A Showcase of Compose Multiplatform for Android, iOS and Desktop with Jetpack Compose, Flow, Koin, Ktor and Material 3.
Warning You need a Mac with macOS to write and run iOS-specific code on simulated or real devices. This is an Apple requirement.
To work with this template, you need the following:
- A machine running a recent version of macOS
- Xcode
- Android Studio
- The Kotlin Multiplatform Mobile plugin
- The CocoaPods dependency manager
Before you start, use the KDoctor tool to ensure that your development environment is configured correctly:
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Install KDoctor with Homebrew:
brew install kdoctor
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Run KDoctor in your terminal:
kdoctor
If everything is set up correctly, you'll see valid output:
Environment diagnose (to see all details, use -v option): [✓] Operation System [✓] Java [✓] Android Studio [✓] Xcode [✓] Cocoapods Conclusion: ✓ Your system is ready for Kotlin Multiplatform Mobile development!
Otherwise, KDoctor will highlight which parts of your setup still need to be configured and will suggest a way to fix them.
Open the project in Android Studio and switch the view from Android to Project to see all the files and targets belonging to the project:
Your Compose Multiplatform project includes 4 modules:
This is a Kotlin module that contains the logic common for desktop, Android, and iOS applications, that is, the code you share between platforms.
This shared
module is also where you'll write your Compose Multiplatform code.
In shared/src/commonMain/kotlin/App.kt
, you can find the shared root @Composable
function for your app.
It uses Gradle as the build system. You can add dependencies and change settings in shared/build.gradle.kts
.
The shared
module builds into a Java library, an Android library, and an iOS framework.
This is a Kotlin module that builds into a desktop application. It uses Gradle as the build system. The desktopApp
module depends on and uses the shared
module as a regular library.
This is a Kotlin module that builds into an Android application. It uses Gradle as the build system.
The androidApp
module depends on and uses the shared
module as a regular Android library.
This is an Xcode project that builds into an iOS application.
It depends on and uses the shared
module as a CocoaPods dependency.
To run your desktop application in Android Studio, select desktopApp
in the list of run configurations and click Run:
You can also run Gradle tasks in the terminal:
./gradlew run
to run application./gradlew package
to store native distribution intobuild/compose/binaries
To run your application on an Android emulator:
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Ensure you have an Android virtual device available. Otherwise, create one.
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In the list of run configurations, select
androidApp
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Choose your virtual device and click Run:
Alternatively, use Gradle
To install an Android application on a real Android device or an emulator, run ./gradlew installDebug
in the terminal.
To run your application on an iOS simulator in Android Studio, modify the iosApp
run configuration: