--- title: Building a Real-World Kotlin Multiplatform TV Shows App description: A walkthrough of KMP TV Shows Explorer, a Kotlin Multiplatform project targeting Android and iOS that shares networking, persistence, domain logic, and... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/building-a-real-world-kotlin-multiplatform-tv-shows-app-7wrjfcriy twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Building a Real-World Kotlin Multiplatform TV Shows App | daily.dev og:description: A walkthrough of KMP TV Shows Explorer, a Kotlin Multiplatform project targeting Android and iOS that shares networking, persistence, domain logic, and... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/building-a-real-world-kotlin-multiplatform-tv-shows-app-7wrjfcriy og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/7WRjFCriy.png og:image:alt: Building a Real-World Kotlin Multiplatform TV Shows App og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Building a Real-World Kotlin Multiplatform TV Shows App **[Medium](https://daily.dev/sources/medium_js)** · 14 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A walkthrough of KMP TV Shows Explorer, a Kotlin Multiplatform project targeting Android and iOS that shares networking, persistence, domain logic, and presentation state. The stack includes Ktor for cross-platform HTTP, SQLDelight for type-safe local storage, Koin for dependency injection, Kotlin Coroutines and StateFlow for reactive state, Jetpack Compose for Android UI, and SwiftUI for iOS. The architecture follows Clean Architecture with distinct data, domain, and presentation layers. Key implementation details covered include a reusable paginator, debounced search with Flow operators, offline favorites, and a layered data-flow from API DTOs through mappers to domain models. The post also discusses library choices (Ktor over Retrofit, SQLDelight over Room, Koin over Hilt) and lessons learned around deciding what to share versus keeping platform-specific. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#architecture](https://daily.dev/tags/architecture), [#kotlin](https://daily.dev/tags/kotlin), [#ktor](https://daily.dev/tags/ktor) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/building-a-real-world-kotlin-multiplatform-tv-shows-app-7wrjfcriy) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Building a Real-World Kotlin Multiplatform TV Shows App","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/building-a-real-world-kotlin-multiplatform-tv-shows-app-7wrjfcriy","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/building-a-real-world-kotlin-multiplatform-tv-shows-app-7wrjfcriy"},"datePublished":"2026-07-15T19:32:02.620Z","dateModified":"2026-07-15T19:33:45.346Z","description":"A walkthrough of KMP TV Shows Explorer, a Kotlin Multiplatform project targeting Android and iOS that shares networking, persistence, domain logic, and...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--HRgLpUt6--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2003","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--HRgLpUt6--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2003","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Medium","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Medium","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/medium","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/medium_js"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/building-a-real-world-kotlin-multiplatform-tv-shows-app-7wrjfcriy","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"architecture,kotlin,ktor","timeRequired":"PT14M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Medium","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/medium_js"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Building a Real-World Kotlin Multiplatform TV Shows App"}]} ```