Android Data Binding and Kotlin

Question

I am converting my Android application from Java to Kotlin. It is working fine, except when I try to convert a file that is using Android Data Binding Library. In that case, Android Studio complains at compile time about unresolved reference:

Error:(10, 44) Unresolved reference: AdapterHistoriesListBinding

Where AdapterHistoriesListBinding is the name of a file that should be generated by the Data Binding Library. It was working correctly in Java, so I guess it is an issue with Kotlin.

I am using Android Studio 2.0.0-beta6, Android Gradle Plugin 2.0.0-beta6 and Kotlin 1.0. Is there something to do to make the Data Binding Library work with Kotlin?

score 20 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 24 '16 at 08:20

Few steps to setup databinding in your Kotlin project.

Tell kapt to use databinding compiler in module dependencies:

dependencies {
  kapt 'com.android.databinding:compiler:2.0.0-beta6'
}

As Shintaro Katafuchi mentioned, you should tell kapt to generate stubs.
```
kapt {
  generateStubs = true
}
```

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 05 '16 at 18:49

2

Have you tried adding following setting in your build.gradle?

kapt {
    generateStubs = true
}

answered Mar 05 '16 at 18:49

Shintaro Katafuchi

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I just tried adding that in my module's `build.gradle` (outside the `android` block), cleaned my project, but the result is the same. – Gaëtan Mar 05 '16 at 19:08

Android Data Binding and Kotlin

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