Additionally in Kotlin 2.1.0, Kotlin Multiplatform introduces primary help for Swift export and makes it simpler to publish Kotlin Multiplatform libraries. Swift export permits for exporting Swift sources on to the Swift interface with out utilizing Goal-C headers. Enhancements across the Gradle construct instrument pertaining to Kotlin Multiplatform, in the meantime, stabilize a brand new DSL for configuring compiler choices. An Remoted Initiatives characteristic to enhance Gradle efficiency is included in a preview.
The K2 compiler in Kotlin 2.1.0 provides the power to suppress warnings globally and allows further checks, together with further declaration, expression, and kind checks which can be normally not essential for compilation however will be helpful for validating use circumstances akin to REDUNDANT_NULLIBLE and CAN_BE_VAL. Different enhancements in Kotlin 2.1.0:
- Kotlin/Native upgrades iosArm64 goal help together with the cinterop caching course of and different updates.
- Kotlin/Wasm helps incremental compilation for Wasm targets. In improvement duties, the compiler now recompiles solely recordsdata related to modifications from the final compilation, decreasing compilation time. Additionally, debugging has been improved for Kotlin/Wasm and the scale of Kotlin/Wasm binaries has been decreased.
- Kotlin/JS provides help for producing ES2015 arrow capabilities, akin to
(a, b) => expression, as a substitute of nameless capabilities.
Kotlin 2.1.0 follows the Could launch of Kotlin 2.0.0, which introduced the brand new K2 compiler to a steady state. Kotlin plugins that help model 2.1.0 are bundled within the newest IntelliJ IDEA and Android Studio IDEs.
