if you build a framework that uses shared code that uses kotlinx serialization do you need to somehow include kotlinx serialization for ios in your framework or consumer app?

no, you just need to define it in the shared build.gradle.kts file

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In case you need to reference kotlinx.serialization objects from the ios app, then yes. But I was assuming from the ios app you were accessing data which was already processed into custom data structures.

I am calling a function from iOS that then calls Json.encodeToString

ok, so in that case you need to include the serialization library on the iosApp gradle file

thank you