How can I access a Kotlin `object` from Swift?

# multiplatform

[Lukasz Kalnik]

How can I access a Kotlin object from Swift?

[Vlad Mircan]

You need to "fake instantiate it" like so:
ObjectFromKotlin()

[Lukasz Kalnik]

Great, thank you!

[Vlad Mircan]

Glad to be able to help!

[Alexander Zhirkevich]

There should be a .shared static property

[Lukasz Kalnik]

Oh yes, I see it.

[Vlad Mircan]

@Alexander Zhirkevich Thanks for chipping in! Does it mean that what I suggested creates a new instance every time then?

[Alexander Zhirkevich]

Definitely

[Vlad Mircan]

Understood, I'll have a talk with the iOS team then haha.
Thank you @Alexander Zhirkevich and sorry @Lukasz Kalnik for misleading you, I just gave you the approach I was using.

[Lukasz Kalnik]

No worries, you meant well and I would've caught it sooner or later, that my ViewModel is a new instance every time 😉

[sergey.bogolepov]

Does it mean that what I suggested creates a new instance every time then?

No, it still going to be a singleton, but access through shared/companion class properties is preferable as it is more explicit. See documentation here (including links to interopedia)