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Yuri Geronimus’s four-year-old son once asked him what his job was. Yuri told him he writes books: books that describe what he wants to change in the physical world. His son didn’t fully get it.
The Kotlin Toolchain is a unified entry point into Kotlin. It lets you build JVM, Android, iOS, multiplatform, and server-side applications with a simple declarative configuration. With the release of v0.13, we now recommend the Kotlin Toolchain for most new Kotlin Multiplatform (KMP) projects.
September gave us plenty to talk about, with major releases and thought-provoking reads. Java 27 arrived, and JetBrains opened a new chapter in agentic development with the announcement of JetBrains Air, a system of products for agentic software development, followed by the EAP of JetBrains Air in…
Starting with IntelliJ IDEA 2026.3 and Android Studio Rabbit 2 | 2026.2.2, we’re discontinuing Swift language IDE features in the Kotlin Multiplatform (KMP) plugin. This includes editing, syntax highlighting, and navigation within Swift files and between Swift and Kotlin.
Android UI Renderer MCP is a local MCP server that lets a coding agent render Android UI without an emulator or a device: it gets back a PNG plus a component tree it can query for bounds, text, and state.
The rapidly improving capabilities of AI in mobile development have triggered a new conversation around how mobile teams approach multiplatform development. Notably, Shopify has recently been discussing their move from React Native back to independent native Android and iOS applications.
We are working on extensions to our companions mechanism to unlock new code patterns and improve interoperability across different platforms. This post outlines these new features and provides preliminary guidance on migration.
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