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is there a good explainer around on the difference between the `kotlin-multiplatform` plugin and the `kotlin-native-platform` plugin and when to use each?

I think someone can help you more. But I can tell you that I’m being able to use the `kotlin-multiplatform` plugin to build android, ios (native), javascript and jvm modules.

Yeah - i’m running into a bunch of conflicting gradle files in projects. I had it working with `multiplatform` before but now coroutines have decided to hate on me

As far as I know, you can use `kotlin-multiplatform` to all kind of projects. But you need to configure it property, inside the `kotlin` section. I think `kotlin-native-platform` is to just create native applications. I’ll suggest trying to change all of them to

```
plugins {
	kotlin("multiplatform")
}

kotlin {
...
```

if you are using `build.gradle.kts` configuration files.

But I’m afraid I can’t help you with coroutines in mpp projects. I’m using them on a jvm application only.

Not sure if it has changed recently, pure Kotlin/Native projects aren’t well supported in IntelliJ.  You can write them and you’ll get syntax highlighting and you can invoke a Gradle build but that’s about it.  MPP is much better supported in IntelliJ.

yeah i’m using Android Studio so that makes sense.

I mostly use IntelliJ but when I’m doing any android ui, I switch over to AS.  The GUI editor in IntelliJ doesn’t work so well with the AndroidX stuff.  It’s kind of weird switching between Xcode, IntelliJ &amp; Android Studio

<@U3SK5B492> Thank you - what is the difference between the two (or is there a document somewhere which explains that)?

They both call konanc the k/n compiler in the end. The configuration syntax is a bit different between the two. Also multi platform let’s you share code between the different compiler back ends (jvm, JS, &amp; Native).  

ah, i think it’s that last piece that I was missing <@U7X4QQA2Z> — `kotlin-native-platform` is for *just* native, whereas `mutliplatform` supports (duh) multiple platforms.