35.3 Adding the Layout Element
As described in “An Overview of Android Jetpack Data Binding”, in order to be able to use data binding, the layout hierarchy must have a layout component as the root view. This requires that the following changes be made to the main_fragment.xml layout file (app -> res -> layout -> main_fragment.xml). Open this file in the layout editor tool, switch to Text mode and make these changes:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layout xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout
xmlns:android="http...