Kotlin native

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Overview of using Kotlin Native to share business logic with iOS/macOS apps: Kotlin compiler emits LLVM IR to build a Cocoa-compatible framework, used to run Apollo Android on iOS and macOS and included via CocoaPods or a monorepo build step. Compilation is slow — a 10k-line app causes one minute linking for a single-line change — and a JDK is required. Debugging is possible via LLDB and dual debug symbols. Memory interop forces immutability and manual freeze for safe multithreading; JetBrains signals future changes. KMM is largely marketing; some companies (Square, JetBrains Space) ship Kotlin Native in production.

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1. 0:00Intro
2. 0:45About me
3. 1:50About Kotlin
4. 2:56Kotlin features
5. 3:30Kotlin compiler
6. 4:13Objective C
7. 5:35Framework
8. 6:43Limitations
9. 7:40Swift UI
10. 8:06Debugging
11. 8:40Android Studio
12. 10:53Conclusion
13. 11:15Questions

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