Mastering Kotlin

Understanding operational requirements

Perhaps the largest consideration when evaluating Kotlin multiplatform for your projects, teams, and organizations is whether or not you want a fully cross-platform solution, or want to share models and logic but stick to native UI. As was discussed previously in the Sharing logic, not UI section of this chapter, Kotlin multiplatform doesn't generally touch the UI layer of your application. As such, building applications with Kotlin multiplatform still requires knowledge of native platforms and the building of native UI for each of those platforms. This is in stark contrast to solutions such as React Native or Flutter, in which the business logic and UI are both defined in common code and shared across ...