Ideally I want to declare an extension function so I can call like `FooBinding.inflateOrNull(): FooB...

# android

[Mark]

Ideally I want to declare an extension function so I can call like `FooBinding.inflateOrNull(): FooBinding?`but I can’t see how to do this. The best I have is:

private fun <V: ViewBinding> inflateOrNull(inflateLambda: (LayoutInflater) -> V): V? {
    try {
         return inflateLambda(layoutInflater)
    } catch (e: Exception) {
         // some dodgy device that cannot find a resource
         return null
    }
}

[ephemient]

FooBinding needs to have a companion object for you to be able to write an extension that can be called like FooBinding.inflateOrNull(). since it's a Java class, it doesn't have a companion

[ephemient]

https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/KT-11968/Research-and-prototype-namespace-based-solution-for-statics-and-static-extensions