Effective Debugging Kotlin Native in Xcode
summary
Shows how Kotlin Native debugs as C89 in Xcode and gives concrete tactics: reproduce the bug on Android first, add the shared sources to Xcode (use folders and reference files), install Xcode Cotlin and use breakpoints plus brew install xcotlin, evaluate values with LLDB commands PO/ P/ FRV and add debugger actions, avoid step-into by placing strategic breakpoints, find native symbols with image lookup -v and call them via casted function pointers, and use Hopper or nm to inspect binaries.
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chapters (17)
- 0:00Kotlin Native debugging intro
- 1:24Debugging challenges
- 2:27Xcode Kotlin plugin setup
- 3:11KMP debugging approach
- 6:48Android vs Xcode debugging
- 10:03Variables and expressions in Xcode
- 14:02Breakpoints for exceptions
- 15:36Stepping Kotlin Native code
- 18:48Debugging best practices
- 21:14Expression limitations
- 23:22LLDB commands
- 26:59Hopper Disassembler intro
- 27:22Calling Kotlin from native
- 30:43Debugging Objective-C in Kotlin
- 31:23Finding symbols in Hopper
- 34:34Calling Kotlin via LLDB
- 39:12Closing remarks Q&A
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