Does anyone have/know of a project that targets bo...

# multiplatform

[saket]

Does anyone have/know of a project that targets both Android and macOS and has a GUI? It'd be nice to have a reference.

[4ntoine]

Nope. But there were some interesting experiments with kotlin + flutter as cross-platform ui: https://habr.com/ru/post/437176/ (rus). Can sound as overenginerring though

[Kris Wong]

I would not recommend trying to create your GUI in a kotlin MPP. it's not designed for that purpose.

[Kris Wong]

i managed to create a simple screen in a kotlin MPP and even that was not a great experience.

[Kris Wong]

now, maybe kotlin + flutter might be something worth trying

[saket]

@Kris Wong do you instead recommend to only share code with macOS?

[Kris Wong]

logic and interfaces are great to share

[Jeremy]

Yes KN is generally better used as a lib for logic. Flutter is a full stack framework. KN fits well into a clean arch style project

[saket]

actually wait I was half asleep and I just realized that is not what I intended to ask/say: I'm not trying to build my GUI in Kotlin.

[saket]

I am instead looking for projects that have UI written with AppKit and are sharing code with Kotlin.

[saket]

Most of the tutorials are targeting iOS because that seems like the primary usecase.

[4ntoine]

Yup, clean arch in kotlin mpp: https://github.com/4ntoine/NotesServerApp, https://github.com/4ntoine/NotesClientApp

[saket]

Interesting. Does JavaFx also run on macOS?

[4ntoine]

sure

[Jeremy]

Key advantage of KN is ability to use integration with platform SDKs. This enables using native SDKs. Using a cross platform UI (Flutter, JavaFX) + KN will work but seems defeatist

[saket]

right

[4ntoine]

Late update: there is an attempt to write multiplatform UI widgets set: https://github.com/icerockdev/moko-widgets