What is the best way to define log TAG constant in Kotlin?

Question

I\'m creating my first Kotlin classes in my Android application. Usually for logging purposes I have a constant with name TAG. What I would do in Java is:

Answer 1

You can define your TAG by @JvmField as below:

companion object {
    @JvmField val TAG: String = MyClass::class.java.simpleName
}

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