# Android's Room Db on iOS - Kevin Galligan

DevFeed: [Android's Room Db on iOS - Kevin Galligan](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/android-s-room-db-on-ios-kevin-galligan-38159.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://touchlab.co/androids-room-db-on-ios>)

Published: 2017-05-18T16:00:07Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Touchlab | Enterprise Mobile Innovation & Development](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/touchlab-enterprise-mobile-innovation-development.md>)

Topics: [Databases](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/databases.md>), [multiplatform](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/multiplatform.md>), [Android](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/android.md>), [iOS](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ios.md>)

Tags: [android](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/android.md>), [architecture](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/architecture.md>), [built-by-touchlab](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/built-by-touchlab.md>), [code-sharing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/code-sharing.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data.md>), [ios](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ios.md>), [kotlin](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kotlin.md>), [kotlin-multiplatform](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kotlin-multiplatform.md>), [press](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/press.md>)

## AI overview

The article describes an experiment running Android's Room database framework on iOS using Doppl and Kotlin Multiplatform. The conversion was relatively straightforward, but the sample was not considered production-ready because the source lacked tests; lifecycle-related components still required additional work.

## Source excerpt

I figured I'd see if we could try Android's new Room db framework on iOS. That should be pretty simple, right? Well maybe not...