JetBrains Discontinues Swift IDE Support in Kotlin Multiplatform Plugin
JetBrains focuses on enhancing Kotlin tooling by removing Swift IDE features from the Kotlin Multiplatform plugin.
Starting with IntelliJ IDEA 2026.3 and Android Studio Rabbit 2 | 2026.2.2, JetBrains will discontinue Swift language IDE features in the Kotlin Multiplatform (KMP) plugin. This change reflects findings from JetBrains' telemetry and user research, which indicate that most iOS developers working on KMP Projects prefer using Xcode for Swift development. Despite the removal of Swift IDE support, running iOS applications and debugging Kotlin code on iOS will remain fully supported. Developers using earlier versions of IntelliJ IDEA and Android Studio will still have access to existing Swift functionality, although these versions will not receive further updates.
For more details, visit the Kotlin Blog.
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