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Android

Posted by Eric Drake
Eric Drake
6,339 Points

ActivityMainBinding class not resolving in the Weather app project

I'm working on the "Plugging in the Data" section of the "Build a weather app" project. The project calls for using data binding to link data from an object to the TextViews that correspond to it. I get an error "cannot find symbol ActivityMainBinding" in my MainActivity.java file. My understanding is that this class was supposed to be auto-generated, but I guess I missed a step.

Here is my MainActivity.java file

package com.doublel.stormy;

import android.content.Context;
import android.net.ConnectivityManager;
import android.net.NetworkInfo;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.text.method.LinkMovementMethod;
import android.util.Log;
import android.widget.TextView;
import android.widget.Toast;

import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity;
import androidx.databinding.DataBindingUtil;

import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
import org.json.JSONException;
import org.json.JSONObject;

import java.io.IOException;

import okhttp3.Call;
import okhttp3.Callback;
import okhttp3.OkHttpClient;
import okhttp3.Request;
import okhttp3.Response;

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
    public static final String TAG = MainActivity.class.getSimpleName();
    private CurrentWeather currentWeather;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        final ActivityMainBinding binding = DataBindingUtil.setContentView(MainActivity.this, R.layout.activity_main);

        TextView darkSky = findViewById(R.id.darkSkyAttribution);
        darkSky.setMovementMethod(LinkMovementMethod.getInstance());

        double latitude = 42.52972;
        double longitude = -113.799639;
        String apiKey = "6d869eb5c52787b691e69ffeca85d3af";
        String forecastURL = "https://api.darksky.net/forecast/" + apiKey + "/" + latitude + "," + longitude;

        if(isNetworkAvailable()) {
            OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient();
            Request request = new Request.Builder().url(forecastURL).build();

            Call call = client.newCall(request);
            call.enqueue(new Callback() {
                @Override
                public void onFailure(@NotNull Call call, @NotNull IOException e) {
                    Log.e(TAG, "Response failed with error: ", e);
                    e.printStackTrace();
                }

                @Override
                public void onResponse(@NotNull Call call, @NotNull Response response) throws IOException {
                    try {
                        String jsonData = response.body().string();
                        Log.v(TAG, jsonData);

                        if (response.isSuccessful()) {
                            currentWeather = getCurrentDetails(jsonData);
                            CurrentWeather displayWeather = new CurrentWeather(
                                    currentWeather.getLocationLabel(),
                                    currentWeather.getIcon(),
                                    currentWeather.getTime(),
                                    currentWeather.getTemperature(),
                                    currentWeather.getHumidity(),
                                    currentWeather.getPrecipChance(),
                                    currentWeather.getSummary(),
                                    currentWeather.getTimezone()
                            );
                            binding.setWeather(displayWeather);
                        } else {
                            alertUserAboutError();
                        }
                    } catch (IOException e) {
                        Log.e(TAG, "IO Exception caught: ", e);
                    } catch (JSONException e){
                        Log.e(TAG, "JSON Exception caught: ", e);
                    }
                }
            });
        } else {
            Toast.makeText(this, getString(R.string.network_unavailable_message), Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
        }
        Log.d(TAG, "Main UI code is running.");
    }

    private CurrentWeather getCurrentDetails(String jsonData) throws JSONException {
        JSONObject forecast = new JSONObject(jsonData);
        JSONObject currently = forecast.getJSONObject("currently");
        CurrentWeather currentWeather = new CurrentWeather();
        currentWeather.setHumidity(currently.getDouble("humidity"));
        currentWeather.setTemperature(currently.getDouble("temperature"));
        currentWeather.setPrecipChance(currently.getDouble("precipProbability"));
        currentWeather.setLocationLabel("Burley, Idaho");
        currentWeather.setSummary(currently.getString("summary"));
        currentWeather.setTime(currently.getLong("time"));
        currentWeather.setIcon(currently.getString("icon"));
        currentWeather.setTimezone(forecast.getString("timezone"));

        Log.d(TAG, "Current Time: " + currentWeather.getFormattedTime());

        return currentWeather;
    }

    private boolean isNetworkAvailable() {
        ConnectivityManager manager = (ConnectivityManager) getSystemService(Context.CONNECTIVITY_SERVICE);
        NetworkInfo networkInfo = manager.getActiveNetworkInfo();

        boolean isAvailable = false;
        if(networkInfo != null && networkInfo.isConnected()){
            isAvailable = true;
        }
        return isAvailable;
    }

    private void alertUserAboutError() {
        AlertDialogFragment dialog = new AlertDialogFragment();
        dialog.show(getFragmentManager(), "error_dialog");
    }
}

