Kotlin synthetic extension and several include same layout

Question

How to access to view using kotlin synthetic extension if I have a layout like below:

file:two_days_view.xml

<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:orientation="vertical">

    <include
        android:id="@+id/day1"
        layout="@layout/day_row"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" />

    <include
        android:id="@+id/day2"
        layout="@layout/day_row"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
</LinearLayout>

file: day_row.xml

   <LinearLayout
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:orientation="vertical"       >

        <TextView
            android:id="@+id/dayName"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content" />

    </LinearLayout>

How to access to dayName? I looked for some like this:

day1.dayName.text = "xxx"
day2.dayName.text = "sss"

I see in Studio that I have access to dayName but to which one of dayName TextView is reference to?

Normal if I have only one included layout it works fine. But now I have multiple times included same layout.

of course I can always do:

day1.findViewById(R.id.dayName).text = "xxx"

but I'm looking for nice solution. :)

Answer 1

As a general rule of thumb, you should not construct layouts that end up having multiple views with the same id - for this very reason.

But, to solve your problem: Instead of importing

kotlinx.android.synthetic.main.layout.day_row.*

you can import

kotlinx.android.synthetic.main.layout.day_row.view.* (Notice the additional .view at the end).

This will import the views not as properties on the Activity/Fragment level, but instead as extension properties for View. That way, you can do it the way you want, assuming that day1 and day2 contain the views you want:

day1.dayName.text = "xxx"
day2.dayName.text = "sss"