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Hello there!

do you know if there are specific Kotlin options to show logs in Android? With Java, I used to use Timber but I'd like to know if there are more "Kotlin" options.

Thank you.

```/**
 * Any
 * */
fun <http://Any.info|Any.info>(text: String) {
    Log.i(this::class.java.simpleName, text)
}

fun Any.error(text: String) {
    Log.e(this::class.java.simpleName, text)
}

fun Any.error(text: String, exception: Exception) {
    Log.e(this::class.java.simpleName, text, exception)
}

fun Any.warn(text: String) {
    Log.w(this::class.java.simpleName, text)
}

fun Any.warn(text: String, exception: Exception) {
    Log.w(this::class.java.simpleName, text, exception)
}

fun Any.debug(text: String) {
    Log.d(this::class.java.simpleName, text)
}

fun Any.debug(text: String, exception: Exception) {
    Log.d(this::class.java.simpleName, text, exception)
}
```

But you can't use this extensions in domain modules...

mm I have to take a look why I can't use these extensions in domain modules...

I think he means it will crash if you try to run this code on JVM (unit tests)

jjmmm, in that, case, you can do the same thing by using println()

In android, I like to add logging through an object and have all messages have the same tag:

<https://github.com/AllanWang/KAU/blob/dev/core/src/main/kotlin/ca/allanwang/kau/logging/KauLogger.kt>

On server side, I like to use delegations of `WithLogging` so that all logs in a specific class are tagged as so:

<https://stackoverflow.com/questions/34416869/idiomatic-way-of-logging-in-kotlin>

I’m not sure if you want to extend `Any`, as your logs are going to be affected if you ever use `apply` or other lambdas of type `T.() -&gt; ...`

the downside of creating extension functions on `Any` is that it messes up code completion, you'll be seeing those functions in the dropdown everywhere, which you probably don't want

Why not just use Log or Timber. How much more idiomatic could they really be?