What is the equivalent of Java static methods in Kotlin?

Question

There is no static keyword in Kotlin.

What is the best way to represent a static Java method in Kotlin?

Answer 1

To make it short you could use "companion object" to get into Kotlin static world like :

  companion object {
    const val TAG = "tHomeFragment"
    fun newInstance() = HomeFragment()
}

and to make a constant field use "const val" as in the code. but try to avoid the static classes as it is making difficulties in unit testing using Mockito!.