"Not enough information to infer parameter T" with Kotlin and Android - android

I'm trying to replicate the following ListView in my Android app using Kotlin: https://github.com/bidrohi/KotlinListView.
Unfortunately I'm getting an error I'm unable to resolve myself.
Here's my code:
MainActivity.kt:
override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main)
val listView = findViewById(R.id.list) as ListView
listView.adapter = ListExampleAdapter(this)
}
private class ListExampleAdapter(context: Context) : BaseAdapter() {
internal var sList = arrayOf("Eins", "Zwei", "Drei")
private val mInflator: LayoutInflater
init {
this.mInflator = LayoutInflater.from(context)
}
override fun getCount(): Int {
return sList.size
}
override fun getItem(position: Int): Any {
return sList[position]
}
override fun getItemId(position: Int): Long {
return position.toLong()
}
override fun getView(position: Int, convertView: View?, parent: ViewGroup): View? {
val view: View?
val vh: ListRowHolder
if(convertView == null) {
view = this.mInflator.inflate(R.layout.list_row, parent, false)
vh = ListRowHolder(view)
view.tag = vh
} else {
view = convertView
vh = view.tag as ListRowHolder
}
vh.label.text = sList[position]
return view
}
}
private class ListRowHolder(row: View?) {
public val label: TextView
init {
this.label = row?.findViewById(R.id.label) as TextView
}
}
}
The layouts are exactly as here: https://github.com/bidrohi/KotlinListView/tree/master/app/src/main/res/layout
The full error message I'm getting is this:
Error:(92, 31) Type inference failed: Not enough information to infer parameter T in fun findViewById(p0: Int): T!
Please specify it explicitly.
I'd appreciate any help I can get.

You must be using API level 26 (or above). This version has changed the signature of View.findViewById() - see here https://developer.android.com/about/versions/oreo/android-8.0-changes#fvbi-signature
So in your case, where the result of findViewById is ambiguous, you need to supply the type:
1/ Change
val listView = findViewById(R.id.list) as ListView to
val listView = findViewById<ListView>(R.id.list)
2/ Change
this.label = row?.findViewById(R.id.label) as TextView to
this.label = row?.findViewById<TextView>(R.id.label) as TextView
Note that in 2/ the cast is only required because row is nullable. If label
was nullable too, or if you made row not nullable, it wouldn't be required.

Andoid O change findViewById api from
public View findViewById(int id);
to
public final T findViewById(int id)
so, if you are target to API 26, you can change
val listView = findViewById(R.id.list) as ListView
to
val listView = findViewById(R.id.list)
or
val listView: ListView = findViewById(R.id.list)

Its Working
API Level 25 or below use this
var et_user_name = findViewById(R.id.et_user_name) as EditText
API Level 26 or Above use this
val et_user_name: EditText = findViewById(R.id.et_user_name)
Happy Coding !

Change your code to this. Where the main changes occurred are marked with asterisks.
package com.phenakit.tg.phenakit
import android.content.Context
import android.os.Bundle
import android.support.design.widget.BottomNavigationView
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity
import android.view.LayoutInflater
import android.view.View
import android.view.ViewGroup
import android.widget.BaseAdapter
import android.widget.ListView
import android.widget.TextView
public class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity() {
private var mTextMessage: TextView? = null
private val mOnNavigationItemSelectedListener = BottomNavigationView.OnNavigationItemSelectedListener { item ->
when (item.itemId) {
R.id.navigation_home -> {
mTextMessage!!.setText(R.string.title_home)
return#OnNavigationItemSelectedListener true
}
R.id.navigation_dashboard -> {
mTextMessage!!.setText(R.string.title_dashboard)
return#OnNavigationItemSelectedListener true
}
R.id.navigation_notifications -> {
setContentView(R.layout.activity_list_view)
return#OnNavigationItemSelectedListener true
}
}
false
}
override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main)
mTextMessage = findViewById(R.id.message) as TextView?
val navigation = findViewById(R.id.navigation) as BottomNavigationView
navigation.setOnNavigationItemSelectedListener(mOnNavigationItemSelectedListener)
**val listView = findViewById<ListView>(R.id.list)**
**listView?.adapter = ListExampleAdapter(this)**
}
private class ListExampleAdapter(context: Context) : BaseAdapter() {
internal var sList = arrayOf("Eins", "Zwei", "Drei")
private val mInflator: LayoutInflater
init {
this.mInflator = LayoutInflater.from(context)
}
override fun getCount(): Int {
return sList.size
}
override fun getItem(position: Int): Any {
return sList[position]
}
override fun getItemId(position: Int): Long {
return position.toLong()
}
override fun getView(position: Int, convertView: View?, parent: ViewGroup): View? {
val view: View?
val vh: ListRowHolder
if(convertView == null) {
view = this.mInflator.inflate(R.layout.list_row, parent, false)
vh = ListRowHolder(view)
view.tag = vh
} else {
view = convertView
vh = view.tag as ListRowHolder
}
vh.label.text = sList[position]
return view
}
}
private class ListRowHolder(row: View?) {
public var label: TextView
**init { this.label = row?.findViewById<TextView?>(R.id.label) as TextView }**
}
}

