Mastering Multiplatform: Flutter vs KMP

The Kodeco Podcast: For App Developers and Gamers

If you’ve ever wondered how to choose between Flutter and Kotlin Multiplatform—or what it’s like to use both in real-world production apps—this special double-length episode is your definitive guide. Google Developer Experts Roman Jaquez and Kevin Moore join us to unpack the realities of cross-platform mobile development. From cutting-edge healthcare apps to Bluetooth integrations and developer best practices, Roman and Kevin share deep insights, honest comparisons, and tips for mastering multi-platform dev in 2025.

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Show Notes

Join Jenn and Dru for a deep dive into the world of cross-platform development with two expert guests: Roman Jaquez and Kevin Moore. From architecture to animations, this episode explores the strengths, trade-offs, and future of Flutter and Kotlin Multiplatform (KMP). The conversation also covers practical advice for testing, performance, state management, and how to future-proof your skills as a mobile developer.

Highlights from this episode:

• How Flutter and Kotlin Multiplatform (KMP) compare in real-world app development—including where each shines.
• Roman’s journey bringing Flutter into a large healthcare organization and the productivity gains that followed.
• Kevin’s experience building cross-platform apps with Flutter and integrating native Bluetooth code through plugins.
• Best practices for managing app architecture, UI consistency, and platform-specific code in Flutter and KMP.
• State management options like Provider, Riverpod, and Bloc—when to use them and what to watch out for.
• Tools and techniques for performance optimization, testing, and debugging across platforms.
• Roman and Kevin’s thoughts on the future of mobile development—from hot reload to AI-driven coding tools.

Mentioned in This Episode

• Kevin’s New Book: Kotlin Multiplatform by Tutorials – A Book about Kotlin Multiplatform.
• Kevin’s Book Mastering Flutter: Learn to develop Flutter apps for iOS, Android, desktop and web.
• Flutter — Google’s UI toolkit for building natively compiled apps from a single codebase.
• Kotlin Multiplatform — JetBrains’ solution for sharing code across mobile, web, and more.
• pub.dev — Find Flutter plugins and packages.
• Rive — A powerful tool for designing and integrating interactive animations in Flutter apps.
• Firebase Test Lab — Run automated tests across a range of devices in the cloud.
• FlutterTap Newsletter – See all the latest news about Flutter and Dart.
• Code with Andrea Newsletter – Learn Dart, Flutter and Firebase.
• Widget Tricks Newsletter – A Flutter newsletter to share tips and tricks.

Contact Kevin, Roman & the Hosts

• Find Kevin on LinkedIn, Bluesky and X.
• Find Roman everywhere:
  • LinkedIn
  • X
  • BlueSky
  • YouTube
• Jenn on LinkedIn
• Dru on Mastodon.
• Email the Podcast Team.

Follow Kodeco

• Kodeco on LinkedIn
• Kodeco on X/Twitter
• Kodeco on Facebook

Where to Go From Here?

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Hoping to learn more about a particular aspect of mobile development or life and work as a dev? Please write in and tell us and we’ll do our best to make that happen! Write in too if you yourself would like to be a guest or your have a particular guest request and we’ll see what we can do. Drop a comment here, or email us anytime at [email protected].

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