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Simplifying Application Development with Kotlin Multiplatform Mobile

You're reading from   Simplifying Application Development with Kotlin Multiplatform Mobile Write robust native applications for iOS and Android efficiently

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Product type Paperback
Published in Mar 2022
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781801812580
Length 184 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Preface 1. Section 1 - Getting Started with Multiplatform Mobile Development Using Kotlin
2. Chapter 1: The Battle Between Native, Cross-Platform, and Multiplatform FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Exploring the Three Compilers of Kotlin Multiplatform 4. Chapter 3: Introducing Kotlin for Swift Developers 5. Section 2 - Code Sharing between Android and iOS
6. Chapter 4: Introducing the KMM Learning Project 7. Chapter 5: Writing Shared Code 8. Chapter 6: Writing the Android Consumer App 9. Chapter 7: Writing an iOS Consumer App 10. Section 3 - Supercharging Yourself for the Next Steps
11. Chapter 8: Exploring Tips and Best Practices 12. Chapter 9: Integrating KMM into Existing Android and iOS Apps 13. Chapter 10: Summary and Your Next Steps 14. Other Books You May Enjoy

Learning some adoption tips

Have you decided that KMP is for you and your team and would like to try it out? Here are a couple of quick tips to help you mitigate risk and gradually descend into the KMP world:

  • Kotlin/JVM is already used widely for Android development, which you can leverage. You can start by using Android while you introduce platform-agnostic concepts and isolate components that shouldn't depend on the Android framework.

Many teams already do this by having Java/Kotlin modules for their business logic. These teams are already one step closer to making these modules shareable and doing this doesn't need any KMP expertise and doesn't introduce KMP specific risks.

  • You can then start educating your Android team on KMP and gradually make your components platform-agnostic. Make sure that iOS is involved in the communication as they will be one of the consumers of the shared code. I'd encourage iOS people to learn about KMP and contribute...
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