What are the Differences Between KAPT and KSP in Android?
<h1>Introduction</h1>
<p>Hello everyone! </p>
<p>In today’s article, I will talk about the differences between <strong>K<em>apt</em></strong> and <strong>K<em>sp</em></strong>. First of all, what are the <em>Kapt</em> and <em>Ksp</em>, let’s learn about them.</p>
<h2><strong>What is Kapt?</strong></h2>
<p><em>Kapt</em> stands for Kotlin Annotation Processing Tool. It is a command-line tool and build plugin for the Kotlin programming language. It helps us to process annotations in Kotlin code during the build process. It works with build tools such as Gradle and Maven to analyze annotated code and generate additional code.</p>
<p>Now, let’s look at some <em>key points</em> for <strong>Kapt</strong>. </p>
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<p><strong><em> Annotation Processing:</em></strong> The main purpose of this tool is to process annotations in Kotlin code. Annotations are metadata that added to code elements to provide additional information to the compiler. Kapt is responsible for analyzing these annotations.</p>
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