Android Data Binding using include tag

Question

Update note:

The above example works properly, because release 1.0-rc4 fixed the issue of needing the unnecessary variable.

Original question:

I do exactly as it is described in the documentation and it does not work:

main.xml:

<layout xmlns:andr...
    <data>
    </data>
       <include layout="@layout/buttons"></include>
....

buttons.xml:

<layout xmlns:andr...>
    <data>
    </data>
    <Button
        android:id="@+id/button"
        ...." />

MyActivity.java:

 ... binding = DataBindingUtil.inflate...
binding.button; ->cannot resolve symbol 'button'

how to get button?

Answer 1

The problem is that the included layout isn't being thought of as a data-bound layout. To make it act as one, you need to pass a variable:

buttons.xml:

<layout xmlns:andr...>
  <data>
    <variable name="foo" type="int"/>
  </data>
  <Button
    android:id="@+id/button"
    ... />

main.xml:

<layout xmlns:andr...
   ...
   <include layout="@layout/buttons"
            android:id="@+id/buttons"
            app:foo="@{1}"/>
   ...

Then you can access buttons indirectly through the buttons field:

MainBinding binding = MainBinding.inflate(getLayoutInflater());
binding.buttons.button

As of 1.0-rc4 (just released), you no longer need the variable. You can simplify it to:

buttons.xml:

<layout xmlns:andr...>
  <Button
    android:id="@+id/button"
    ... />

main.xml:

<layout xmlns:andr...
   ...
   <include layout="@layout/buttons"
            android:id="@+id/buttons"/>
   ....