Databinding variable inheritance with included layout

Question

I am learning data binding and mvvm. I have an issue where I would like a BaseViewModel.kt to include some UI related variables such as an isLoading flag and loadingText. When a network request is made, I set isLoading to true and some child of my base view model should set the text. For example for a LoginViewModel.kt the text might be 'logging in'. Is it possible to pass these variables to an included base layout?

So a login_activity.xml might include this in it's layout:

    <data>
        <import type="android.view.View" />
        <variable
            name="viewModel"
            type="core.sdk.ui.login.LoginViewModel" />
    </data>

<!-- Various click listeners using the viewModel variable -->

    <include
        android:id="@+id/progress_include"
        layout="@layout/progress_bar"
        android:visibility="@{viewModel.isLoading ? View.VISIBLE : View.GONE}"
        bind:viewModel="@{viewModel}"/>

Now I want my progress_bar.xml to be nice and generic and use the base view model:

<layout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
tools:context="core.sdk.ui.login.LoginActivity">

<data>

    <import type="android.view.View" />

    <variable
        name="viewModel"
        type="core.sdk.ui.base.BaseViewModel" />

</data>

<LinearLayout
    android:id="@+id/circular_progress"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:layout_gravity="center"
    android:gravity="center"
    android:orientation="vertical">

    <android.support.v4.widget.ContentLoadingProgressBar
        style="@style/Widget.AppCompat.ProgressBar"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" />

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/progress_text"
        style="@style/TextAppearance.AppCompat.Subhead"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:fontFamily="sans-serif-thin"
        android:gravity="center_horizontal"
        android:text="@{viewModel.loadingText}"
        android:textStyle="italic"
        tools:text="loading..." />
</LinearLayout>

The error I get is something like

****/ data binding error ****msg:Cannot find the setter for attribute 'bind:viewModel' with parameter type core.sdk.ui.login.LoginViewModel

If this isn't possible the only alternative I can see is to remove the include and copy and paste the progress bar + text to every view model which isn't very nice.

Answer 1

I think you should cast it in the binding:

<include
    android:id="@+id/progress_include"
    layout="@layout/progress_bar"
    android:visibility="@{viewModel.isLoading ? View.VISIBLE : View.GONE}"
    bind:viewModel="@{(core.sdk.ui.base.BaseViewModel)viewModel}"/>