each of your "repositories" blocks (https://github.com/srs/gradle-node-plugin/issues/301)
repositories.whenObjectAdded {
if (it instanceof IvyArtifactRepository) {
metadataSources {
artifact()
}
}
}
Hope this will be enough !