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WeAreDevelopers LIVE • Jun 12, 2020

Kotlin Multiplatform - True power of native code reuse

Petar Marijanović

Stop trading native performance for single-codebase productivity. Learn how to conquer strict memory constraints and share pure business logic across platforms using Kotlin Multiplatform.

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Professional background and early cross-platform mobile experiences

Past experiences with Android development and early cross-platform frameworks highlight the ongoing search for an ideal mobile codebase strategy.

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Core principles and benefits of multi-platform development

The vision of writing code once helps teams apply the DRY principle and maintain a single set of bugs across architectures.

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Drawbacks of existing cross-platform mobile frameworks

Existing cross-platform solutions often suffer from lower performance, delayed feature adoption, and complicated native bridging setups.

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Understanding Kotlin Multiplatform and its compiler targets

Leveraging Kotlin's ability to compile down to JVM, Native, and JavaScript targets enables shared business logic without abandoning native practices.

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Solving cross-platform drawbacks with Kotlin Multiplatform

Resolving traditional multi-platform performance issues involves native compilation, seamless interface communication, and selective code sharing.

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Planning a production application with Kotlin Multiplatform

Creating a robust full-stack Kotlin backend streamlines the transition from a simple proof of concept to a unified production environment.

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Implementing clean architecture with limited code sharing

Deploying a reactive clean architecture enables developers to share pure functions and business logic while keeping native frameworks independent.

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Technical failures with memory management and concurrency

Unexpected deadlocks and crashes often stem from conflicting behaviors between Kotlin JVM's relaxed memory model and Kotlin Native's strict concurrency rules.

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Rethinking the architecture to maximize logic sharing

Redesigning the application environment maximizes code reuse by deliberately minimizing execution transfers between the shared central logic and native layers.

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Key takeaways and future Kotlin Multiplatform improvements

Mastering native memory management principles empowers engineering teams to safely implement dependency injection configurations and thread-bound object scoping.

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