Kotlin - How to make field read-only for external classes -
i have following kotlin class on android: class thisapplication: application() { lateinit var network: inetwork override fun oncreate() { super.oncreate() network = network() } } now, external class can inetwork reference doing: application.network however, makes possible external class overwrite value: application.network = mynewnetworkreference i want avoid second option. unfortunately, can't make field val because initialization needs happen inside oncreate callback. i thought making field private , exposing through function, this: private lateinit var network: inetwork fun getnetwork() = network however, whoever calls getnetwork() can still assign new value it, so: application.getnetwork() = mynewnetworkreference how can make network field read-only external classes? or better, there way make val though can't initialize inside constructor? to restrict access external classes, can change visibility of acce...
