JetBrains releases alpha version of Kotlin Multiplatform Mobile

JetBrains has released the alpha version of the Kotlin Multiplatform Mobile SDK. The tools and functions of the sdk should make it easy to create both Android and iOS apps based on the same code.

Kotlin Multiplatform Mobile allows developers to handle a single codebase and only use platform-specific code where it is needed, such as for the Android or iOS user interface or for platform-specific APIs.

The alpha version of Kotlin Multiplatform Mobile or KMM includes a plug-in for Android Studio that allows developers to write, run, and debug shared code written in Kotlin, without having to switch between integrated development environment. The KMM plug-in can be downloaded in the software from the Marketplace.

According to JetBrains, KMM is easy to integrate into existing projects for mobile apps, thanks in part to the wizard, and for iOS development, the makers refer, for example, to the interoperability of Kotlin with Objective-C and Swift and the integration of the dependency manager from CocoaPods.

It is not known when the beta and stable release will follow. JetBrains is calling on developers to provide feedback on the alpha release.