Hmm double check here as I am not sure, when I am using print or println, do I need something extra ...

# multiplatform

[Joel Denke]

Hmm double check here as I am not sure, when I am using print or println, do I need something extra in multiplatform project for Android and IOS to see it, or some special debugging? I dont really care at moment how its printed, just want to see it somewhere. Or do I need to introduce framework for this?

[Paul Woitaschek]

Android prints to stdout, iOS iirc to the console

[Joel Denke]

Do you know where I find these? Cant see in logcat in Android Studio in my case.

[Paul Woitaschek]

empty the filter so you can see all messages

[Joel Denke]

Yeah I did, nothing displays.

[Joel Denke]

private fun saveAnswers() {
        coroutineScope.launch {
            val result = firebaseStore.collection("/Test").get().documents.first()
            print("Document" + result)
        }
    }

Nothing comes from this 🙂

[Paul Woitaschek]

add a println(“Hello unicorns”) in the body of saveAnswers ^^
Maybe your suspend function is hanging

[Joel Denke]

What, if I change from print to println it works 😄

[Paul Woitaschek]

🤷

[Joel Denke]

Ah well, I blame logcat or stdout not working as should 😄 Thanks for help!

[Paul Woitaschek]

🦆 🦆

[Joel Denke]

Btw if I want to add Android logcat metadata like Tags, is that possible?

[Joel Denke]

Or does that collide with like iOS prints and such?

[Paul Woitaschek]

Probably depends on what you want to do. You can use a library or create an expect fun that uses android.util.Log on Droid and println on ios

[Pablichjenkov]

Xcode console also an alternative.

[Joel Denke]

Right, make sense. Need to create my own logger as I always do in all my projects 😄 Usually need to delegate things in JNI stuff or other complex things and need to pipe things backwards depending on platform impl 😛

[Joel Denke]

I guess it exists some crossplatform logging frameworks for this already?

[Joel Denke]

Yeah this one: https://kermit.touchlab.co/

[Joel Denke]

Interesting it can also integrate into crashlytics and bugsnag out of the box 😄

[Joel Denke]

https://kermit.touchlab.co/docs/#a-note-about-tags

[Mofe Ejegi]

I highly rate the Kermit Logger. Well thought-out library and so easy to get started with.
Also quite similar to the Android Logger. I'm not the biggest fan of using 3rd-party libs in production KMP projects due to maintenance and refactors, but Kermit Logger was a strong exception.