Hi All, Has anyone explored creating custom iOS and android SDKs using KMM? I would like to know som...

# ios

[Deepesh Vasthimal]

Hi All, Has anyone explored creating custom iOS and android SDKs using KMM? I would like to know some good practices and challenges using KMM for SDK development.

[Matheus Matos]

Hello, yes. I'm developing an iOS/Android app using a custom and shared SDK to handle network requests and some storage (preferences, cache, database). It works fine!

[Deepesh Vasthimal]

Thanks, @Matheus Matos, I was looking for answers from the SDK development point of view and not the App itself. If anyone has shipped a production iOS and Android SDKs using KMM and not App. Any references to existing KMM SDKs in production will really help.

[louiscad]

Do you target Kotlin or Swift consumers?

[Deepesh Vasthimal]

We aim to target both consumers who want to write native Apps.
Our Consumers: Looking for native SDKs to build Apps.
Us: We create these public-facing custom SDKs which support both iOS and Android for native SDK app developers

I am aiming to use this option from the android studio to create Kotlin Multiplatform library.

[Deepesh Vasthimal]

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[Matheus Matos]

Yes, it is entirely possible to implement an SDK with KMM. You would need to provide specific platform implementations. In my case, I have a SDK.initialize() method that takes Context as a parameter in Android, but it doesn't exist in iOS. However, in general, you can reuse the majority of the code.

[louiscad]

@Matheus Matos You can use Splitties App Context if you just need access to the application context on Android.

[Deepesh Vasthimal]

@louiscad What is Splitties App Context ? , I am a bit new to KMM as you can see from my questions 🙂

[Deepesh Vasthimal]

Splitties is a collection of small Kotlin multiplatform libraries (with Android as first target).

[louiscad]

@Deepesh Vasthimal First result on Google for "Splitties App Context" : https://splitties.louiscad.com/modules/appctx/

[Deepesh Vasthimal]

Splitties mentions Android as the first target. What about iOS support then ?. Is there any example of KMM SDK which is adopted on both iOS and Android platforms?

[louiscad]

Splitties App Context is only a small part of Splitties, and it's for what the documentation I linked says it is. You don't have that specific Context problem on iOS, so it's irrelevant.

[louiscad]

Splitties itself has some modules that target iOS as well, but I don't think it's relevant to your specific use case.

[Deepesh Vasthimal]

@louiscad Coming back to this, Are these KMM libraries not supported for iOS?

I am looking to create something similar that can work on iOS and Android, consumed by native iOS and Android App developers.

[louiscad]

KMM≠KMP

[Deepesh Vasthimal]

@louiscad Are the above not KMM based libraries ?

[louiscad]

Take some time to uncover the acronyms, and how they are related to each other, everything will make more sense to you once you'll get that

[Deepesh Vasthimal]

https://www.bam.tech/en/article/quest-ce-que-kotlin-multiplatform-mobile