Effective Multiplatform Architecture

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Migrating the Chicago Roboto Android app to Kotlin Multiplatform converts one feature at a time and keeps UI layers native, producing thin platform apps that still work. The process emphasizes modularizing first, preferring a horizontal migration starting at the feature layer, using Kotlin coroutines and Flow, converting streams with kotlinx‑coroutines‑reactive publisher, and bridging platform implementations with a typealias expected/actual bridge plus a lightweight block subscriber on iOS that interoperates with existing Rx/LiveData tooling.

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1. 0:00Introduction to multiplatform
2. 2:38Modularize your codebase
3. 7:10Starting points for migration
4. 8:37Single app to multiplatform
5. 10:01Multiple apps with different architectures
6. 12:30Multiple apps with similar architectures
7. 13:11New feature approach
8. 17:01Vertical migration strategy
9. 18:45Horizontal migration strategy
10. 20:32Converting feature layer to multiplatform
11. 24:45Reactive streams for interop
12. 31:04Summary and Q&A

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