How to use kotlin.Int in databinding?

Question

I wrote a layout xml like below. But the Kotlin compiler says Cannot resolve symbol 'Int'

main_activity.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layout ...>
  <data>
    <import type="androidx.databinding.ObservableArrayMap" />
    <variable
      name="myList"
      type="ObservableArrayMap&lt;Int,String&gt;" />
  </data>

<!-- ...... -->    

</layout>

Is it possible to use kotlin builtins in android databinding xml?

Because you can't use `key` as `Int`. Use `ObservableArrayMap<String,String>` — Sagar Zala, Nov 02 '18 at 06:05
@karandeepsingh Yeah. If I use Integer instead of Int, it's fine. I thought the kotlin compiled the databinding xml to kotlin and then to java. But it seems it doesn't.. — ijmo, Nov 02 '18 at 08:12

score 7 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 12 '18 at 08:52

7

Use java Integer instead of kotlin Int.
You can not use characters <,> etc in XML. So use HTML entities.

like

ObservableArrayMap&lt;Integer,String&gt;

answered Nov 12 '18 at 08:52

Khemraj Sharma

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score -1 · Answer 2 · edited Mar 06 '20 at 18:35

You can add data binding simple way.

Configure your app to use the data binding:

Open the app/build.gradle, Then you have to add these line of code inside the android tags in gradle and sync project

dataBinding {
    enabled = true
}

Layout and Binding Expression in Data Binding:

Open the layout (XML) file activity_main and replace the root with layout tag and place all tags inside to layout tags.

<layout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools">

<RelativeLayout
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    tools:context=".MainActivity">

<RelativeLayout>

<layout>

Replace the traditional setContentView() to DataBindingUtil.setContentView() in Activity:

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
ActivityMainBinding binding;
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    binding = DataBindingUtil.setContentView(this, R.layout.activity_main);
   }
}

Let’s us see how to data bind with Views and Widget using data binding

 binding.tvName.setText("Monika Sharma");
 binding.tvAddress.setText("251 mansarovar Jaipur | India ");
 binding.tvFollowers.setText("240K");
 binding.tvfollowing.setText("324K");

How to use kotlin.Int in databinding?

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