A companion object sits inside a class definition and houses all the static methods which that class will own. Let’s convert a piece of Java code to Kotlin so you can see what I mean.
Using ButterKnife with Kotlin
Butterknife is a simple but fantastic tool for Android development. When this was introduced, it really simplified my thought process regarding view bindings in my activities, fragments, or view holders. As Kotlin adoption grew, Jake Wharton (creator of ButterKnife) also created KotterKnife, for kotlin-esque view bindings. KotterKnife isn’t bad, but I prefer the annotation syntax of […]