Kotlin multiplatform project depending on another one with cocoapods - kotlin-multiplatform

Question

I have a kotlin multipltform library which has several cocoapods
cocoapods {
....
pod("gRPC/GRPCCore", grpcVersion)
pod("gRPC-ProtoRPC", grpcVersion)
pod("Protobuf", "3.15.8")
// etc
}
I published this library to artifactory (maven) and the ios target contains all the klib's for the cinterop'ed pods.
I have a second Kotlin Multiplatform Library where I wish to consume the previous "core" library.
iOSTarget("ios") {
binaries {
framework {
baseName = "SecondSharedLib"
export("first.shared.lib:1.0.0")
xcf.add(this)
}
}
}
sourceSets {
val commonMain by getting {
dependencies {
api("first.shared.lib:1.0.0")
}
}
val commonTest by getting {
dependencies {
implementation(kotlin("test"))
}
}
val androidMain by getting {
dependencies {
}
}
val androidTest by getting {
dependencies {
implementation("junit:junit:4.13.2")
}
}
val iosMain by getting {
dependencies {
}
}
val iosTest by getting
}
When linking ios however the pod modules are not found.
ex: ld: framework not found gRPC_ProtoRPC
I also tried redeclaring the pods to no avail.
Is what I am trying to do even possible? does anyone have any suggestions?
Note: I am not an iOS developer so please be harsh if my understanding is off

Answer 1

For anyone dealing with a nested multiplatform library where the base library relies on the cocoapods plugin, I had to link all the frameworks via the linker opts as well as redefine all the cocoapods so that the frameworks would be available for linking.

Answer 2

have you tried below code instead when referencing another KMM project? Below code snippet is from Kotlin's documentation
kotlin {
sourceSets["commonMain"].dependencies {
implementation(project(":some-other-multiplatform-module"))
}
sourceSets["androidMain"].dependencies {
//platform part of :some-other-multiplatform-module will be added automatically
}
}