How to start using view binding //Android Kotlin Dev Diary

First, open your app/build.gradle file Inside the android{} block of app/build.gradle, add the following: buildFeatures { viewBinding = true } Sync project with gradle files. In your activity or fragment, define the following class-wide property:

Replace the FragmentorActivityNameBinding above with the appropriate binding class name. Tip: The binding class name is based on the […]

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Exception: No signature of method android() is applicable for argument types, Build Gradle // Dev Diary

Today I wanted to make a data class a Parcelable so that I could pass it as an argument in Navigation component. Parcelables, though better in performance than Serializables, take more time to implement! To help us out, there’s a “kotlin-parcelize” plugin that can generate the boilerplate code for us. There were issues though. After […]

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Fix coroutine error: Cannot access database on the main thread // Android Dev Diary

As I was running a test for a ViewModel function, I encountered the following error: […] Main Thread @coroutine java.lang.IllegalStateException: Cannot access database on the main thread since it may potentially lock the UI for a long period of time. I think it may be caused by the viewModelScope from viewModelScope.launch {} being used by […]

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Remove room database on app uninstall // Android Dev Diary

The problem: Installing on an Android device that has an old version of an app I’m developing triggers an error: Room Database Migration: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Migration didn’t properly handle Problem persists despite uninstalling the Android app and deleting all app data. The solution: Very simple. I set allowBackup to false in my AndroidManifest.xml file like so: […]

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Get Navigation Component destinations in back stack // Android Kotlin Dev Diary

It’s simple to get the list of destinations that’s currently in your back stack. The only thing you need is a reference to the Navigation Component’s NavController. The NavController object has a backQueue property that you can inspect. backQueue is an array, and each item’s destination property is what you’re probably looking for! To show […]

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