Kotlin Multiplatform v1.7.0-alpha02 Release Notes & Developer Guide

Compose Multiplatform v1.7.0-alpha02 delivers significant platform-specific improvements, particularly for iOS interop stability and Desktop drag-and-drop functionality. Performance enhancements include font caching and resource map generation, while cross-platform refinements expand keyboard input handling and lifecycle API accessibility. This release focuses on production readiness with numerous iOS touch handling fixes and accessibility improvements.

Highlights

• Drag-and-Drop support on Desktop with dragAndDropSource and dragAndDropTarget modifiers
• Enhanced keyboard support: clickable modifier now responds to NumPad Enter and Spacebar
• Improved iOS interop: better touch detection and clipping for native view integration
• Font caching on non-Android targets reduces repeated raw byte reading overhead
• Resource map generation in Gradle plugin enables string-based resource lookup
• LocalLifecycleOwner moved to lifecycle-runtime-compose for broader API usage