I think the instruction to apply the serialization plugin in

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I think the instruction to apply the serialization plugin in this <https kotlinlang org docs multiplatform mobile upgrade app html kotlinx serialization|tutorial> is wrong The correct one for `kts` should be ```kotlin plugin serialization version 1 9 10 apply false ```

Javier · Answer

If you set apply to false it is not applied The tutorial is valid

vivek anand · Answer

I don t think that s what the apply method does the documentation is as below I understand that `apply false ` apply the plugin to the sub projects and not just the current project Anyway the issue with the tutorial is that the gradle syntax is wrong for `kts` the version and other parameters should be applied as chained method calls

Javier · Answer

both version and apply should be infix functions so it is a valid syntax

Javier · Answer

If you set apply to false the plugin is not applied and it will not work in the current project using apply false is commonly done in the root project in order to add the plugin with a specific version to the classpath

Javier · Answer

but it will not be applied to root or any subproject

vivek anand · Answer

I am not sure if `version` and `aplpy` are infix functions they seem to be Java methods to me Anyway using `version` as an infix method did not work for me chaining it as above with `apply false ` worked though Maybe some version mismatch I guess thinking face

vivek anand · Answer

NVM I found the infix versions but I get a gradle error tho

vivek anand · Answer

```Caused by org gradle internal resolve ModuleVersionNotFoundException Could not find org jetbrains kotlin kotlin serialization compiler plugin embeddable 1 8 21 ```

Javier · Answer

I haven t used the serialization embeddable plugin before

Javier · Answer

Javier · Answer

But looks like its first published version is 1 9 0 at least on maven central

Javier · Answer

Maybe previous versions exist in the bootstrap repository

vivek anand · Answer

Hmm weird I think what you said about the syntax in the tutorial being valid is correct But using that in the `shared` module is giving me the above error but using it in the root project works

vivek anand · Answer

Which I think is what `apply false` also does but the tutorial says to apply the plugin to the gradle file in the `shared`module but then I think `apply false` also have to be added otherwise `kotlin plugin serialization version 1 9 10 ` should be added to the gradle file in the root project thinking face

Javier · Answer

Are you sharing the same version between Kotlin and Kotlin Serialization