Here is my content_main.xml file

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools">
    <data>
        <variable name="weather" type="com.doublel.stormy.CurrentWeather" />
    </data>

<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:background="@color/colorAppBackground"
    tools:context=".MainActivity"
    tools:showIn="@layout/activity_main">

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/temperatureValue"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:fontFamily="sans-serif-black"
        android:text="100"
        android:textColor="@color/colorTextColor"
        android:textSize="150sp"
        app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />

    <ImageView
        android:id="@+id/degreeImageView"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginTop="20dp"
        app:layout_constraintLeft_toRightOf="@id/temperatureValue"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="@id/temperatureValue"
        app:srcCompat="@drawable/degree" />

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/timeValue"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:fontFamily="sans-serif-black"
        android:text="@string/label_default_time"
        android:textColor="@color/colorHalfWhite"
        android:textSize="30sp"
        app:layout_constraintBottom_toTopOf="@id/temperatureValue"
        app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent" />

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/locationValue"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginBottom="24dp"
        android:fontFamily="sans-serif-black"
        android:text="@string/label_default_location"
        android:textColor="@color/colorTextColor"
        android:textSize="30sp"
        app:layout_constraintBottom_toTopOf="@id/timeValue"
        app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent" />

    <ImageView
        android:id="@+id/iconImageView"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginBottom="32dp"
        app:layout_constraintBottom_toTopOf="@id/locationValue"
        app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"
        app:srcCompat="@drawable/cloudy_night"
        tools:layout_editor_absoluteY="158dp" />

    <androidx.constraintlayout.widget.Guideline
        android:id="@+id/guideline3"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:orientation="vertical"
        app:layout_constraintGuide_percent="0.33" />

    <androidx.constraintlayout.widget.Guideline
        android:id="@+id/guideline4"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:orientation="vertical"
        app:layout_constraintGuide_percent="0.66" />

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/humidityLabel"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="@string/label_humidity"
        android:textColor="@color/colorTextColor"
        android:textSize="24sp"
        app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="@id/guideline3"
        app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="@id/guideline3"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@id/temperatureValue" />

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/humidityValue"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="0.88"
        android:textAlignment="center"
        android:textColor="@color/colorHalfWhite"
        app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="@id/guideline3"
        app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="@id/guideline3"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@id/humidityLabel" />

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/precipitationLabel"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="@string/precip_label"
        android:textColor="@color/colorTextColor"
        android:textSize="24sp"
        app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="@id/guideline4"
        app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="@id/guideline4"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@id/temperatureValue" />

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/precipitationValue"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="70%"
        android:textAlignment="center"
        android:textColor="@color/colorHalfWhite"
        app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="@id/guideline4"
        app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="@id/guideline4"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@id/precipitationLabel" />

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/summaryValue"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginTop="32dp"
        android:textColor="@color/colorTextColor"
        android:text="@{weather.summary}"
        app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@id/precipitationValue" />

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/darkSkyAttribution"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginBottom="32dp"
        android:text="@string/darksky_message"
        android:textColor="@color/colorTextColor"
        app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent" />

</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>
</layout>

Please help my understand where I went wrong. Thanks.

2 Answers

Lauren Moineau
Lauren Moineau
9,483 Points

Hi Eric. The problem is that your XML file name is content_main.xml but you call activity_main.xml in your code.

You have 2 options:

  • rename your XML file to activity_main.xml
  • In onCreate(), modify your generated binding class as such (using content_main.xml):
    final ContentMainBinding binding = DataBindingUtil.setContentView(MainActivity.this,
                R.layout.content_main);

That should fix it :)

Remy Benza
Remy Benza
6,259 Points
Remy Benza
Remy Benza
6,259 Points

Try rebuilding your project with 'Build -> Rebuild Project'. Your xml data tags are set correctly.

Eric Drake
Eric Drake
6,339 Points

Thanks for the suggestion. I tried it this morning, and the ActivityMainBinding class still doesn't resolve. Does this have something to do with my using the androidx support library instead of android.support?