I'm about using `ButterKnife` for view binding, i ...

# android

[paulex]

I'm about using ButterKnife for view binding, i wanted to confirm if there is another(better) alternative provided by google itself?

[Simon Schubert]

im sure you know about kotlin synthetic or? https://kotlinlang.org/docs/tutorials/android-plugin.html

[Luka]

There’s DataBinding library from Google, but as Simon said, just use Kotlin synthetic properties if all you need is standard binding

[paulex]

@Simon Schubert I guess We really learn everyday. I have gone through it
Mostly this : https://antonioleiva.com/kotlin-android-extensions/

It really makes sense.

[paulex]

@Luka Yeah, i saw the android data binding library, but i really think that's pretty much about data-binding

[arekolek]

there are people that say that the only useful part of the data binding library is the view binding mechanism 😛

[jw]

If only that part was separate...

[慧斌]

data-binding and LiveData are great

[rkeazor]

@arekolek databinding is really good. Especially with live data

[paulex]

@rkeazor I'll prolly try out databinding in a future release but for now, i think i just need to remove findViewById and the variable declaration; it takes too much space in my code. 😉

[rkeazor]

@paulex you should, its really good in my opinion. it feels good not having to write a setVisibility/setText/setAnythingInView method ever lol.