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Android

Saul Glasman
Saul Glasman
18,284 Points
Posted by Saul Glasman
Saul Glasman
18,284 Points

Different ways of getting a binding object

I'm in the middle of the new "Android lists and adapters" course and I'm working through my confusion around the different objects involved in setting up a RecyclerView. The line of code I'm finding the most difficult is 

        HourlyListItemBinding binding = DataBindingUtil.inflate(LayoutInflater.from(parent.getContext()),
                R.layout.hourly_list_item, parent, false);

in the onCreateViewHolder method in the HourlyAdapter. I understand that it's necessary to get an HourlyListItemBinding object to make the hour data show in the list item, but I don't understand why this "inflate" method is the way to do it. For example, in the HourlyForecastActivity, we get a binding object using DataBindingUtil.setContentView instead. What's the difference between these two situations?