Using Kotlin/JS and Kotlin/Native on Android

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Demonstrates compiling the same Kotlin implementation for JVM, JavaScript, and native and swapping implementations behind an interface so Android code can call a JS or native version without changing app logic. Uses Kotlin Multiplatform and Gradle to emit JVM/JS/native artifacts, a DuckTape engine to host JS on Android, manual JNI plumbing for native, and Kotlinx.serialization to pass complex objects. Builds a Cash-like second-line string renderer, runs it on all three backends successfully, but notes packaging, name-mangling and main-thread blocking issues. DuckTape engine JNI bridge Kotlinx.serialization

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1. 0:00Introduction
2. 1:09JavaScript on Android
3. 6:42Native code on Android
4. 8:10Kotlin Multiplatform basics
5. 9:12Abstractions and interfaces
6. 10:36Combining the concepts
7. 12:39Demo setup
8. 15:49Java bytecode implementation
9. 16:30JavaScript backend with DuckTape
10. 21:03Switching to JavaScript
11. 22:05Native backend challenges
12. 25:13Roadblocks and solutions
13. 28:04Serialization for complex objects
14. 31:33When to use this approach
15. 33:18Summary and conclusion

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