iOS App throws "kotlin.IllegalStateException: There is no event loop. Use runBlocking { ... } to start one."

Describe the bug After running an XCode project created with KMM I encounter the error “kotlin.IllegalStateException: There is no event loop. Use runBlocking { … } to start one.”

To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Launch the compiled iOS application
2. Grant Bluetooth permissions
3. Observe an empty UITableView.

Expected behavior The DevicesViewController should populate with scanned devices.

Stacktrace

Unknown error happened
kotlin.IllegalStateException: There is no event loop. Use runBlocking { ... } to start one.
    at 0   shared                              0x00000001044fa5f8 kfun:kotlin.Throwable#<init>(kotlin.String?){} + 96
    at 1   shared                              0x00000001044f38f4 kfun:kotlin.Exception#<init>(kotlin.String?){} + 92
    at 2   shared                              0x00000001044f3b64 kfun:kotlin.RuntimeException#<init>(kotlin.String?){} + 92
    at 3   shared                              0x00000001044f3fc0 kfun:kotlin.IllegalStateException#<init>(kotlin.String?){} + 92
    at 4   shared                              0x000000010457a5e0 kfun:kotlinx.coroutines.takeEventLoop#internal + 432
    at 5   shared                              0x000000010457a114 kfun:kotlinx.coroutines.DefaultExecutor#dispatch(kotlin.coroutines.CoroutineContext;kotlinx.coroutines.Runnable){} + 168
    at 6   shared                              0x000000010457b404 kfun:kotlinx.coroutines.NativeMainDispatcher.dispatch#internal + 236
    at 7   shared                              0x000000010456bd04 kfun:kotlinx.coroutines.internal#resumeCancellableWith__at__kotlin.coroutines.Continuation<0:0>(kotlin.Result<0:0>;kotlin.Function1<kotlin.Throwable,kotlin.Unit>?){0§<kotlin.Any?>} + 876
    at 8   shared                              0x0000000104578930 kfun:kotlinx.coroutines.intrinsics#startCoroutineCancellable__at__kotlin.coroutines.SuspendFunction1<0:0,0:1>(0:0;kotlin.coroutines.Continuation<0:1>;kotlin.Function1<kotlin.Throwable,kotlin.Unit>?){0§<kotlin.Any?>;1§<kotlin.Any?>} + 500
    at 9   shared                              0x0000000104578c00 kfun:kotlinx.coroutines.intrinsics#startCoroutineCancellable$default__at__kotlin.coroutines.SuspendFunction1<0:0,0:1>(0:0;kotlin.coroutines.Continuation<0:1>;kotlin.Function1<kotlin.Throwable,kotlin.Unit>?;kotlin.Int){0§<kotlin.Any?>;1§<kotlin.Any?>} + 264
    at 10  shared                              0x000000010454f984 kfun:kotlinx.coroutines.CoroutineStart#invoke(kotlin.coroutines.SuspendFunction1<0:0,0:1>;0:0;kotlin.coroutines.Continuation<0:1>){0§<kotlin.Any?>;1§<kotlin.Any?>} + 420
    at 11  shared                              0x0000000104543350 kfun:kotlinx.coroutines.AbstractCoroutine#start(kotlinx.coroutines.CoroutineStart;0:0;kotlin.coroutines.SuspendFunction1<0:0,1:0>){0§<kotlin.Any?>} + 148
    at 12  shared                              0x0000000104543524 kfun:kotlinx.coroutines#launch__at__kotlinx.coroutines.CoroutineScope(kotlin.coroutines.CoroutineContext;kotlinx.coroutines.CoroutineStart;kotlin.coroutines.SuspendFunction1<kotlinx.coroutines.CoroutineScope,kotlin.Unit>){}kotlinx.coroutines.Job + 436
    at 13  shared                              0x0000000104543794 kfun:kotlinx.coroutines#launch$default__at__kotlinx.coroutines.CoroutineScope(kotlin.coroutines.CoroutineContext?;kotlinx.coroutines.CoroutineStart?;kotlin.coroutines.SuspendFunction1<kotlinx.coroutines.CoroutineScope,kotlin.Unit>;kotlin.Int){}kotlinx.coroutines.Job + 436
    at 14  shared                              0x00000001045815b8 kfun:com.dxfactor.btsdk.presentation.viewmodels.devices.DevicesViewModel#scan(){} + 744
    at 15  shared                              0x00000001045f19d4 objc2kotlin.258 + 132
    at 16  OverlayIOS                          0x000000010419d06c $s10OverlayIOS21DevicesViewControllerC11viewDidLoadyyF + 612
    at 17  OverlayIOS                          0x000000010419d174 $s10OverlayIOS21DevicesViewControllerC11viewDidLoadyyFTo + 32
    at 18  UIKitCore                           0x00000001a47bee50 CC6E5AC7-8248-35F6-8B42-2E25C93DCF0A + 4623952
    at 19  UIKitCore                           0x00000001a47c3408 CC6E5AC7-8248-35F6-8B42-2E25C93DCF0A + 4641800
    at 20  UIKitCore                           0x00000001a470aa94 CC6E5AC7-8248-35F6-8B42-2E25C93DCF0A + 3885716
    at 21  UIKitCore                           0x00000001a470ad9c CC6E5AC7-8248-35F6-8B42-2E25C93DCF0A + 3886492
    at 22  UIKitCore                           0x00000001a470bc60 CC6E5AC7-8248-35F6-8B42-2E25C93DCF0A + 3890272
    at 23  UIKitCore                           0x00000001a470cfe0 CC6E5AC7-8248-35F6-8B42-2E25C93DCF0A + 3895264
    at 24  UIKitCore                           0x00000001a46efe78 CC6E5AC7-8248-35F6-8B42-2E25C93DCF0A + 3776120
    at 25  UIKitCore                           0x00000001a538e398 CC6E5AC7-8248-35F6-8B42-2E25C93DCF0A + 17007512
    at 26  QuartzCore                          0x00000001a5893df4 461501DD-204F-3516-9F5D-BDD0BA19FDA1 + 1400308
    at 27  QuartzCore                          0x00000001a589a398 461501DD-204F-3516-9F5D-BDD0BA19FDA1 + 1426328
    at 28  QuartzCore                          0x00000001a58a56e8 461501DD-204F-3516-9F5D-BDD0BA19FDA1 + 1472232
    at 29  QuartzCore                          0x00000001a57f0d7c 461501DD-204F-3516-9F5D-BDD0BA19FDA1 + 732540
State 5 is .poweredOn

Desktop (please complete the following information):

• OS: MacOS 11.4

Smartphone (please complete the following information):

• Device: iPhone X
• OS: iOS 14.4.2

[Reedyuk]

Let me have a look and see whats going on

[jamesjmtaylor]

@Reedyuk I found the issue. Since I’m fairly new to KMM, I was launching the iOS project from XCode, rather than Android Studio. That meant that the Framework wasn’t being recompiled, even after I compiled the Android KMM app to compare this iOS app against. After making that small change to my workflow it compiled & ran! Thank you for looking into this.