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What Nobody Told Us About KMP on iOS | KotlinConfersations'26

Jun 5, 2026 14 min
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Huyen Tue Dao interviews Android developer Suhyeon (Leah) Kim at KotlinConf 2026 to discuss her experiences adopting Kotlin Multiplatform (KMP) for an iOS application.

In this KotlinConfersations episode, Huyen Tue Dao speaks with Leah Kim, an Android developer at Woowa Brothers, about her team's decision to use Kotlin Multiplatform (KMP) for a new internal application. Leah details the challenges her team faced during development, including the lack of prior experience with Swift and the complexities involved in debugging KMP on iOS. They discuss the critical role the developer community played in providing feedback and support, particularly during the transition from a hybrid approach to a more native Kotlin library implementation. Leah also touches on her interest in building haptic libraries with KMP, highlighting the 'blue ocean' of opportunities for unique KMP-based projects. The conversation concludes with advice for developers just starting with KMP, emphasizing the value of official documentation and community-driven resources like Swift Interop-ipedia.

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Worth watching if: You are an Android developer or team lead considering Kotlin Multiplatform (KMP) for cross-platform mobile development and want to understand the practical challenges of initial adoption.

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