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Android Kotlin and Anko Learning Anko Placing the Button

Raveesh Agarwal
Raveesh Agarwal
2,994 Points
Posted by Raveesh Agarwal
Raveesh Agarwal
2,994 Points

Can't assign the ID in this way

Hi, I am using Anko 0.10.1 When I try to assign id under textView block as id = 11, the compiler shows Anko runtime exception, please check.

2 Answers

Nair nahim
Nair nahim
1,372 Points

Ok looks like you need to define a val to assign it, maybe is because it only accept inmutable values on ID's.

import org.jetbrains.anko.relativeLayout
import org.jetbrains.anko.textView

class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity() {

    override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)

        var counter = 0
        val ID_OK = 11
        relativeLayout(){
            val counterTextView = textView {
                id = ID_OK
                text = "0"
                textSize = 24f
            }

            button {
                setOnClickListener {
                    counter++
                    counterTextView.text = counter.toString()
                }
            }.lparams {
                below(counterTextView)
            }

        }
    }
}
Raveesh Agarwal
Raveesh Agarwal
2,994 Points
Raveesh Agarwal
Raveesh Agarwal
2,994 Points 
import org.jetbrains.anko.relativeLayout
import org.jetbrains.anko.textView

class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity() {

    @SuppressLint("ResourceType")
    override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)

        var counter = 0
        relativeLayout(){
            val counterTextView = textView {
                id = 11
                text = "0"
                textSize = 24f
            }

            button {
                setOnClickListener {
                    counter++
                    counterTextView.text = counter.toString()
                }
            }.lparams {
                below(counterTextView)
            }

        }
    }
}

adding @SuppressLint("ResourceType") made the error go away.

Nair nahim
Nair nahim
1,372 Points

It works but thats not the correct way to solve things.