I would suggest you to use synthetics kotlin Android extension:
https://kotlinlang.org/docs/tutorials/android-plugin.html
https://antonioleiva.com/kotlin-android-extensions/
In your case the code will be something like this:
init {
this.label = row.label
}
As simple as that ;)

In android 12 remove as from your code and put your model in <> in front of getParcelableExtra.
change
intent.getParcelableExtra("MyModel") as MyModel
to
intent.getParcelableExtra `<MyModel>` ("MyModel")!!

I came across this error while using the
DataBindingUtil.setContentView(this,R.layout.activity_main)
The error came here because this is supposed to return the binding associated with the layout_main(inflatted layout) so I resolved this error by :
ActivityMainBinding binding = DataBindingUtil.setContentView(this,R.layout.activity_main)
So, your error may be mostly with handling the return value.Try to set that and check.

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Items in RecyclerView are different with ViewBinding

When i make Adapter in regular way, with findViewById it looks ok: like this, but when i do it with view binding looks like this 2
Adapter with ViewBinding:
class HomePageFoldersAdapter() : RecyclerView.Adapter<HomePageFoldersAdapter.FolderHolder>() {
var list = emptyList<Folder>()
set(value) {
field = value
notifyDataSetChanged()
}
override fun onCreateViewHolder(parent: ViewGroup, viewType: Int): FolderHolder {
val inflater = LayoutInflater.from(parent.context)
val binding = FolderHomeCardBinding.inflate(inflater)
return FolderHolder(binding)
}
override fun onBindViewHolder(holder: FolderHolder, position: Int) {
val folder = list[position]
with(holder.binding) {
val context = root.context
nameTextView.text = folder.name
sizeTextView.text = context.getString(R.string.modules_count, folder.modulesIds.size)
}
}
override fun getItemCount() = list.size
class FolderHolder(val binding: FolderHomeCardBinding) : RecyclerView.ViewHolder(binding.root)
}
try replace instead
val binding = FolderHomeCardBinding.inflate(inflater)
with
val binding = FolderHomeCardBinding.inflate(inflater, parent, false)

