Error using databinding in android

Question

I am trying to test data binding as given in the guide here. I have included this in my build.gradle file (of module app) :

compileSdkVersion \'android-MNC\         


        

Answer 1

This appears to be an issue in android studio. The editor will flag it as an error however it will still compile.

I had the same issue and so I cloned this example repo to test my system is configured correctly to support the databinding api https://github.com/mgrzechocinski/android-bindings-example

Ignore the error warning on the layout tag. It is wrong.

Something I noticed is you don't necessarily require the data tag if are simply using the databinding to get access to the views items through the BindingActivity class that is generated.