@BindView(R.id.et_login_username)
internal var loginUsername: EditText? = null
Kotlin annotation parameter must be a compile-time constant
This is the error that's showing.
@BindView(R.id.et_login_username)
internal var loginUsername: EditText? = null
Kotlin annotation parameter must be a compile-time constant
This is the error that's showing.
To use ButterKnife
in Kotlin
, make sure you have added the following dependencies in app gradle.
apply plugin: 'kotlin-android'
apply plugin: 'kotlin-kapt'
apply plugin: 'kotlin-android-extensions'
dependencies {
implementation 'com.jakewharton:butterknife:latest-version'
// use kapt for kotlin
kapt 'com.jakewharton:butterknife-compiler:latest-version'
}
In your activity, declare views using lateinit
to avoid compile-time constant error:
@BindView(R.id.et_login_username)
lateinit var loginUsername: EditText
Moreover, Kotlin developers also introduced an alternative for binding android views which eliminates findViewById
calls. Its known as Kotlin Android Extensions,
To use this:
In app's build.gradle
, add this plugin
apply plugin: 'kotlin-android-extensions'
In Activity,
import kotlinx.android.synthetic.main.activity_main.*
class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity() {
override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main)
// All views can be used directly with their id declared in the xml
et_login_username.setText("Hello")
}