So, I’m writing an Android app in Kotlin currently...

# squarelibraries

[Mark]

So, I’m writing an Android app in Kotlin currently using Room for SQLite. At some point in the future I want to use as much of the Kotlin code as possible in an iOS version. So I’m considering migrating from Room to SQLDelight. Is this a no-brainer? Is there any reason why I should stick with Room for now (perhaps wait and see how the landscape changes in the next 6 months) or is it a case of sooner-the-better? #room

[kpgalligan]

What’s the concern I guess? Having conversed with what I suspect would be all of the relevant parties, I would not expect the landscape to change for Room in the next 6 months. Not taking into consideration the relative merits of Sqldelight vs Room on their own, if you want to share with iOS, Sqldelight is a no-brainer. I’m super, super partial at this point, but I also like that Sqldelight embraces SQL rather than trying to bury it as ORMs tend to do.

[kpgalligan]

Room’s cool too, but if you want iOS, Sqldelight (unless you want J2objc, but I’ll assume that’s a hard pass)

[Mark]

Thanks Kevin. Yeah, I was just speculating that someone might come up with a multi-platform Room in the near future. Other than that, switching to SQLDelight does seem like a no-brainer.

[Mark]

Is there a current best practise regarding migrating from the LiveData support of Room to SQLDelight?