"to" is an operator in the Kotlin stdlib

[stiffsteve]

https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/to.html

This makes it difficult to use the to method from Kotlin because Kotlin interprets it as the stdlib operator.

[cketti]

It doesn't feel like a big issue. You'd have to go out of your way to use that method instead of the one on EmailIntentBuilder. And then the IDE would show a warning that you're not using the infix calling syntax. And you couldn't use any of the other EmailIntentBuilder methods on the expression.

I can't think of another name for the method that is similarly short either. Do you have a suggestion?

[stiffsteve]

Maybe I'm missing something obvious, but how would I use the EmailIntentBuilder without calling to to set the recipient?

[cketti]

to from the stdlib is an extension function. Extension functions don't override existing methods. So the library's to method will be called (unless you provide an unsupported type as argument, then only the stdlib's to method is a match).

This is working fine for me (using Kotlin 1.3.61):

EmailIntentBuilder.from(requireActivity())
    .to("[email protected]")
    .cc("[email protected]")
    .bcc("[email protected]")
    .subject("Message from an app")
    .body("Some text here")
    .start()

[stiffsteve]

It works fine with a literal, but since kotlin's to takes any type, it won't work with any var as the argument.

[stiffsteve]

oddly enough, it's working for me on MacOS (Android Studio), but I can't get it to compile on LInux (also Android Studio)