lateinit property binding has not been initialized

I know that there are similar questions to this, but I just cant find something that is similar, I've been studying new things to learn, and while converting kotlin synthetics to viewvbinding mode, I've encountered this error
kotlin.UninitializedPropertyAccessException: lateinit property binding has not been initialized
at com.codepalace.chatbot.ui.MessagingAdapter.onBindViewHolder(MessagingAdapter.kt:60)
at com.codepalace.chatbot.ui.MessagingAdapter.onBindViewHolder(MessagingAdapter.kt:17)
It says that I have to initialize the binding, but I dont know where to put it.
This is the code.
class MessagingAdapter: RecyclerView.Adapter<MessagingAdapter.MessageViewHolder>() {
var messagesList = mutableListOf<Message>()
private lateinit var binding: MessageItemBinding
inner class MessageViewHolder(itemView: View) : RecyclerView.ViewHolder(itemView) {
init {
itemView.setOnClickListener {
//Remove message on the item clicked
messagesList.removeAt(adapterPosition)
notifyItemRemoved(adapterPosition)
}
}
}
override fun onCreateViewHolder(parent: ViewGroup, viewType: Int): MessageViewHolder {
return MessageViewHolder(
LayoutInflater.from(parent.context).inflate(R.layout.message_item, parent, false)
)
}
override fun getItemCount(): Int {
return messagesList.size
}
#SuppressLint("SetTextI18n")
override fun onBindViewHolder(holder: MessageViewHolder, position: Int) {
val currentMessage = messagesList[position]
when (currentMessage.id) {
SEND_ID -> {
holder.itemView.findViewById<View>(R.id.tv_message).apply {
binding.tvMessage.text = currentMessage.message
visibility = View.VISIBLE
}
holder.itemView.findViewById<View>(R.id.tv_bot_message).visibility = View.GONE
}
RECEIVE_ID -> {
holder.itemView.findViewById<View>(R.id.tv_bot_message).apply {
binding.tvBotMessage.text = currentMessage.message
visibility = View.VISIBLE
}
holder.itemView.findViewById<View>(R.id.tv_message).visibility = View.GONE
}
}
}
fun insertMessage(message: Message) {
this.messagesList.add(message)
notifyItemInserted(messagesList.size)
}
private lateinit var binding: MessageItemBinding
You didn't initialize the binding object, as you defined it as lateinit, then you should define it.
This is typically in onCreateViewHolder
override fun onCreateViewHolder(parent: ViewGroup, viewType: Int): TrackedActivityHolder {
val inflater = LayoutInflater.from(parent.context)
binding = DataBindingUtil.inflate<MessageItemBinding>(inflater, R.layout.message_item, parent, false)
return MessageViewHolder(
binding
)
}
UPDATE
You need to accept MessageItemBinding type instead of View in the MessageViewHolder constructor, and use itemView.root to get the root view of the list item.
inner class MessageViewHolder(itemView: MessageItemBinding) : RecyclerView.ViewHolder(itemView.root) {
init {
itemView.root.setOnClickListener {
//Remove message on the item clicked
messagesList.removeAt(adapterPosition)
notifyItemRemoved(adapterPosition)
}
}
}
The reason why You get this error is that MessageItemBinding should not be in Adapter but in ViewHolder class. You can make RecyclerView like this:
object MessageDiffCallback : DiffUtil.ItemCallback<Message>()
{
override fun areItemsTheSame(
oldItem: Message,
newItem: Message
): Boolean =
oldItem.id == newItem.id
override fun areContentsTheSame(
oldItem: Message,
newItem: Message
): Boolean =
oldItem == newItem
}
I assume that Message is a data class. You have to create this MessageDiffCallback and override these 2 methods in a similar way that I did it.
Now Create ViewHolder class:
class MessageViewHolder private constructor(
private val binding: MessageItemBinding
) : RecyclerView.ViewHolder(binding.root)
{
companion object
{
fun create(parent: ViewGroup): MessageViewHolder
{
val layoutInflater = LayoutInflater.from(parent.context)
val binding = MessageItemBinding.inflate(layoutInflater, parent, false)
return MessageViewHolder(
binding
)
}
}
fun bind(
message: Messaage
)
{
// Here You can do everything.
// You pass the message and based on this You can set up a view and use binding
}
}
And now Adapter class
class MessageAdapter : ListAdapter<Message, MessageViewHolder>(MessageDiffCallback)
{
override fun onCreateViewHolder(parent: ViewGroup, viewType: Int): MessageViewHolder =
MessageViewHolder.create(parent)
override fun onBindViewHolder(holder: MessageViewHolder, position: Int) =
holder.bind(
message = getItem(position),
)
}
Now You should have a working adapter. To put data in it use messageAdapter.submitList(messages) in Your Fragment/Activity
Maybe not the best answer because it changes Your code and uses a little different logic but it should work better. You can check google sample code here or take codelab here. It is free after signing up

