Android Development: Data Binding

Discover the benefits of data binding for Android apps. Learn how to work with binding expressions, bind to observable data sources, and more.

Android data binding architecture components make it easier to connect an application's data with application layouts. This eliminates an excess of boilerplate code and leads to more modular programs with greater separation of data and presentation. In this course, explore the benefits of data binding for Android developers, as well as how to enable data binding for your own app. Learn how to create a data model and add data binding support to your Android layout file. Discover how to use binding expressions to manipulate data values directly within an Android layout; bind to observable data sources to ensure that changes are automatically reflected in the layout; use binding adapters; and more.

Introduction

• Simplify your data-driven layouts
• What you should know
• Getting set up

1. Overview

• What is data binding?
• Doing things the old way
• Setting up your project

2. Basic Data Binding

• Create binding layout
• Create databound activity

3. Layout Expressions

• The binding expression language
• Using binding expressions
• Challenge: String concatenation expression
• Solution: String concatenation expression

4. Binding to Observable Data

• Overview of observables
• Binding to observables
• Binding to ViewModels
• Using binding adapters
• Two-way binding syntax
• Using converters
• Challenge: Color binding adapter
• Solution: Color binding adapter

Conclusion

• Next steps

Introduction

• Simplify your data-driven layouts
• What you should know
• Getting set up

1. Overview

• What is data binding?
• Doing things the old way
• Setting up your project

2. Basic Data Binding

• Create binding layout
• Create databound activity

3. Layout Expressions

• The binding expression language
• Using binding expressions
• Challenge: String concatenation expression
• Solution: String concatenation expression

4. Binding to Observable Data

• Overview of observables
• Binding to observables
• Binding to ViewModels
• Using binding adapters
• Two-way binding syntax
• Using converters
• Challenge: Color binding adapter
• Solution: Color binding adapter

Conclusion

• Next steps