WIwiradikusuma·Feb 6, 2018
Maybe a combo of that and Anko (https://github.com/Kotlin/anko)?
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10 sourcesA very promising library, although experimental. Even has Android-specific extensions (https://github.com/Kotlin/anko/wiki/Anko-Coroutines).
In The impact of coroutines on async computationAnko: Pleasant Android application development using Kotlin
3 points · Open discussionAre you already using anko ? https://github.com/Kotlin/anko
In Get Started with Kotlin on AndroidThis is simply "parentheses in a call can be omitted entirely if the lambda is the only argument to that call." This one feature allows for type safe DSL's which eases GUI construction on Android and other domains. https://github.com/Kotlin/anko/wiki/Anko-Layouts
Its also used for chaining stream code which takes in functions. You get used to this feature very quickly.
In Learn Kotlin in Y MinutesAh, yes - layout inflation is such fun. Still, there are libraries you can use that don't require usage of lateinit. Kotterknife [1] is an option, the Kotlin android extensions [2] is another option though relying on code generation it may not be the first choice of people. Delegates in Kotlin are a powerful tool, and a great way to handle cases where you think lateinit is necessary but really isn't.
Otherwise, if you're going with Kotlin anyway you can just get rid of layout XML altogether with anko [3] or even give MVVM a shot with KBinding [4].
[1]: https://github.com/JakeWharton/kotterknife
[2]: https://kotlinlang.org/docs/tutorials/android-plugin.html
[3]: https://github.com/Kotlin/anko
[4]: https://github.com/BennyWang/KBinding
In Problems with KotlinI want to add anko, which might be more idiomatic for kotlin.
https://github.com/Kotlin/anko
In With React Native it’s not all sugar and spice> You cannot implement simple, modular, debuggable, composable DSLs with functions alone.
We've been doing this for at least ten years. Example: [1]
For someone who's convinced that DSL's are the silver bullet that everybody should be using, you don't seem to have kept up with the state of the art of the field much.
[1] https://github.com/Kotlin/anko
In Whoever does not understand Lisp is doomed to reinvent it (2007)For UI code, consider checking out anko: https://github.com/JetBrains/anko
In Kotlin: A New Hope in a Java 6 WastelandAnko – Pleasant Android development in Kotlin
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