How to use Data Binding and Kotlin in Android Studio 3.0.0

I just started to use Android Studio 3.0.0, but every time I try to build my project I get this error:

Error:Circular dependency between the following tasks:
:app:compileDebugKotlin
+--- :app:dataBindingExportBuildInfoDebug
|    \--- :app:compileDebugKotlin (*)
\--- :app:kaptDebugKotlin
     \--- :app:dataBindingExportBuildInfoDebug (*)
(*) - details omitted (listed previously)

I am using

kapt "com.android.databinding:compiler:2.2.0"

Before I was using

androidProcessor "com.android.databinding:compiler:2.2.0"

And it was working just fine... What I am doing wrong??

Thanks!

UPD: This was fixed for Android Gradle plugin 3.0.0-alpha3, in yout project root build.gradle, change the buildscript dependencies to use

classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.0.0-alpha3'

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This is actually a bug in the Kotlin Gradle plugin 1.1.2-4 inter-operation with the Android Gradle plugin 3.0.0-alpha1, caused by how the inputs and outputs of the tasks are set (and thus how the tasks are connected with the depends-on relation).

Thanks @VyacheslavGerasimov for creating the issue KT-17936.

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As a temporary workaround, you can try to revert to Kotlin Gradle plugin 1.1.2-2 and disable incremental compilation:

In your project's root build.gradle, change the version of the Kotlin Gradle plugin:

buildscript {
    ...
    dependencies {
        ...
        classpath 'org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:1.1.2-2'
    }
}

Add local.properties to the project root, with the following line:

kotlin.incremental=false

^{It is a known issue that the Kotlin Gradle plugin 1.1.2-2 and below crashes with the newest AGP versions, and disabling incremental compilation seems to fix that crash.}

It seems that you need 3 gradle entries in the app .gradle at module level to add data binding

1. apply plugin: 'kotlin-kapt'
2. android { ... dataBinding { enabled = true } }
3. dependencies { ...... kapt "com.android.databinding:compiler:$compiler_version" }

Notice that I made compiler version a variable in the project level build gradle so it can be managed from a single place

default was: ext.kotlin_version = '1.1.3-2'

I added with bracket syntax:

ext{
    kotlin_version = '1.1.3-2'
    compiler_version = '3.0.0-beta6'
}


    

For those still looking for a proper solution, Google has already fixed this issue in Android Studio 3.0 Canary 3 build.

Friday, June 2, 2017

> We have just released Android Studio 3.0 Canary 3 to the Canary and > Dev Channels. The Android Gradle Plugin 3.0.0-alpha3 was also released > through maven.google.com. This release has fixes to Gradle, Kotlin, > and many other fixes. We continue to fix bugs in all areas of Studio > 3.0 as we stabilize our features, so please continue to pass on feedback.

Working gradle configuration:

build.gradle (project)

buildscript {
    ext.kotlin_version = '1.1.2-4'
    repositories {
        jcenter()
        maven {
            url 'https://maven.google.com'
        }
    }
    dependencies {
        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.0.0-alpha3'
        classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:$kotlin_version"
    }
}

build.gradle (module)

apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
apply plugin: 'kotlin-android'
apply plugin: 'kotlin-kapt'


android {
    dataBinding.enabled = true
}
dependencies {
    kapt "com.android.databinding:compiler:3.0.0-alpha3"
}

If you use Kotlin Gradle plugin 1.3 and higher, you do not need to specify kapt "com.android.databinding:compiler:$plugin_version"

https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/KT-32057

It is enough to specify dataBinding in your build.gradle file:

android {
    ...
    dataBinding {
        enabled = true
    }
}

or

android {
    ...
    buildFeatures {
        dataBinding true
    }
}