Setting text in EditText Kotlin

Question

I am trying to set text in a EditText but it says:

Type mismatch. 
Required: Editable 
Found: String

My code is as follow:

String name = "Paramjeet"
val nametxt = findViewById (R.id.nametxt) as EditText
nametxt.text = name

Don't say to use setText because I am using kotlin, not Java.

Answer 1

Use setText(String), since editText.text expects an Editable, not a String.

Answer 2

Use setText(String) as EditText.text requires an editable at firstplace not String

WHY ?

Nice explanation by Michael given under this link. Do visit this link for more detail

When generating a synthetic property for a Java getter/setter pair Kotlin first looks for a getter. The getter is enough to create a synthetic property with a type of the getter. On the other hand the property will not be created if only a setter presents.

When a setter comes into play property creation becomes more difficult. The reason is that the getter and the setter may have different type. Moreover, the getter and/or the setter may be overridden in a subclass.