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Neil Smyth
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Neil Smyth has over 25 years of experience in the IT industry, including roles in software development and enterprise-level UNIX and Linux system administration. In addition to a bachelor's degree in information technology, he also holds A+, Security+, Network+, Project+, and Microsoft Certified Professional certifications and is a CIW Database Design Specialist. Neil is the co-founder and CEO of Payload Media, Inc. (a technical content publishing company), and the author of the Essentials range of programming and system administration books.
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11.8 Migrating a Project to View Binding

The process for converting a project module to use view binding involves the following steps:

1. Edit the module level Gradle build script file listed in the Project tool window as Gradle Scripts -> build.gradle (Module: <project name>.app) where <project name> is the name of the project (for example AndroidSample).

2. Locate the android section of the file and add an entry to enable the viewBinding property as follows:

android {

 

    buildFeatures {

        viewBinding true

    }

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3. Click on the Sync Now link at the top of the editor to resynchronize the project with these new build settings.

4. Edit the MainActivity.kt file and modify it to read as follows (where <reverse domain> represents the domain name used when the project was created and <project name> is replaced by the lowercase name...

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Neil Smyth

Neil Smyth has over 25 years of experience in the IT industry, including roles in software development and enterprise-level UNIX and Linux system administration. In addition to a bachelor's degree in information technology, he also holds A+, Security+, Network+, Project+, and Microsoft Certified Professional certifications and is a CIW Database Design Specialist. Neil is the co-founder and CEO of Payload Media, Inc. (a technical content publishing company), and the author of the Essentials range of programming and system administration books.
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