--- title: Why Kotlin Multiplatform Teams Should Share Source, not... description: Touchlab argues that native mobile teams adopting Kotlin Multiplatform (KMP) should share source code rather than publishing pre-compiled XCFramework binaries.... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/why-kotlin-multiplatform-teams-should-share-source-not-binaries-rixavohj0 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Why Kotlin Multiplatform Teams Should Share Source, not Binaries | daily.dev og:description: Touchlab argues that native mobile teams adopting Kotlin Multiplatform (KMP) should share source code rather than publishing pre-compiled XCFramework binaries.... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/why-kotlin-multiplatform-teams-should-share-source-not-binaries-rixavohj0 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/rIxAVoHJ0.png og:image:alt: Why Kotlin Multiplatform Teams Should Share Source, not Binaries 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. # Why Kotlin Multiplatform Teams Should Share Source, not Binaries **[Touchlab](https://daily.dev/sources/touchlab)** · 10 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Touchlab argues that native mobile teams adopting Kotlin Multiplatform (KMP) should share source code rather than publishing pre-compiled XCFramework binaries. The core reason: iOS developers cannot browse or debug binary Kotlin dependencies in Xcode, which hinders team familiarity with Kotlin. Publishing binaries was once necessary to prove KMP 'works', but in 2024 KMP is production-ready and the real question is whether it works for the team. Sharing source via tools like GitPortal lets iOS devs see, debug, and gradually learn Kotlin. Additional tooling recommendations include the Xcode-Kotlin Plugin for in-Xcode debugging and SKIE for bridging Kotlin APIs to idiomatic Swift. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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