Fragment arguments without hassle !

FragmentArgumentDelegate.kt

package be.brol

import android.os.Binder
import android.os.Bundle
import android.support.v4.app.BundleCompat
import android.support.v4.app.Fragment

/**
 * Eases the Fragment.newInstance ceremony by marking the fragment's args with this delegate
 * Just write the property in newInstance and read it like any other property after the fragment has been created
 *
 * Inspired by Adam Powell, he mentioned it during his IO/17 talk about Kotlin
 */
class FragmentArgumentDelegate<T : Any> : kotlin.properties.ReadWriteProperty<Fragment, T> {

    var value: T? = null

    override operator fun getValue(thisRef: android.support.v4.app.Fragment, property: kotlin.reflect.KProperty<*>): T {
        if (value == null) {
            val args = thisRef.arguments ?: throw IllegalStateException("Cannot read property ${property.name} if no arguments have been set")
            @Suppress("UNCHECKED_CAST")
            value = args.get(property.name) as T
        }
        return value ?: throw IllegalStateException("Property ${property.name} could not be read")
    }

    override operator fun setValue(thisRef: android.support.v4.app.Fragment, property: kotlin.reflect.KProperty<*>, value: T) {
        if (thisRef.arguments == null) thisRef.arguments = android.os.Bundle()

        val args = thisRef.arguments
        val key = property.name

        when (value) {
            is String -> args.putString(key, value)
            is Int -> args.putInt(key, value)
            is Short -> args.putShort(key, value)
            is Long -> args.putLong(key, value)
            is Byte -> args.putByte(key, value)
            is ByteArray -> args.putByteArray(key, value)
            is Char -> args.putChar(key, value)
            is CharArray -> args.putCharArray(key, value)
            is CharSequence -> args.putCharSequence(key, value)
            is Float -> args.putFloat(key, value)
            is Bundle -> args.putBundle(key, value)
            is Binder -> BundleCompat.putBinder(args, key, value)
            is android.os.Parcelable -> args.putParcelable(key, value)
            is java.io.Serializable -> args.putSerializable(key, value)
            else -> throw IllegalStateException("Type ${value.javaClass.canonicalName} of property ${property.name} is not supported")
        }
    }
}

WeatherCityFragment .kt

package be.brol

import android.os.Bundle
import android.support.v4.app.Fragment
import android.widget.Toast

/**
 * Example usage of FragmentArgumentDelegate
 */
class WeatherCityFragment : Fragment() {

    private var cityId by FragmentArgumentDelegate<String>()

    override fun onActivityCreated(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
        super.onActivityCreated(savedInstanceState)
        Toast.makeText(activity, cityId, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show()
    }

    companion object {
        fun newInstance(cityId: String) = WeatherCityFragment().apply {
            this.cityId = cityId
        }
    }
}