Binding Adapter Live Data Value Is Always Null

For some reason, the second parameter value for both binding Adapters always returns null and I cannot figure out why. I am selecting a plantIndividual from a RecyclerView in the o

Solution 1:

I guess you're setting the lifecycleOwner after setting the viewModel of your binding and as a result, after viewModel is set in binding, it cannot observe live data because the lifecycleOwner is null at that point. I suggest to set it after setting binding

binding = DataBindingUtil.inflate(inflater, R.layout.fragment_collection_individual, container, 
        false)
binding.lifecycleOwner = this

Edit: Also don't forget to use by activityViewModels instead of by viewModels to share viewModel among your fragments