Android - DataBinding - How and when the Binding classes will be generated?

Question

DataBinding Guide States

  By default, a Binding class will be generated based on the name of the layout 
file, converting it to Pascal case and suffixing “Bindi         


        

Answer 1

If you don't want to restart android studio, one way is to rename activity_main.xml to something else e.g activity_m.xml and then rename it back to activity_main.xml. It is much faster than restarting android studio.

To rename, right click on activity_main.xml and choose Refactor => Rename