Update documentation to make it clearer CocoaPods is not mandatory

[tfcporciuncula]

Problem Statement

Currently, the docs on https://docs.sentry.io/platforms/kotlin-multiplatform suggest CocoaPods is mandatory when integrating the library. There's even a section on SPM at the bottom that says we can use SPM for other things, but we still need CocoaPods for Sentry.

Is this really true, though? We tried adding Sentry directly on iOS with SPM (https://docs.sentry.io/platforms/apple/install/swift-package-manager) and it seems to have worked fine. Looking at #118 and #108 it also seems to confirm this strategy would be fine.

It would be great to get clarity on this and get the docs updated if they're indeed misleading.

Solution Brainstorm

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[buenaflor]

I assume your is Static = true is set in the framework? in that case it should work but not for tests because the linker is not configured there, that's the main issue. When you look at the cocoapods plugin source code they set up the linking automatically that's why it's suggested to set up both. If you don't setup linking you will get this error

Regardless we actually have new docs merged in today (not sure when they will be live) that suggests to use our gradle plugin that does all the linking so you're not tied to using only cocoapods. Please try it out

plugins { id("io.sentry.kotlin.multiplatform.gradle") version "0.10.0" }

[tfcporciuncula]

Yes, we do set isStatic = true! And thanks, we'll try out the plugin and report back.

[buenaflor]

Closing as new docs now states using the gradle plugin instead which handles the configuration automatically