Accessing native macOS API in Compose Multiplatform

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Shows how to get iCloud working from a Compose Multiplatform desktop app by compiling Kotlin/Native + JNI into a macOS dynamic library, exporting methods with CNAME, generating cinterop bindings, running the Gradle task linkReleaseShared and bundling/signing the lib into the app. Targets macOS ARM64 only, uploads a local database file to the app iCloud container, and works end-to-end but exposes real edge cases: container URL can be null (full account, disabled sync, offline), so error handling is required.

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1. 0:00Native macOS APIs in Compose
2. 1:03Why access native APIs
3. 3:55JNI limitations for native access
4. 8:15Kotlin Native for macOS APIs
5. 10:04Kotlin Native benefits
6. 14:01Generating native library bindings
7. 18:55iCloud upload in Kotlin
8. 24:22Exporting Kotlin functions for JNI
9. 26:27Compose Multiplatform to JNI
10. 28:18Building native library
11. 30:45Loading native library at runtime
12. 32:51Summary

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