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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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Table of Contents (15) Chapters Close

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

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To implement shared networking, we will be using Ktor (https://kotlinlang.org/docs/mobile/use-ktor-for-networking.html) and kotlinx.serialization (https://github.com/Kotlin/kotlinx.serialization).

First, let's add the dependencies:

  1. Add the following dependencies to the common source set:
    • io.ktor:ktor-client-core:$ktorVersion
    • io.ktor:ktor-client-json:$ktorVersion
    • io.ktor:ktor-client-logging:$ktorVersion
    • io.ktor:ktor-client-serialization:$ktorVersion
    • org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-serialization-core:1.2.1
  2. We also need to apply the kotlinx-serialization plugin, by adding kotlin("plugin.serialization") version kotlinVersion to the plugins block in the shared module's build.gradle.kts.
  3. And we'll also need to add a dependency for the actual Ktor clients on the different platforms:
    • Add io.ktor:ktor-client-android:$ktorVersion to the Android source set.
    • Add io.ktor:ktor-client-ios:$ktorVersion to the iOS source set.
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