Android Clean Architecture Skill for Claude

Clean Architecture patterns for Android and Kotlin Multiplatform projects — module structure, dependency rules, UseCases, Repositories, and data layer patterns.

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Android Clean Architecture

Clean Architecture patterns for Android and KMP projects. Covers module boundaries, dependency inversion, UseCase/Repository patterns, and data layer design with Room, SQLDelight, and Ktor.

When to Activate

Structuring Android or KMP project modules
Implementing UseCases, Repositories, or DataSources
Designing data flow between layers (domain, data, presentation)
Setting up dependency injection with Koin or Hilt
Working with Room, SQLDelight, or Ktor in a layered architecture

Module Structure

Recommended Layout

project/
├── app/                  # Android entry point, DI wiring, Application class
├── core/                 # Shared utilities, base classes, error types
├── domain/               # UseCases, domain models, repository interfaces (pure Kotlin)
├── data/                 # Repository implementations, DataSources, DB, network
├── presentation/         # Screens, ViewModels, UI models, navigation
├── design-system/        # Reusable Compose components, theme, typography
└── feature/              # Feature modules (optional, for larger projects)
    ├── auth/
    ├── settings/
    └── profile/

Dependency Rules

app → presentation, domain, data, core
presentation → domain, design-system, core
data → domain, core
domain → core (or no dependencies)
core → (nothing)

Critical: domain must NEVER depend on data, presentation, or any framework. It contains pure Kotlin only.

Domain Layer

UseCase Pattern

Each UseCase represents one business operation. Use operator fun invoke for clean call sites:

class GetItemsByCategoryUseCase(
    private val repository: ItemRepository
) {
    suspend operator fun invoke(category: String): Result<List<Item>> {
        return repository.getItemsByCategory(category)
    }
}

// Flow-based UseCase for reactive streams
class ObserveUserProgressUseCase(
    private val repository: UserRepository
) {
    operator fun invoke(userId: String): Flow<UserProgress> {
        return repository.observeProgress(userId)
    }
}

Domain Models

Domain models are plain Kotlin data classes — no framework annotations:

data class Item(
    val id: String,
    val title: String,
    val description: String,
    val tags: List<String>,
    val status: Status,
    val category: String
)

enum class Status { DRAFT, ACTIVE, ARCHIVED }

Repository Interfaces

Defined in domain, implemented in data:

interface ItemRepository {
    suspend fun getItemsByCategory(category: String): Result<List<Item>>
    suspend fun saveItem(item: Item): Result<Unit>
    fun observeItems(): Flow<List<Item>>
}

Data Layer

Repository Implementation

Coordinates between local and remote data sources:

class ItemRepositoryImpl(
    private val localDataSource: ItemLocalDataSource,
    private val remoteDataSource: ItemRemoteDataSource
) : ItemRepository {

    override suspend fun getItemsByCategory(category: String): Result<List<Item>> {
        return runCatching {
            val remote = remoteDataSource.fetchItems(category)
            localDataSource.insertItems(remote.map { it.toEntity() })
            localDataSource.getItemsByCategory(category).map { it.toDomain() }
        }
    }

    override suspend fun saveItem(item: Item): Result<Unit> {
        return runCatching {
            localDataSource.insertItems(listOf(item.toEntity()))
        }
    }

    override fun observeItems(): Flow<List<Item>> {
        return localDataSource.observeAll().map { entities ->
            entities.map { it.toDomain() }
        }
    }
}

Mapper Pattern

Keep mappers as extension functions near the data models:

// In data layer
fun ItemEntity.toDomain() = Item(
    id = id,
    title = title,
    description = description,
    tags = tags.split("|"),
    status = Status.valueOf(status),
    category = category
)

fun ItemDto.toEntity() = ItemEntity(
    id = id,
    title = title,
    description = description,
    tags = tags.joinToString("|"),
    status = status,
    category = category
)

Room Database (Android)

@Entity(tableName = "items")
data class ItemEntity(
    @PrimaryKey val id: String,
    val title: String,
    val description: String,
    val tags: String,
    val status: String,
    val category: String
)

