Learning Android Development

Setup and Debug Kotlin Symbol Processing (KSP) Development Made Easy

Learn how to create new custom annotations using KSP in the Android Development environment, and how to debug during developing it as well.

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In Java and Kotlin development, Annotation is an advanced feature one can use to reduce boilerplate code. Most of us use it, but few of us develop it. Hence, creating it is always something tricky to learn.

Here, I will share how we can use Kotlin Symbol Processing to make one. But if one like to know in general about Annotation, the below will help.

Annotation Tutorial for Dummies in Kotlin

What’s KSP?

Kotlin Symbol Processing (KSP) is an improvement from KAPT (Kotlin Annotation Processing Tool). KSP is fully Kotlin based, and claimed to be 2x faster than KAPT.

This means if someone wanted to make a new annotation for Kotlin, KSP would be preferred.