My first thoughts on System Design as an Android and Kotlin Multiplatform developer, and how learning architecture changed the way I think about layers, models, boundaries, and software design.
MutableLiveData has been a familiar choice for Android developers for years, but Kotlin Flow feels much more natural when you're building shared code with Kotlin Multiplatform. Here's how I think about LiveData, Flow, StateFlow, and SharedFlow when moving from Android-focused development to KMP.
Learn how to share StateFlows and ViewModels across Android and iOS by decoupling business logic from platform-specific UI rendering.
A step-by-step guide to setting up local offline persistence in Kotlin Multiplatform (KMP) using SQLDelight and SQLite database drivers.
A comprehensive guide to setting up local relational database persistence using Android's official Room KMP library in shared multiplatform codebases.
Learn how to build a robust, type-safe networking layer in Kotlin Multiplatform (KMP) using Ktor HTTP Client and Kotlinx Serialization.
A step-by-step technical guide for mobile teams to integrate a shared Kotlin Multiplatform (KMP) core module into an existing native iOS application.
Compare the expect/actual mechanism with interface-based injection for accessing native APIs in Kotlin Multiplatform, and learn when to use each approach.
A complete guide to configuring Koin for dependency injection in Kotlin Multiplatform, sharing modules, and resolving platform-specific instances.
Discover why companies are moving away from traditional cross-platform frameworks and how a Kotlin Multiplatform developer can save up to 40% in development time.
A comprehensive guide to managing and sharing assets, localized strings, and custom fonts across Android and iOS using the Compose Multiplatform Resource library.