[native_assets_cli] The CLI should add binding and call Dart_InitializeApiDL automatically if not provided by the user.

[ykmnkmi]

Spent some hours because I thought it was called automatically. And I haven't looked at the use_dart_api/test/use_dart_api_test.dart file before.

[dcharkes]

Hi @ykmnkmi, nice to meet you!

I'm not sure how to achieve that. Dart_InitializeApiDL from runtime/include/dart_api_dl.c is compiled into your own dynamic library instead of the Dart VM. So it must be called for every dynamic library, and you might load that dynamic library even from C code instead of directly via dart:ffi.

Maybe we can instead improve the documentation in the right place. Because it's not obvious what goes wrong if you forget to initialize.

The CLI

Do you mean with hook/build.dart files? Or in general when executing Dart code?

[ykmnkmi]

After digging deeper, I see it should be called by the user. Better documentation would help.

[ykmnkmi]

I use my own builder that wraps Zig build system.

[dcharkes]

After digging deeper, I see it should be called by the user. Better documentation would help.

Any suggestions on where to put it?

I use my own builder that wraps Zig build system.

Cool!

[ykmnkmi]

Note in use_dart_api README.md?

[dcharkes]

Note in use_dart_api README.md?

Would you please submit a PR?

[ykmnkmi]

I do.