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A Multiplatform Case Study for an Inclusive Virtual Try-on Experience
Getting Started: At Touchlab, it is typical for us to take on leads and projects that are new to us. We’ve worked on hardware, watch faces- all kinds of things- with no previous experience; we embrace the challenge and rise to it. It is atypical, however, for client...
A First Time Speaker’s Journey from CFP to Stage
One Week to Decide On October 29, I found out The Lead Developer New York had open CFPs -- and the deadline was November 5. I sent a slack message to my team saying “I’d love for us to send proposals regarding how multiplatform development, specifically kotlin...
Accelerating Development with Kotlin Multiplatform
When leading a team of iOS and Android developers and creating the same application for both platforms, you are bound to face one (or all) of these issues: 1. PRODUCT: Tech debt and architecture issues are slowing development Your team is having difficulty adding new...
Touchlab & Square Collaborating on Kotlin Multiplatform
My professional career started in college with Java 1.0. I started working during the bright Write-Once-Run-Anywhere heyday. We were finally going to get one platform! Well, we know how that went. Java failed as a consumer UI platform. However, as a vehicle of...
Engineering Manager Framework: How to Evaluate Mobile Multiplatform Solutions
The following text is transcribed from our Kotlin Multiplatform webinar. There is a video at the bottom of the blog post if you would rather listen to the segment. If you find this segment interesting, you can register for the full webinar recording and slides...
Making Kotlin Multiplatform a Native Experience for iOS Developers
You need iOS developers to achieve the full potential of Kotlin Multiplatform; they're half of the equation! At Touchlab, we're committed to building the native experience for iOS developers using Kotlin Multiplatform. We interviewed Partner Kevin Galligan on what...
Cross-Platform? We Don’t Say That Around Here Anymore.
In the application development world, you hear the term cross-platform all the time. The idea of “write once, run anywhere” is like an unreachable promised land for management stakeholders, and an unrealistic and frustrating reality for developers. At Touchlab, we...
The Future of Cross-Platform is Native
Cross-Platform Baggage Cross-platform development is not held in high regard these days, largely because the apps that purport to provide cross-platform support have never really done the job effectively. But I believe the time has come for us to reconsider. The...
Calling Engineers to Take our Kotlin Multiplatform Survey!
Survey Link It's no secret that we are major Kotlin Multiplatform fans (spoiler alert!); with your input, a survey can help us prioritize our engineering efforts and initiate a conversation with folks who aren't quite as excited as we are. You'll see the basic,...
Kotlin Native Stranger Threads Ep 2
Episode 2 — Two Rules http://makeitstranger.com/ This is part 2 of my Kotlin Native threading series. In part 1 we got some test code running and introduced some of the basic concurrency concepts. In part 2 we’re going a bit deeper on those concepts and peeking...
Kotlin Native Stranger Threads Ep 1
Episode 1 — Worker http://makeitstranger.com/ My original post about Kotlin Native (KN) concurrency was written a while ago, with a much earlier version of Native and Multiplatform. Now that Kotlin Multiplatform is ready for production development, it’s time to...
Should You Develop Your App on iOS or Android First?
Android or iOS. Which platform to build first? Great, you have an app idea! You are a tech founder or enterprise mobile leader and you really believe in your vision and team, but now, you’re challenged with deciding Android or iOS. First, there is no universal truth...
The Case for Kotlin: Risk-Free, Cross-Platform, Future-Friendly… and Ready to Work – Right Now
It’s madness, really. An app is written for the Web. Then, it’s written for Android. Same app, different code. Oh, and it needs be written for iOS, too. At the same time. Again, different code. The question is, “Why?” Development teams are essentially tripling their...
Stately, a Kotlin Multiplatform Library
This started as a monster single post, now split in 2. Part 1, Saner Concurrency, is about what Kotlin is doing with concurrency. During my talk at KotlinConf, I promised a part 2 of Stranger Threads to better explain threading and state in Kotlin/Native. I built a...
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