Concat two dynamic strings using Data Binding

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Is it possible to concat two dynamic strings using Data Binding?

My code looks like:

<TextView
                    android:id="@+id/text_view_activity_profile_name"
                    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                    android:layout_below="@id/image_view_activity_profile_small_photo"
                    android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
                    android:layout_marginTop="15dp"
                    android:text="@={userdata.firstName+' '+userdata.lastName}"
                    android:textColor="@color/white"
                    android:textSize="24sp" />

,but it is not the correct way : Error:(52, 42) The expression (firstNameUserdataCha) + (lastNameUserdata) cannot cannot be inverted: Two way binding with operator + supports only a single dynamic expressions.

set your textview in your java code with setText.

Mehran Zamani
– Mehran Zamani

2017-02-27 15:34:59 +00:00
Commented Feb 27, 2017 at 15:34 — Mehran Zamani
– Mehran Zamani, Commented Feb 27, 2017 at 15:34

Carl Poole · Accepted Answer · 2017-02-27 15:15:21Z

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Try it like this instead

android:text='@{userdata.firstName+" "+userdata.lastName}'

or alternately...

android:text='@{String.format("%s %s", userdata.firstName, userdata.lastName)}'

edited Feb 27, 2017 at 15:15

answered Feb 27, 2017 at 15:07

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George Mount Over a year ago

This is right. It is not possible to use two-way data binding (@={...} instead of @{...}) with string concatenation. A third (and better) option is to use resource formatting to support multiple languages: android:text="@{@string/name(userdata.firstName, userdata.lastName)}"

Khemraj Sharma · Accepted Answer · 2018-10-03 05:21:34Z

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Below is recommended way.

It is also useful when you have localization/ multi language

Use string resource like this.

android:text="@{@string/generic_name(user.firstName,user.lastName)}"

and make string resource in strings.xml

<string name="generic_name">first name : %1$s and last name : %2$s</string>

You can check many other ways in this answer.

edited Oct 3, 2018 at 5:21

answered Aug 7, 2018 at 5:23

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Fadli · Accepted Answer · 2017-02-27 15:35:12Z

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It doesn't compile since you're using two-way data binding. Android DataBinding generated class won't be able to assign back the value of the TextView to userData since there are two variables used. You can use one-way data binding instead:

android:text='@{userData.firstName + " " + userData.lastName}'

If you really want to use two-way data binding, then make a custom converter for that.

answered Feb 27, 2017 at 15:35

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Sandeep Pareek · Accepted Answer · 2021-08-25 10:06:49Z

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                        <TextView
                        ..........
                        android:text='@{String.format("%s %s","+91", userInfo.mobile)}'
                        .............. />

try this if you want add multiple string

android:text='@{String.format("%s %s","+91", userInfo.mobile)}'

output: +91 0000000000

answered Aug 25, 2021 at 10:06

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