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ANALYSIS: Facts in Mobile Applications' Design

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If you're designing a mobile application in Kotlin as the language - using Andoid Studio as the Integrated Development Environment (IDE) - this can only generate APK or AAB file, which cannot run on iPhone (iOS) devices.

APK or AAB, meaning Android Package Kit and Android App Bundle, respectively, is a format in which a code designed for Android platform is meant to be packaged after writing it, before the hosting phase.

Hence, such an app can only be accessed by Android devices. iPhone devices require .ipa files or apps built using iOS frameworks such as Swift or Objective-C.

I was embarrassed during the early stage in my modelling career because of this fact, owing to lack of the required knowledge or research.

However, the good news is that Kotlin has a framework called Kotlin Multiplatform Mobile (KMM).

With KMM, you can write shared code in Kotlin that runs on both Android and iPhone devices, though the UI still needs platform-specific implementation (i.e. Composed/Views for Android while SwiftUI/UIKit for iOS).

But if the application was built with a cross-platform framework using Kotlin, like React and Native, it could be accessed on iPhone devices. Meanwhile, this approach is less commonly deployed and usually experimental.

Fred Nwaozor

Fred Nwaozor, popularly known as TheMediaAmbassador, is a Nigerian tech expert, author, creative & content writer, media strategist, policy analyst, blogger, public speaker and rights activist. The renowned columnist regularly writes for the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN), and is the Founder & Convener of Right Thinkers Movement (RITMO), Nigeria. He's a chartered industrial physicist, engineer and IT personnel. As a media guru, he enjoys an active presence in all media segments - including electronic, print & digital - since two decades ago till date. As a full-time researcher and educator, he's a regular contributor and peer reviewer for various internationally-noted engineering journals. As Telecommunications and Automation engineer, his research interest mainly lies in System Modelling, Internet of Things (IoT), Smart city, Cybersecurity, Wireless networks, and Machine Learning (ML).