Kotlin Multiplatform Academy · Lesson

Map Errors to UI Messages

Turn failures into localized, user-friendly text.

Raw Errors Are Cryptic

A user should never see SerializationException on screen. Your job is to translate technical failures into calm, human sentences.

Group failures into a few error kinds like network, server and unknown. Each kind maps to one clear message the apps can show.

enum class ErrorKind { NETWORK, SERVER, UNKNOWN }