Question about Coroutine dependency

[ArcherEmiya05]

Good day, I just wanted to ask why we use org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-coroutines-android:1.5.0-native-mt instead of the regular org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-coroutines-android:$version here. Is there any specific reason or is it mandatory when working with KMM?

Thanks

[SebastianAigner]

Hi! Quoting John's reply from this StackOverflow question:

It basically provides capability to use multiple threads in Kotlin/Native code (typically as part of a Kotlin Multiplatform (KMP) project). Some more info at https://kotlinlang.org/docs/mobile/concurrency-and-coroutines.html#multithreaded-coroutines. This is also version used now by many KMP libraries (e.g. Ktor) and is generally a requirement when developing KMP apps.

[ArcherEmiya05]

Hi! Quoting John's reply from this StackOverflow question:

It basically provides capability to use multiple threads in Kotlin/Native code (typically as part of a Kotlin Multiplatform (KMP) project). Some more info at https://kotlinlang.org/docs/mobile/concurrency-and-coroutines.html#multithreaded-coroutines. This is also version used now by many KMP libraries (e.g. Ktor) and is generally a requirement when developing KMP apps.

Thanks a lot

[ArcherEmiya05]

Hi! Quoting John's reply from this StackOverflow question:

It basically provides capability to use multiple threads in Kotlin/Native code (typically as part of a Kotlin Multiplatform (KMP) project). Some more info at https://kotlinlang.org/docs/mobile/concurrency-and-coroutines.html#multithreaded-coroutines. This is also version used now by many KMP libraries (e.g. Ktor) and is generally a requirement when developing KMP apps.

I just want to follow up, since native-mt is going decommission based on this thread. Is it okay to use the regular one as the replacement?

[SebastianAigner]

According to this comment, it's no longer required with the new Memory Model for Kotlin/Native, so yes, the replacement would be the regular version.