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Standalone KMM Images

Thu, 22 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Image by Dall-E: “Factory which produces lots of the same products. Dark.”

Context

https://jamiecraane.dev/2021/07/27/resource_images_kmm/ describes how to use the kmm-images plugin to share images between a Kotlin Multiplatform Mobile (short KMM) Android and iOS app. You can also use kmm-images in a standalone Android app. This post describes the advantages of doing this.

Benefits of using kmm-images in an Android app

Kmm-images unifies image handling in a KMM iOS and Android app. Using kmm-images in a standalone Android app has the following advantages:

KMM adoption strategies

Mon, 15 Nov 2021 00:00:00 +0000

KMM adoption strategies

Introduction

Kotlin multiplatform Mobile, in short KMM, lets you write native cross platform mobile applications. It lets you share logic across iOS and Android while still leveraging all of the native features of the platform.

There are several advantages of sharing code between platforms:

Reduced development time
More consistent logic across platforms
More consistent behavior across platforms
Less bugs
Improved team communication

KMM gives the flexibility to decide what code is shared. Without going into the details about what to share, some common strategies are:

Localized resources and images in KMM

Tue, 27 Jul 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Introduction

Kotlin Multiplatform Mobile (in short KMM) allows you to share a lot of code which is normally duplicated across iOS and Android native platforms. KMM does not mandate that certain type of code is shared, it is up to you. It also does not mandate any particular architecture.

Although KMM enables sharing of code between platforms it does not provide the ability to share localized string resources and images out-of-the box between iOS and Android.