Editing list item on list view

Imagine we have a simple list of items. Each item contains only a short title.
To handle the list we are using RecyclerView with ListAdapter and ViewHolders.
Each item/view is not editable unless we click it.
In this scenario I am using one view model for list and one for item under edit.
Unfortunately all my attempts failed.
I have tried to use two different view holders but the list was flickering, after all inflating view (in this case binding) is heavy.
Another shot I was giving to use the same view holder but with two various bind methods - one binding plain item, second binding with viewmodel instead of data object but it failed as well - suddenly a few rows were editable.
Has anyone solved it ?
class MistakesAdapter(private val editViewModel: MistakeEditViewModel) :
ListAdapter<Mistake, RecyclerView.ViewHolder>(MistakesDiffCallback()) {
companion object{
const val ITEM_PLAIN_VIEW_TYPE = 0
const val ITEM_EDITABLE_VIEW_TYPE = 1
}
private var itemPositionUnderEdit = -1
private val listener = object: MistakeItemListener{
override fun onClick(view: View, position: Int) {
Timber.d("OnClick : edit - $itemPositionUnderEdit, clickPos - $position")
editViewModel.onEditMistake(getItem(position))
itemPositionUnderEdit = position
notifyItemChanged(itemPositionUnderEdit)
}
}
override fun getItemViewType(position: Int) =
when (position) {
itemPositionUnderEdit -> ITEM_EDITABLE_VIEW_TYPE
else -> ITEM_PLAIN_VIEW_TYPE
}
override fun onCreateViewHolder(parent: ViewGroup, viewType: Int) =
when (viewType) {
ITEM_EDITABLE_VIEW_TYPE -> EditableMistakeViewHolder.from(parent)
else -> MistakeViewHolder.from(parent)
}
override fun onBindViewHolder(holder: RecyclerView.ViewHolder, position: Int) {
when (holder) {
is EditableMistakeViewHolder -> holder.bind(editViewModel, listener)
is MistakeViewHolder -> holder.bind(getItem(position), listener)
else -> throw ClassCastException("Unknown view holder type")
}
}
class MistakeViewHolder private constructor(private val binding: ListItemMistakesBinding) :
RecyclerView.ViewHolder(binding.root) {
companion object {
fun from(viewGroup: ViewGroup): MistakeViewHolder {
val inflater = LayoutInflater.from(viewGroup.context)
val binding = ListItemMistakesBinding.inflate(inflater, viewGroup, false)
return MistakeViewHolder(binding)
}
}
fun bind(item: Mistake, listener: MistakeItemListener) {
binding.apply {
mistake = item
inputType = InputType.TYPE_NULL
this.listener = listener
position = adapterPosition
executePendingBindings()
}
}
}
class EditableMistakeViewHolder private constructor(private val binding: ListItemMistakesBinding)
: RecyclerView.ViewHolder(binding.root) {
companion object{
fun from(viewGroup: ViewGroup): EditableMistakeViewHolder {
val inflater = LayoutInflater.from(viewGroup.context)
val binding = ListItemMistakesBinding.inflate(inflater, viewGroup, false)
return EditableMistakeViewHolder(binding)
}
}
fun bind(viewModel: MistakeEditViewModel, listener: MistakeItemListener){
binding.apply {
this.viewModel = viewModel
inputType = InputType.TYPE_CLASS_TEXT
this.listener = listener
position = adapterPosition
root.setBackgroundColor(Color.GRAY)
}
}
}
}
class MistakeEditViewModel(private val repository: MistakesRepository) : ViewModel() {
#VisibleForTesting
var mistakeUnderEdit: Mistake? = null
//two-way binding
val mistakeName = MutableLiveData<String>()
fun onEditMistake(mistake: Mistake) {
mistakeUnderEdit = mistake
mistakeName.value = mistake.name
}
}
By changing my approach to the problem I solved it.
I make all list items editable but at the same time I am following focus.
To cut the long story short, I invoke item view model methods with help of OnFocusChangeListener and TextWatcher on my editTexts.

