steps to get rid of findViewById() using kotlin-android-extensions

viewBinding

Steps
1. add the following in build.gradle(app) 

android{
	..
	buildFeatures{
        viewBinding true
    }	
}

2. inside the layout tag in the xml file add 

<LinearLayout
	..
	tools:viewBindingIgnore="false"
>
	..
</LinearLayout>

3. (binding view) 
(a) in Activities(MainActivity.xml)

class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity(){
	private lateinit var binding : ActivityMainBinding
	..
	override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState:Bundle){
		super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
		//setContentView(R.layout.activity_main)  ------ comment this and add the following
		//__________
		binding = ActivityMainBinding.inflate(layoutInflater)
        setContentView(binding.root)
		//__________
		
		..
	}
	..	
}


done