ExampleFragment.java

public class ExampleFragment extends Fragment {
    
    private FragmentExampleBinding binding;

    @Nullable
    @Override
    public View onCreateView(@NonNull LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container, @Nullable Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        return ViewBindingDelegate.inflate(
                FragmentExampleBinding::inflate, b -> binding = b,
                inflater, container, getViewLifecycleOwner());
    }
    
    @Override
    public void onViewCreated(@NonNull View view, @Nullable Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onViewCreated(view, savedInstanceState);
        
        // binding is assigned in onCreateView and will be set to null as soon as view lifecycle will reach DESTROYED state
        binding.textView.setText("...");
    }    
    
}

TriFunction.java

package viewbindingdelegate;

// Analog of java.util.function.Function and .BiFunction for 3 arguments
public interface TriFunction<T, U, V, R> {
    R apply(T t, U u, V v);
}

ViewBindingDelegate.java

package viewbindingdelegate;

import android.view.LayoutInflater;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.ViewGroup;

import androidx.annotation.NonNull;
import androidx.core.util.Consumer;
import androidx.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleObserver;
import androidx.lifecycle.LifecycleOwner;
import androidx.viewbinding.ViewBinding;

public class ViewBindingDelegate<VB extends ViewBinding> implements DefaultLifecycleObserver {

    private final Consumer<VB> viewBindingVarSetter;

    @NonNull
    public static <VB extends ViewBinding> View inflate(
            @NonNull TriFunction<LayoutInflater, ViewGroup, Boolean, VB> viewBindingInflateMethod,
            @NonNull Consumer<VB> viewBindingVarSetter,
            @NonNull LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
            @NonNull LifecycleOwner lifecycleOwner
    ) {
        ViewBindingDelegate<VB> delegate = new ViewBindingDelegate<>(viewBindingVarSetter);
        VB viewBinding = viewBindingInflateMethod.apply(inflater, container, false);
        viewBindingVarSetter.accept(viewBinding);
        lifecycleOwner.getLifecycle().addObserver(delegate);
        return viewBinding.getRoot();
    }

    private ViewBindingDelegate(Consumer<VB> viewBindingVarSetter) {
        this.viewBindingVarSetter = viewBindingVarSetter;
    }

    @Override
    public void onDestroy(@NonNull LifecycleOwner owner) {
        owner.getLifecycle().removeObserver(this);
        viewBindingVarSetter.accept(null);
    }

}