(Kotlin) Position of RecyclerView returns -1 when trying to click on an item

I'm new to Android development (and Kotlin).
I'm trying to implement a RecyclerView (which works fine) and when I click on a specific row it opens a new activity (Intent).
However, whenever I've press/click on one of the rows, I'm only able to get the value "-1" returned.
I've tried a number of different approaches (you should see the number of tabs in my browser).
This seems like it should be a fairly straightforward occurrence for something as common as a RecyclerView, but for whatever reason I'm unable to get it working.
Here is my RecyclerView Adapter file:
class PNHLePlayerAdapter (val players : ArrayList<PNHLePlayer>, val context: Context) : RecyclerView.Adapter<ViewHolder>() {
var onItemClick: ((Int)->Unit) = {}
// Gets the number of items in the list
override fun getItemCount(): Int {
return players.size
}
// Inflates the item views
override fun onCreateViewHolder(parent: ViewGroup, viewType: Int): ViewHolder {
val itemView = LayoutInflater.from(context).inflate(
R.layout.pnhle_list_item,
parent,
false
)
val viewHolder = ViewHolder(itemView)
itemView.setOnClickListener {
onItemClick(viewHolder.adapterPosition)
}
return ViewHolder(itemView)
}
// Binds each item in the ArrayList to a view
override fun onBindViewHolder(holder: ViewHolder, position: Int) {
holder.tvPlayerName?.text = players[position].Name
holder.tvPlayerRank?.text = position.toString()
holder.tvPNHLe?.text = players[position].PNHLe.toString()
holder.tvTeam?.text = players[position].Team
holder.ivLeague?.setImageResource(leagueImageID)
}
}
class ViewHolder (view: View) : RecyclerView.ViewHolder(view) {
val linLayout = view.hor1LinearLayout
val ivTeam = view.teamImageView
val tvPlayerName = view.playerNameTextView
val tvPlayerRank = view.rankNumTextView
val tvPNHLe = view.pnhleTextView
val tvTeam = view.teamTextView
val ivLeague = view.leagueImageView
}
As you can see, there is a class property "onItemClick" which uses a lambda as the click callback.
I setOnClickListener in the onCreateViewHolder method after the view is inflated.
Next, in my Activity I add the list to my Adapter and set the call back.
However, every time I 'Toast' the position it is displayed as '-1'.
val adapter = PNHLePlayerAdapter(list, this)
adapter.onItemClick = { position ->
Toast.makeText(this, position.toString(),Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show()
var intent = Intent(this, PlayerCardActivity::class.java)
//startActivity(intent)
}
rv_player_list.adapter = adapter
Perhaps I'm not thinking about this properly, but shouldn't the position represent the row number of the item out of the RecyclerView???
Ideally, I need to use the position so that I can obtain the correct item from the 'list' (ArrayList) so that I can pass information to my next Activity using the Intent
I found the issue.
Change this line in onCreateViewHolder:
return ViewHolder(itemView)
to this one:
return viewHolder
I would reorganize the adapter like this:
class PNHLePlayerAdapter : androidx.recyclerview.widget.RecyclerView.Adapter<Adapter.ViewHolder>() {
interface AdapterListener {
fun onItemSelected(position: Int?)
}
var players: List<Player> = listOf()
set(value) {
field = value
this.notifyDataSetChanged()
}
var listener: AdapterListener? = null
override fun onCreateViewHolder(parent: ViewGroup, viewType: Int): ViewHolder {
val view = LayoutInflater.from(parent.context)
.inflate(R.layout.item_car_selector, parent, false)
return ViewHolder(view)
}
override fun onBindViewHolder(holder: ViewHolder, position: Int) {
holder.bind(position)
}
override fun getItemCount(): Int {
return brands.size
}
inner class ViewHolder(view: View): androidx.recyclerview.widget.RecyclerView.ViewHolder(view) {
private var position: Int? = null
private val baseView: LinearLayout? = view.findViewById(R.id.baseView) as LinearLayout?
...
init {
baseView?.setOnClickListener {
listener?.onManufacturerSelected(position)
}
}
fun bind(position: Int) {
this.position = position
...
}
}
}
And from your activity/fragment set the listener as adapter.listener = this, and implement the onItemSelected(position: Int?)
override fun onItemSelected(position: Int?) {
...
}

