Binding data to views in Android can be an exercise in redundancy. We have typed the methods ‘findViewById’ and ‘setText’ many times and have consigned ourselves to the monotony. At Google I/O 2015, a new data binding library was announced that promises to free us from much of the boilerplate code we write for our views. Even in its beta release, the library is powerful and useful. The Data Binding Guide provided by Google teases the capabilities of this library. This course will explore the details of the data-binding library mixing both theory and practice. After finishing the course, you will have a solid foundation on how to use the data binding library to reduce your development time and increase your code clarity.
Author Name: Richard Cirerol
Author Description:
Richard is a Senior Software Developer for Vertigo Software. He takes a holistic approach toward software development by exploring pan-technological, as well as non-technological solutions to customer issues. Richard’s latest endeavor is Android application development – with a focus on media-centric applications for high-profile clients. He has a background in .NET web application development with a particular fondness for the Nancy framework. He also has a passion for building API-centric serv… more

Table of Contents

• Introduction
  8mins
• Simple Data Binding
  35mins
• Custom and Dynamic Binding
  25mins
• Observables
  20mins
• Pitfalls and Pro-tips
  9mins