Kotlin: Apply vs With

Question

What is the difference between with and apply. From what I know the following code does the same thing:

swingElement.apply {
    minWidth = ENABLED_COLUMN_WI         


        

Answer 1

Here are the Similarities and Differences

Similarities

With and Apply both accept an object as a receiver in whatever manner they are passed.

Differences

With returns the last line in the lambda as the result of the expression.

Apply returns the object that was passed in as the receiver as the result of the lambda expression.

Examples

With

private val ORIENTATIONS = with(SparseIntArray()) {
    append(Surface.ROTATION_0, 90)
    append(Surface.ROTATION_90, 0)
    append(Surface.ROTATION_180, 270)
    append(Surface.ROTATION_270, 180)
}
ORIENTATIONS[0] // doesn't work 
// Here, using with prevents me from accessing the items in the SparseArray because, 
// the last line actually returns nothing

Apply

private val ORIENTATIONS = SparseIntArray().apply {
    append(Surface.ROTATION_0, 90)
    append(Surface.ROTATION_90, 0)
    append(Surface.ROTATION_180, 270)
    append(Surface.ROTATION_270, 180)
}
ORIENTATIONS[0] // Works
// Here, using apply, allows me to access the items in the SparseArray because, 
// the SparseArray is returned as the result of the expression