androidandroid-databinding

Data binding: set property if it isn't null


Cannot understand... How to set some property of view only if variable field isn't null?
For example

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">

    <data>
        <variable
            name="item"
            type="com.test.app.Item" />
    </data>

    <RelativeLayout
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="60dp"
        android:orientation="horizontal">

        <ImageView
            android:id="@+id/icon"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
            android:layout_alignParentStart="true"
            android:layout_centerVertical="true"
            android:layout_margin="16dp"
            android:src="@{item.getDrawable()}"/>

        <LinearLayout
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_centerVertical="true"
            android:layout_marginEnd="16dp"
            android:layout_marginLeft="72dp"
            android:layout_marginRight="16dp"
            android:layout_marginStart="72dp"
            android:layout_toLeftOf="@id/action"
            android:layout_toStartOf="@id/action"
            android:orientation="vertical">

            <TextView
                android:id="@+id/text1"
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:singleLine="true"
                android:textColor="@color/black_87"
                android:textSize="16sp"
                android:text="@{item.getTitle()}"/>

            <TextView
                android:id="@+id/text2"
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:autoLink="web|email"
                android:linksClickable="false"
                android:singleLine="true"
                android:textColor="@color/black_54"
                android:textSize="14sp"
                android:text="@{item.getSubtitle()}"/>


        </LinearLayout>

    </RelativeLayout>
</layout>

Some field of Item can be null and I won't call methods of layout views unnecessarily. And I won't get NullPointerException. How can I set property only if it isn't null?
P.S. Sorry for English.


Solution

  • Well data binding avoids NullPointerException in general by checking for it and assigns the default value (null for example) even if item itself is null in your example.

    But a basic example for null checks for the item's properties:

    android:text='@{item.title != null ? user.title : ""}'
    

    Or use the "Null Coalescing Operator". The null coalescing operator (??) chooses the left operand if it is not null or the right if it is null.

    android:text='@{item.title ?? ""}'
    

    Note that title or getTitle doesn't matter.