What is the difference between textView.setText(string) and textView.text = $string

Question

Hi I am making a app with Kotlin and I found that I can both use

textView.setText(str)

and

textView.text =         


        

Answer 1

The method setText() and getText() are called setters and getters, they are automatically generated in kotlin.

class ClassName{
    var name: String= "some_value"
}

You can use the name property directly with the object of the class or you can also use the auto-generated setter method.

class Another{
    var c = ClassName()

    c.name = "value"
    c.setName("value")
}

But if a property starts with a val instead of var then it is immutable and does not allow a setter.
In case you want to read further:- Setters and getters in kotlin