How do I create an enum from a string in Kotlin?

Question

I have an enum with some instances Foo and Bar. If I have a string \"Foo\", how can I instantiate a Foo enum from that?

Answer 1

As bashor suggested, use MyEnum.valueOf() but please have in mind that it throws an exception if value can't be found. I recommend using:

enum class MyEnum {
  Foo Bar Baz
}

try {
   myVar = MyEnum.valueOf("Qux")
} catch(e: IllegalArgumentException) {
   Log.d(TAG, "INVALID MyEnum value: 'Qux' | $e")
}