keno.basedow

keno.basedow

Kotlin and Android Development featuring Jetpack: Cannot find identifier 'basicAI' (version B4.0 page 78)

Hello Michael,

i have problems with this line on page 78 in version B4.0:

android:entries=“@{AI.basicAI}”

it shows the error message:

Cannot find identifier ‘basicAI’

I solved the problem changing the line to:

android:entries=“@{AI.getBasicAI()}”

I found the solution on the internet page in the answer of [dominicoder]:

I used Tools > Kotlin > Show Kotlin Bytecode > Decompile to take a look how java has encoded the property.

Am i on the right path? Or do i have any other kind of problem?

I am using Android Studio 4.1.1 and these library versions:

kotlin_version = “1.4.21”
gradle_version = “4.1.1”
app_compat_version = “1.2.0”
constraint_layout_version = “2.0.4”
core_version = “1.3.2”
lc_version = “2.2.0”
nav_version = “2.3.2”

Best regards

Keno Basedow

Marked As Solved

mfazio23

mfazio23

Author of Kotlin and Android Development featuring Jetpack

Hey Keno!
You’re definitely on the right path here, but the error in Android Studio about not being able to find AI.basicAI is incorrectly flagged. That being said, I like using AI.getBasicAI() to avoid this kind of confusion.

Looking at the Java code is the right approach as Kotlin properties are converted in the fashion you saw. This means properties of a Kotlin class are accessed on the Java side by get()/set() methods.

I’m going to switch up the code and include a little note explaining the difference here. Thanks!

Where Next?

Popular Pragmatic Bookshelf topics Top

jon
Some minor things in the paper edition that says “3 2020” on the title page verso, not mentioned in the book’s errata online: p. 186 But...
New
jdufour
Hello! On page xix of the preface, it says there is a community forum "… for help if your’re stuck on one of the exercises in this book… ...
New
herminiotorres
Hi @Margaret , On page VII the book tells us the example and snippets will be all using Elixir version 1.11 But on page 3 almost the en...
New
jskubick
I found an issue in Chapter 7 regarding android:backgroundTint vs app:backgroundTint. How to replicate: load chapter-7 from zipfile i...
New
adamwoolhether
Is there any place where we can discuss the solutions to some of the exercises? I can figure most of them out, but am having trouble with...
New
AufHe
I’m a newbie to Rails 7 and have hit an issue with the bin/Dev script mentioned on pages 112-113. Iteration A1 - Seeing the list of prod...
New
s2k
Hi all, currently I wonder how the Tailwind colours work (or don’t work). For example, in app/views/layouts/application.html.erb I have...
New
kolossal
Hi, I need some help, I’m new to rust and was learning through your book. but I got stuck at the last stage of distribution. Whenever I t...
New
rainforest
Hi, I’ve got a question about the implementation of PubSub when using a Phoenix.Socket.Transport behaviour rather than channels. Before ...
New
dachristenson
@mfazio23 Android Studio will not accept anything I do when trying to use the Transformations class, as described on pp. 140-141. Googl...
New

Other popular topics Top

PragmaticBookshelf
Instantly view the changes you make to an app with stateful hot reload, and define a declarative UI in the same language as the app logic...
New
New
PragmaticBookshelf
Machine learning can be intimidating, with its reliance on math and algorithms that most programmers don't encounter in their regular wor...
New
AstonJ
poll poll Be sure to check out @Dusty’s article posted here: An Introduction to Alternative Keyboard Layouts It’s one of the best write-...
New
AstonJ
I’ve been hearing quite a lot of comments relating to the sound of a keyboard, with one of the most desirable of these called ‘thock’, he...
New
AstonJ
I ended up cancelling my Moonlander order as I think it’s just going to be a bit too bulky for me. I think the Planck and the Preonic (o...
New
AstonJ
Continuing the discussion from Thinking about learning Crystal, let’s discuss - I was wondering which languages don’t GC - maybe we can c...
New
PragmaticBookshelf
Author Spotlight: Peter Ullrich @PJUllrich Data is at the core of every business, but it is useless if nobody can access and analyze ...
New
CommunityNews
Open-source implementation of the classic GTA engine now running directly in your browser. Experience the reVC technology demo on DOS.Zon...
New
xiji2646-netizen
There’s a GitHub repo at forrestchang/andrej-karpathy-skills that’s sitting at 97.8k stars. It’s a single CLAUDE.md file with four behavi...
New

Sub Categories: