How to use Parcelable in KMP?

Is Parcelable more complex to implement?

No, beacause now you can use the kotlin-parcelize plugin which generates the code automatically for you. The only thing you need to do is to add an annotation on top of your data class @Parcelize and extend Parcelable.

Lets implement Parcelize in KMP

Go to shared > build.gradle.kts > add plugin kotlin-parcelize

const val parcelize = "kotlin-parcelize"

plugins {
    id(parcelize)
}

Go to shared > commonMain > NewzPlatformParcelable

Use expect-actual mechanism to define the expect Parcelable Inteface and Parcelize annotation class

Go to shared > androidMain > implement the actual Parcelable and Parcelize

In Android Platform we already have Parcelable and Parcelize so we just use the typealias to create a reference link between the expected class and the actual class itself.

Go to shared >…