Keynote: Kotlin and the Multiplatform Future
summary
Kotlin now targets JVM, JavaScript, native and WebAssembly and aims to ship Kotlin multiplatform stable with Kotlin 1.9.2.0 around October–November; Compose for desktop is stable, Compose for iOS is alpha and WebAssembly is experimental. Adoption survey shows 41% in production, 21% migrating, 26% evaluating. Real apps report success: one team ported ~50 screens to iOS quickly, another had ~200 screens mostly work after minor tweaks. Foundation grants funded five KMP libraries from 100+ applicants.
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chapters (17)
- 0:00Welcome and introduction
- 1:52Kotlin's origins at JetBrains
- 5:24Kotlin adoption on Android
- 8:12Multiplatform journey begins
- 12:27Kotlin Multiplatform vs KMM
- 15:57Shared code and actual/expect
- 17:42Jetpack Compose and UI choices
- 19:52Compose Multiplatform status
- 21:59Why choose Kotlin Multiplatform
- 25:16Kotlin community growth
- 27:01Kotlin Foundation grants
- 30:07Real-world KMP success stories
- 33:56Future plans and stability
- 35:20Tooling and Gradle challenges
- 37:24Kotlin beyond multiplatform
- 40:51Multiplatform future vision
- 41:33Key takeaways and closing
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