Seamless Multiplatform – Kotlin-Rust-Multiplatform?!

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Proof‑of‑concept shows Kotlin Multiplatform calling Rust for crypto and big integers, shipping a cat‑image app to Android, iOS, JVM desktop and the web; build uses wasm-pack for browser, JNI/NDK crate plus Mozilla’s Rust Gradle plugin for JVM/Android, and a C bridge for native iOS. Data crosses boundaries as serialized strings (avoid complex types), tests exercise the bindings, the demo runs, but mobile Rust tooling and debuggers are immature and concurrency is easier to keep in Kotlin.

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1. 0:00Introduction and speaker
2. 1:47Why Kotlin-Rust integration
3. 4:37Multiplatform vs crossplatform
4. 8:09Goals of multiplatform
5. 12:04Why Rust for multiplatform
6. 15:54Rust challenges and considerations
7. 17:37Rust code basics
8. 21:09Demo app overview
9. 22:13Server setup
10. 23:38JVM and Android integration
11. 26:05Kotlin desktop integration
12. 27:11JavaScript with WebAssembly
13. 29:41Native iOS integration
14. 31:05C bridge and memory handling
15. 33:09Data handling strategies
16. 34:12Testing and debugging tips
17. 35:16Concurrency pitfalls
18. 36:22Learning curve and resources
19. 37:49Helpful tools and libraries
20. 39:12Q&A

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