I'm trying to bind a boolean that indicates to an ImageView if the screen size is small, so it shrinks if I need more space for other components. I'm using the DataBinding Library to do so.
My layout whose width and height depends on this boolean:
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<data>
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<variable name="smallScreen" type="boolean"/>
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</data>
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<ImageView
android:layout_width="@{smallScreen ? @dimen/img_small_screen_size : @dimen/img_big_screen_size}"
android:layout_height="@{smallScreen ? @dimen/img_small_screen_size : @dimen/img_big_screen_size}"
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
android:contentDescription="@{message}"
android:src="@{image}"
android:scaleType="center"
tools:src="@drawable/img_message_private"/>
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If I just try to build my project like this, the compiler says layout_width cannot accept type float. Fair enough, I use the BindingAdapter class to create a float enter for layout attributes, as follows:
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@BindingAdapter("android:layout_width")
public static void setLayoutWidth(View view, float width) {
ViewGroup.LayoutParams layoutParams = view.getLayoutParams();
layoutParams.width = (int) width;
view.setLayoutParams(layoutParams);
}
@BindingAdapter("android:layout_height")
public static void setLayoutHeight(View view, float height) {
ViewGroup.LayoutParams layoutParams = view.getLayoutParams();
layoutParams.height = (int) height;
view.setLayoutParams(layoutParams);
}
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That allows my project to build. But when the layout is finally being rendered, I fall in the following exception:
java.lang.RuntimeException: Binary XML file line #21: You must supply a layout_width attribute.
Just for information, my dimensions are set in dp units, as follows:
<dimen name="img_small_screen_size">100dp</dimen>
<dimen name="img_big_screen_size">208dp</dimen>
Does someone know how can I override the layout_width attribute so I can use databind with it directly, using dimensions?