DSL element 'android.dataBinding.enabled' is obsolete and has been replaced with 'android.buildFeatures.dataBinding'

Question

Gets following warning when building the project

DSL element 'android.dataBinding.enabled' is obsolete and has been replaced with 'android.buildFeatures.dataBinding'.

I am using Android Studio Canary 6

Answer 1

Starting from Android Gradle Plugin 4.0.0-alpha05 there is a new block called buildFeatures to enable build features.

So in order to enable databinding with new AGP plugin you have do like following in module (ex: app) level gradle file

build.gradle ( Groovy DSL )

// shorter version
// android.buildFeatures.dataBinding true


// longer version

android {

    buildFeatures {

         dataBinding true

         // for view binding:
         // viewBinding true
    }
}

build.gradle.kts ( Kotlin DSL )

// shorter version
// android.buildFeatures.dataBinding = true


// longer version

android {

  buildFeatures {

         dataBinding = true

         // for view binding:
         // viewBinding = true
    }
}

Reference: https://developer.android.com/studio/releases/gradle-plugin#buildFeatures