Set the tint of an ImageView using databinding

Question

I use databinding to set the tint of my ImageView. And this is working well :

android:tint="@{plantEntity.isFavorite ? @color/favorite : @color/favorite_none}" />

The problem is android:tint is deprecated. When I try to use app:tint instead, I have this error :

Cannot find a setter for <android.widget.ImageView app:color> that accepts parameter type 'int'

If a binding adapter provides the setter, check that the adapter is annotated correctly and that the parameter type matches.

Why and what I have to do ? Create a BindingAdapter ?

Jéwôm' · Answer 1 · 2022-01-25T15:24:08.623

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It's working and using androidx.appcompat.widget.AppCompatImageView.

And app:tint is no more deprecated.

edited Jan 25 '22 at 15:24

answered Nov 29 '20 at 09:15

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android:tint is deprecated. but is not deprecated if you use androidx.appcompat.widget.AppCompatImageView instead of ImageView – Javad B Dec 31 '20 at 08:36
`Must use app:tint instead of android:tint` – user924 Jan 25 '22 at 13:06
Quite the opposite - use `android:tint` – divonas Mar 23 '22 at 11:33

score 7 · Accepted Answer · edited Jan 25 '22 at 13:08

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similar to what has been discussed on Tint does not work <21 version in DataBinding

add a binding adapter:

@JvmStatic
@BindingAdapter("app:tint")
fun ImageView.setImageTint(@ColorInt color: Int) {
  setColorFilter(color)
}

and you don't have to use any compat if your minSdk is > 21 (which is a good deal anyway in 2021 you should not support anything below 26)

anyhow .. this seems to be a fug on the androidx.databinding expression https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/152953070

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No need for the `app:` prefix in the Binding Adapter annotation. – ubuntudroid Apr 07 '22 at 10:18

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 23 '22 at 11:35

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Use androidx.appcompat.widget.AppCompatImageView with android:tint.

answered Mar 23 '22 at 11:35

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