# Using View Binding to Access Android XML Views

DevFeed: [Using View Binding to Access Android XML Views](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/view-binding-the-definitive-way-to-access-views-on-android-27233.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://antonioleiva.com/view-binding-android>)

Published: 2020-05-21T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

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

Topics: [Android](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/android.md>), [android-development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/android-development.md>), [Kotlin](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/kotlin.md>), [XML](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/xml.md>)

Tags: [android](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/android.md>), [kotlin](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kotlin.md>), [view-binding](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/view-binding.md>), [xml](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/xml.md>)

## AI overview

This tutorial explains Android View Binding, compares it with Data Binding and earlier view-access approaches, and outlines configuration and use in activities and adapters.

## Source excerpt

Everything Android, Kotlin and other random topics