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Kotlin Mutliplatform forces you to separate the UI layer from other layers of your app even more than in traditional apps.

Separation of the UI and the data layer.

Also, there is a learning curve for UI development in the cross-platform approach. Many cross-platform development approaches strive for the look and feel of the native UI, but there still might be some differences. Kotlin Multiplatform allows you to use the shared code as a module, so it can be easily added to an existing app for a new feature. iOS developers shouldn’t have a problem getting used to Kotlin since the syntax is very similar to Swift. You can always go with expect/ actual when there are none. Also, you have to forget about Java and Android imports in the common code, and seek alternatives. There are some new libraries to get used to and you might have to slightly adapt your mindset when planning a feature’s architecture. Onboarding to KMM is fairly easy for Android developers.

Familiarity with Kotlin, similarity to Swift.The expect/ actual declarations allow you to jump to platform-specific code whenever you want. Pretty straightforward, you write the code in Kotlin and you can run it on all the supported platforms.