@Dao
interface ItemDao {
    @Query("SELECT * FROM items WHERE category = :category")
    suspend fun getByCategory(category: String): List<ItemEntity>

    @Upsert
    suspend fun upsert(items: List<ItemEntity>)

    @Query("SELECT * FROM items")
    fun observeAll(): Flow<List<ItemEntity>>
}

SQLDelight (KMP)

-- Item.sq
CREATE TABLE ItemEntity (
    id TEXT NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY,
    title TEXT NOT NULL,
    description TEXT NOT NULL,
    tags TEXT NOT NULL,
    status TEXT NOT NULL,
    category TEXT NOT NULL
);

getByCategory:
SELECT * FROM ItemEntity WHERE category = ?;

upsert:
INSERT OR REPLACE INTO ItemEntity (id, title, description, tags, status, category)
VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?);

observeAll:
SELECT * FROM ItemEntity;

Ktor Network Client (KMP)

class ItemRemoteDataSource(private val client: HttpClient) {

    suspend fun fetchItems(category: String): List<ItemDto> {
        return client.get("api/items") {
            parameter("category", category)
        }.body()
    }
}

// HttpClient setup with content negotiation
val httpClient = HttpClient {
    install(ContentNegotiation) { json(Json { ignoreUnknownKeys = true }) }
    install(Logging) { level = LogLevel.HEADERS }
    defaultRequest { url("https://api.example.com/") }
}

Dependency Injection

Koin (KMP-friendly)

// Domain module
val domainModule = module {
    factory { GetItemsByCategoryUseCase(get()) }
    factory { ObserveUserProgressUseCase(get()) }
}

// Data module
val dataModule = module {
    single<ItemRepository> { ItemRepositoryImpl(get(), get()) }
    single { ItemLocalDataSource(get()) }
    single { ItemRemoteDataSource(get()) }
}

// Presentation module
val presentationModule = module {
    viewModelOf(::ItemListViewModel)
    viewModelOf(::DashboardViewModel)
}

Hilt (Android-only)

@Module
@InstallIn(SingletonComponent::class)
abstract class RepositoryModule {
    @Binds
    abstract fun bindItemRepository(impl: ItemRepositoryImpl): ItemRepository
}

@HiltViewModel
class ItemListViewModel @Inject constructor(
    private val getItems: GetItemsByCategoryUseCase
) : ViewModel()

Error Handling

Result/Try Pattern

Use Result<T> or a custom sealed type for error propagation:

sealed interface Try<out T> {
    data class Success<T>(val value: T) : Try<T>
    data class Failure(val error: AppError) : Try<Nothing>
}

sealed interface AppError {
    data class Network(val message: String) : AppError
    data class Database(val message: String) : AppError
    data object Unauthorized : AppError
}

// In ViewModel — map to UI state
viewModelScope.launch {
    when (val result = getItems(category)) {
        is Try.Success -> _state.update { it.copy(items = result.value, isLoading = false) }
        is Try.Failure -> _state.update { it.copy(error = result.error.toMessage(), isLoading = false) }
    }
}

Convention Plugins (Gradle)

For KMP projects, use convention plugins to reduce build file duplication:

// build-logic/src/main/kotlin/kmp-library.gradle.kts
plugins {
    id("org.jetbrains.kotlin.multiplatform")
}

kotlin {
    androidTarget()
    iosX64(); iosArm64(); iosSimulatorArm64()
    sourceSets {
        commonMain.dependencies { /* shared deps */ }
        commonTest.dependencies { implementation(kotlin("test")) }
    }
}

Apply in modules:

// domain/build.gradle.kts
plugins { id("kmp-library") }

Anti-Patterns to Avoid

Importing Android framework classes in domain — keep it pure Kotlin
Exposing database entities or DTOs to the UI layer — always map to domain models
Putting business logic in ViewModels — extract to UseCases
Using GlobalScope or unstructured coroutines — use viewModelScope or structured concurrency
Fat repository implementations — split into focused DataSources
Circular module dependencies — if A depends on B, B must not depend on A

References

See skill: compose-multiplatform-patterns for UI patterns.

See skill: kotlin-coroutines-flows for async patterns.

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