# Kotlin Multiplatform in Five Minutes or Less: Expect / Actuals Statements - Ben Whitley

DevFeed: [Kotlin Multiplatform in Five Minutes or Less: Expect / Actuals Statements - Ben Whitley](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/kotlin-multiplatform-in-five-minutes-or-less-expect-actuals-statements-ben-whitley-38202.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://touchlab.co/expect-actuals-statements-kotlin-multiplatform>)

Published: 2019-09-11T16:56:13Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

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

Topics: [Kotlin Multiplatform](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/kotlin-multiplatform.md>), [Kotlin](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/kotlin.md>), [multiplatform](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/multiplatform.md>), [cross-platform](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cross-platform.md>), [Android](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/android.md>), [iOS](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ios.md>)

Tags: [class](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/class.md>), [code-sharing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/code-sharing.md>), [cross-platform](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cross-platform.md>), [implementation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/implementation.md>), [interop](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/interop.md>), [ios](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ios.md>), [kotlin](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kotlin.md>), [kotlin-multiplatform](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kotlin-multiplatform.md>), [multiplatform](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/multiplatform.md>), [native](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/native.md>)

## AI overview

A tutorial on Kotlin Multiplatform expect/actual statements, showing how to provide platform-specific date-formatting implementations for Android and iOS while sharing common code.

## Source excerpt

Unlike other "cross platform" ecosystems, Kotlin is designed to embrace the native platform it is integrating with. expect/actual statements.