Recycle views in PagerAdapter with data binding

I've been trying to implement recycling in my PagerAdapter, which I could do successfully thanks to this question however I'm running into a problem to cache the views with data binding.
I have tried like this, keeping a Stack<View>:
class CustomAdapter : PagerAdapter() {
private var recycledViews: Stack<View> = Stack()
var items: List<Item> = ArrayList()
set(value) {
field = value
notifyDataSetChanged()
}
override fun instantiateItem(container: ViewGroup, position: Int): Any {
val binding = inflateOrRecycle(container)
binding.item = items[position]
binding.handler = this
container.addView(binding.root)
return binding.root
}
private fun inflateOrRecycle(container: ViewGroup): CustomBinding {
val inflater = LayoutInflater.from(container.context)
return if (recycledViews.isEmpty()) {
CustomBinding.inflate(inflater, container, false)
} else {
val view = recycledViews.pop()
CustomBinding.bind(view)
}
}
override fun destroyItem(container: ViewGroup, position: Int, `object`: Any) {
val view = `object` as View
container.removeView(view)
recycledViews.add(view)
}
}
However, whenever it tries to use a recycled view for the first time and calls CustomBinding.bind(view) it crashes because the view must have a tag. I've searched this, but none of the answers I've found have quite fixed my problem.
I've also tried keeping a Stack<CustomBinding>, but the problem is I'm not sure how to handle the destroyItem method. Because if I do:
override fun destroyItem(container: ViewGroup, position: Int, `object`: Any) {
val view = `object` as View
container.removeView(view)
recycledViews.add(CustomBinding.bind(view))
}
I'll still get the same error. How can I "recycle" data binding objects like this? Or, if I recycle the views themselves, how do I convert them back to binding objects?
You have done a simple mistake, I guess.
You can correct me if I am wrong, I tried with this adapter and it worked.
val demoAdapter = object : PagerAdapter() {
private var recycledViews: Stack<View> = Stack()
var items: List<String> = ArrayList()
set(value) {
field = value
notifyDataSetChanged()
}
override fun instantiateItem(container: ViewGroup, position: Int): Any {
val binding = inflateOrRecycle(container)
container.addView(binding.root)
return binding.root
}
private fun inflateOrRecycle(container: ViewGroup): DemoItemBinding {
val inflater = LayoutInflater.from(container.context)
return if (recycledViews.isEmpty()) {
DemoItemBinding.inflate(inflater, container, false)
} else {
val view = recycledViews.pop()
val custBinding = DataBindingUtil.getBinding<DemoItemBinding>(view)
if(custBinding == null)
DemoItemBinding.bind(view)
else
custBinding
}
}
override fun destroyItem(container: ViewGroup, position: Int, `object`: Any) {
val view = `object` as View
container.removeView(view)
recycledViews.add(view)
}
override fun isViewFromObject(view: View, `object`: Any): Boolean {
return `object` is View && view.equals(`object`)
}
override fun getCount(): Int {
return 4
}
}
The portion I changed from your code was this
return if (recycledViews.isEmpty()) {
CustomBinding.inflate(inflater, container, false)
} else {
val view = recycledViews.pop()
CustomBinding.bind(view)
}
to
return if (recycledViews.isEmpty()) {
DemoItemBinding.inflate(inflater, container, false)
} else {
val view = recycledViews.pop()
val custBinding = DataBindingUtil.getBinding<DemoItemBinding>(view)
if(custBinding == null)
DemoItemBinding.bind(view)
else
custBinding
}
I think, you were trying to bind to a view which already has a Binding attached to it. Thus it was giving you an error. What I have done is check for any previous binding, if it's there return the associated binding.

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