--- title: SQLCipher and Kotlin Multiplatform Mobile | daily.dev description: A short guide on integrating SQLCipher with Kotlin Multiplatform Mobile using SQLDelight and Kotlin 1.4.0, focusing on the iOS side. Key steps include forcing... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/sqlcipher-and-kotlin-multiplatform-mobile-x52xqkpbj twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: SQLCipher and Kotlin Multiplatform Mobile | daily.dev og:description: A short guide on integrating SQLCipher with Kotlin Multiplatform Mobile using SQLDelight and Kotlin 1.4.0, focusing on the iOS side. Key steps include forcing... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/sqlcipher-and-kotlin-multiplatform-mobile-x52xqkpbj og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/X52XqKPbj.png og:image:alt: SQLCipher and Kotlin Multiplatform Mobile 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. # SQLCipher and Kotlin Multiplatform Mobile **[Touchlab](https://daily.dev/sources/touchlab)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A short guide on integrating SQLCipher with Kotlin Multiplatform Mobile using SQLDelight and Kotlin 1.4.0, focusing on the iOS side. Key steps include forcing SQLiter version 0.7.1 to fix a cipher key issue, configuring a custom DatabaseConfiguration with a cipher key for the native SQLDelight driver, disabling SQLite linking in SQLDelight config, and adding the SQLCipher CocoaPod dependency. A reminder is included that projects using CocoaPods must build from Xcode rather than the Gradle command line. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#mobile](https://daily.dev/tags/mobile), [#kotlin](https://daily.dev/tags/kotlin) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/sqlcipher-and-kotlin-multiplatform-mobile-x52xqkpbj) ```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":"SQLCipher and Kotlin Multiplatform Mobile","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/sqlcipher-and-kotlin-multiplatform-mobile-x52xqkpbj","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/sqlcipher-and-kotlin-multiplatform-mobile-x52xqkpbj"},"datePublished":"2026-08-02T07:15:44.139Z","dateModified":"2026-08-02T07:38:59.972Z","description":"A short guide on integrating SQLCipher with Kotlin Multiplatform Mobile using SQLDelight and Kotlin 1.4.0, focusing on the iOS side. Key steps include forcing...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/05bdb72b0adf3f087ce9d601214471e8?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/05bdb72b0adf3f087ce9d601214471e8?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Touchlab","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":"Touchlab","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--CQ0u6GwB--/f_auto,q_auto/v1785654902/logos/touchlab?_a=BAMAMicg0","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/touchlab"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/sqlcipher-and-kotlin-multiplatform-mobile-x52xqkpbj","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"mobile,kotlin","timeRequired":"PT2M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Touchlab","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/touchlab"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"SQLCipher and Kotlin Multiplatform Mobile"}]} ```