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Key benefits

Improve app development speed dramatically by writing the business logic in Kotlin

Implement a native user interface and work with platform-specific APIs

Leverage Kotlin Multiplatform Mobile's code-sharing capabilities for your projects

Description

Sharing code between platforms can help developers gain a competitive edge, and Kotlin Multiplatform Mobile (KMM) offers a sensible way to do it. KMM helps mobile teams share code between Android and iOS in a flexible way, leaving room for native development. The book begins by helping you to gain a clear understanding of the Kotlin Multiplatform approach, how it works, and how it is different from cross-platform technologies, such as React Native and Flutter, and code sharing options, such as C++. You'll then see how your team can use this software development kit (SDK) to build native applications more effectively by learning timeless concepts and working through practical examples. As you advance, you'll get to grips with the core concepts, understand why UI sharing fails, and get hands-on with developing a small KMM application. Finally, you'll discover expert tips and best practices, along with production- and adoption-related questions, that will help you take the next step in your project and career. By the end of this Kotlin book, you'll have gained a solid understanding of the capabilities of KMM and be able to share code between Android and iOS flexibly.

Who is this book for?

This book is for native Android and iOS developers who want to build high-quality apps using an efficient development process. Knowledge of the framework and the languages used is necessary, that is, Android with Java or Kotlin and iOS with Objective-C or Swift. For Swift developers, the book assumes no knowledge of Kotlin as this will be covered in the context of Swift.

What you will learn

Get acquainted with the multiplatform approach and KMM s competitive edge

Understand how Kotlin Multiplatform works under the hood

Get up and running with the Kotlin language quickly in the context of Swift

Find out how to share code between Android and iOS

Explore tips and best practices in KMM to increase app development efficiency

Discover adoption tips to integrate KMM into existing or new production apps

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Simplifying Application Development with Kotlin Multiplatform Mobile

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Roshan May 29, 2022

I strongly recommend this book to both the newcomers to the modern Kotlin language and as a review book for experienced Kotlin programmers.Excellent work!!

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Zsolt Boldizsár Mar 15, 2022

I'm halfway through this book and I gotta say I'm hooked! The way Róbert presents the topic makes you crave for more and more (just as a well thought-out movie series :)) ).He's careful to give just the necessary information at the right time so one could easily follow through without feeling overwhelmed. Truly makes understanding this topic a lot easier.Can't wait for the weekend to continue reading and coding along this great book! Totally recommend to anyone new to KMM to read this book first!

Laura Aug 09, 2022

If you wondered how KMM is different to cross platform tools, this book has the answer and presents it in a way that offers the business case too.On the practical side, the author takes efforts to go into the workings of the technology to help you see how the toolchain works. This means as well as setting up the projects, writing the necessary code, you actually get some insight into how things fit together so you can figure out any issues from first principals rather than having to go straight to the web/SO.This book is also approachable for iOS developers, quite a clever balance to strike.If there is one book to get up and running with Kotlin MultiPlatform Mobile, I think it's this one.

Thomaskutty George Mar 30, 2022

Extraordinarily written bookThis book is extraordinary for learning Kotlin with some foundation in Java albeit excessive and with little requirement for past plan design information. Generally composed with fun models in basic terms however is in fact sound and proficient while portraying ideas.

Simplifying Application Development with Kotlin Multiplatform Mobile: Write robust native applications for iOS and Android efficiently

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