ConfigCat SDK for Kotlin Multiplatform

ConfigCat SDK for Kotlin Multiplatform provides easy integration for your application to ConfigCat.

Getting started

1. Install the ConfigCat SDK

val configcatVersion: String by project

kotlin {
    sourceSets {
        val commonMain by getting {
            dependencies {
                implementation("com.configcat:configcat-kotlin-client:$configcatVersion")
            }
        }
    }
}

2. Go to the ConfigCat Dashboard to get your SDK Key:

3. Import com.configcat.* in your application code

import com.configcat.*

4. Create a ConfigCat client instance

import com.configcat.*

suspend fun main() {
    val client = ConfigCatClient("#YOUR-SDK-KEY#")
}

5. Get your setting value

import com.configcat.*

suspend fun main() {
    val client = ConfigCatClient("#YOUR-SDK-KEY#")
    val isMyAwesomeFeatureEnabled = client.getValue("isMyAwesomeFeatureEnabled", false)
    if (isMyAwesomeFeatureEnabled) {
        doTheNewThing()
    } else {
        doTheOldThing()
    }
}

6. Close the client on application exit

client.close()

Getting user-specific setting values with Targeting

Using this feature, you will be able to get different setting values for different users in your application by passing a User Object to the getValue() function.

Read more about Targeting here.

User Object

Percentage and targeted rollouts are calculated by the user object passed to the configuration requests. The user object must be created with a mandatory identifier parameter which uniquely identifies each user:

import com.configcat.*

suspend fun main() {
    val client = ConfigCatClient("#YOUR-SDK-KEY#")
    
    val user = ConfigCatUser("#USER-IDENTIFIER#")
    val isMyAwesomeFeatureEnabled = client.getValue("isMyAwesomeFeatureEnabled", false, user)
    if (isMyAwesomeFeatureEnabled) {
        doTheNewThing()
    } else {
        doTheOldThing()
    }
}

Sample / Demo app

• Kotlin Multiplatform Mobile app
• Android app
• Kotlin app
• React app
• Node.js app

Polling Modes

The ConfigCat SDK supports three different polling mechanisms to acquire the setting values from ConfigCat. After the latest setting values are downloaded, they are stored in an internal cache . After that, all requests are served from the cache. Read more about Polling Modes and how to use them at ConfigCat Kotlin Docs.

Support

If you need help using this SDK, feel free to contact the ConfigCat Staff at https://configcat.com. We're happy to help.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome. For more info please read the Contribution Guideline.

About ConfigCat

ConfigCat is a feature flag and configuration management service that lets you separate releases from deployments. You can turn your features ON/OFF using ConfigCat Dashboard even after they are deployed. ConfigCat lets you target specific groups of users based on region, email or any other custom user attribute.

ConfigCat is a hosted feature flag service. Manage feature toggles across frontend, backend, mobile, desktop apps. Alternative to LaunchDarkly. Management app + feature flag SDKs.

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