# Property delegation in Kotlin: Assign values in Android without having the context (KAD 15)

DevFeed: [Property delegation in Kotlin: Assign values in Android without having the context (KAD 15)](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/property-delegation-in-kotlin-assign-values-in-android-without-having-the-context-kad-15-27216.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://antonioleiva.com/property-delegation-kotlin>)

Published: 2017-03-09T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Antonio Leiva](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/antonio-leiva.md>)

Topics: [Kotlin](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/kotlin.md>), [Android](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/android.md>), [context](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/context.md>), [Code](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/code.md>)

Tags: [adapter](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/adapter.md>), [android](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/android.md>), [context](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/context.md>), [dagger](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/dagger.md>), [delegation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/delegation.md>), [kotlin](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kotlin.md>), [property-delegation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/property-delegation.md>)

## AI overview

This tutorial explains Kotlin property delegation for Android development, including delaying property initialization when context is unavailable during object creation, lazily assigning a view, observing property changes in an adapter, and declaring a Dagger graph lazily.

## Source excerpt

Everything Android, Kotlin and other random topics