This week's engineering breakdown: • Kotlin Compiler sets JDK 17 as minimum runtime in 2.5 • SKIE vs Swift Export: Choosing your iOS interop path • Verifone: Enforcing payment specs via compiler rules • Spyglass: Visual diff testing with MCP server support for AI agents

This week's drops: • Kotlin Toolchain 0.13: Recommended for new KMP apps • IntelliJ LSP extension RC for VS Code & Cursor • Migrating from SKIE to native Swift export • ktrs: 13-190x faster Rust-based Kotlin linter (no JVM) • Publishing 1 KMP library to 6 package ecosystems

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This week's updates: • State of Kotlin 2026: KMP reaches ~3% of top App Store apps • JetBrains deprecates Swift IDE support in KMP plugin • iOS build time benchmarks: KMP vs pure Swift • KitePlayer: FFmpeg video & audio player for KMP

This week's KMP news: • Fixing KMP module compilation & IDE/compiler drift • Shipping a 60 fps 3D game on 5 platforms with KMP • Official AndroidX Room for KMP • Haze 2.0: Glass refraction & blur in Compose UI • KHealth: Unified Health Connect & HealthKit API

This week's updates: • Ktor 3.6.0 drops with HTTP/3 & OpenID Connect • klibs.io launches MCP server for AI workflows • Debugging Xcode's duplicate type error • Chasm: A WebAssembly 3.0 runtime built in KMP • Kover test coverage gates for multi-module projects

This week's engineering updates: • Koin Compiler 1.2: Full compile-time safety for existing Koin DSLs • Shopify shifts back to Native mobile development • Now in Android sample app fully ported to KMP • Compose Desktop Native: No JVM, running on SDL3

This week's KMP drops: • Kotlin 2.4.20: Stack trace recovery & auto Package.swift • Kotlin Toolchain 0.12: Library publishing & CLI Hot Reload • Sharing ViewModels in SwiftUI with SKIE • Running Compose Multiplatform on tvOS • Formidable: Type-safe KMP form generation

This week's #KMP engineering updates: • Compose Multiplatform 1.12.0 is out! • Consuming SKIE Flows smoothly in SwiftUI • Building KMP libraries on Xcode Cloud CI/CD • Real page-curl physics in Compose Multiplatform • Mesh gradients & screen-capture protection tools

This week's engineering updates: • 5 weeks left in the $30k JetBrains Shipaton • Calling iOS native APIs directly from Kotlin (no Swift, no bridge) • Porting JNI Android libraries to KMP step-by-step • Catching Compose accessibility issues at runtime with ComposeA11yScanner

This week's updates: • klibs.io reaches 4,200+ indexed KMP projects • What's new in Kotlin 2.4: Swift Export & SPM import • Architecting hybrid on-device + cloud AI pipelines • Automatic Compose UI skeleton loading • Doom & NES Emulators running in KMP

The latest KMP Briefing is live! • JetBrains x RevenueCat launch the Ship Kotlin Everywhere Shipaton 🏆 • Case study: Going from 848 shared lines to 93% shared code 📈 • Building Multidex on Android, iOS, & Desktop 📱 • 8x RPG render performance boost with Google Filament 🎮

This week's engineering breakdowns: • Unified Feature Flags in KMP 🎛️ • Shrinking Compose Desktop apps by 10x (Wasm + Tauri) 📦 • Building a KMP app in 7 Claude Code commands 🤖 • TextKit: A rope-backed rich text engine for Compose 📝

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This week's engineering breakthroughs: • How Kraken Tech cut KMP build times by 70% ⚡ • Advanced expect/actual compiler rules they don't teach you 🛠️ • Inside SubcomposeLayout: Stop paying a performance tax on UI 🛑 • Migrating multimodule apps to Koin Annotations safely 🪙

This week's deep dives: • Kotlin turns 15! • The silent KMP division-by-zero trap • FCM Push Notifications: The mistake that breaks iOS • Multiple inheritance via Class Delegation • Composables UI & Kore drop Inboxes are filling up now!

This week's heavy hitters: • The 2026 Kotlin Foundation Grant Program is open • iOS Interop: Swift Export vs. SKIE • Real-world lessons from a Kotlin/Wasm web app • Coil 3: One AsyncImage call to rule them all 👉 commonMain.dev/kotlin-multip…