diff --git a/app/build.gradle b/app/build.gradle
index a338209feb5e4a2937d7019985062f95e9a0dca7..e96887d2c5048bf2f158b8ca7c74d66274afde6b 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle
+++ b/app/build.gradle
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ android {
         jvmTarget = '1.8'
     }
     buildFeatures {
-        viewBinding true
+        dataBinding = true
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/example/android/unscramble/ui/game/GameFragment.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/example/android/unscramble/ui/game/GameFragment.kt
index 5777f0d939ef5553960bb2979c38f21c64a3ec1f..e9ee27f86102090578d40264fc7cd8437d10cc98 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/example/android/unscramble/ui/game/GameFragment.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/example/android/unscramble/ui/game/GameFragment.kt
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import android.util.Log
 import android.view.LayoutInflater
 import android.view.View
 import android.view.ViewGroup
+import androidx.databinding.DataBindingUtil
 import androidx.fragment.app.Fragment
 import com.example.android.unscramble.R
 import com.example.android.unscramble.databinding.GameFragmentBinding
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ class GameFragment : Fragment() {
         inflater: LayoutInflater, container: ViewGroup?,
         savedInstanceState: Bundle?
     ): View {
-        binding = GameFragmentBinding.inflate(inflater, container, false)
+        binding = DataBindingUtil.inflate(inflater, R.layout.game_fragment, container, false)
         Log.d("GameFragment", "Word: ${viewModel.currentScrambledWord} " +
                 "Score: ${viewModel.score} WordCount: ${viewModel.currentWordCount}")
         return binding.root
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/layout/game_fragment.xml b/app/src/main/res/layout/game_fragment.xml
index e06c618105b4654db99c0777e6c28c9ad2adf770..e9629ff22a420e375691a1ec57189651eb722ba9 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/layout/game_fragment.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/layout/game_fragment.xml
@@ -14,107 +14,114 @@
   ~ limitations under the License.
   -->
 
-<ScrollView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
+<layout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
     xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
-    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
-    android:layout_width="match_parent"
-    android:layout_height="match_parent">
+    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools">
 
-    <androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout
+    <data>
+
+    </data>
+
+    <ScrollView
         android:layout_width="match_parent"
-        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
-        android:padding="@dimen/default_padding"
-        tools:context=".ui.game.GameFragment">
+        android:layout_height="match_parent">
 
-        <Button
-            android:id="@+id/skip"
-            style="?attr/materialButtonOutlinedStyle"
-            android:layout_width="0dp"
+        <androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout
+            android:layout_width="match_parent"
             android:layout_height="wrap_content"
-            android:layout_marginStart="@dimen/default_padding"
-            android:layout_marginEnd="@dimen/default_padding"
-            android:text="@string/skip"
-            app:layout_constraintBaseline_toBaselineOf="@+id/submit"
-            app:layout_constraintEnd_toStartOf="@+id/submit"
-            app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent" />
+            android:padding="@dimen/default_padding"
+            tools:context=".ui.game.GameFragment">
 
-        <Button
-            android:id="@+id/submit"
-            android:layout_width="0dp"
-            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
-            android:layout_marginTop="@dimen/default_margin"
-            android:text="@string/submit"
-            app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
-            app:layout_constraintStart_toEndOf="@+id/skip"
-            app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@+id/textField" />
+            <Button
+                android:id="@+id/skip"
+                style="?attr/materialButtonOutlinedStyle"
+                android:layout_width="0dp"
+                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
+                android:layout_marginStart="@dimen/default_padding"
+                android:layout_marginEnd="@dimen/default_padding"
+                android:text="@string/skip"
+                app:layout_constraintBaseline_toBaselineOf="@+id/submit"
+                app:layout_constraintEnd_toStartOf="@+id/submit"
+                app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent" />
 
-        <TextView
-            android:id="@+id/textView_instructions"
-            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
-            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
-            android:text="@string/instructions"
-            android:textSize="17sp"
-            app:layout_constraintBottom_toTopOf="@+id/textField"
-            app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
-            app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
-            app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@+id/textView_unscrambled_word" />
+            <Button
+                android:id="@+id/submit"
+                android:layout_width="0dp"
+                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
+                android:layout_marginTop="@dimen/default_margin"
+                android:text="@string/submit"
+                app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
+                app:layout_constraintStart_toEndOf="@+id/skip"
+                app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@+id/textField" />
 
-        <TextView
-            android:id="@+id/textView_unscrambled_word"
-            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
-            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
-            android:layout_marginTop="@dimen/default_margin"
-            android:layout_marginBottom="@dimen/default_margin"
-            android:textAppearance="@style/TextAppearance.MaterialComponents.Headline3"
-            app:layout_constraintBottom_toTopOf="@+id/textView_instructions"
-            app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
-            app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
-            app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@+id/word_count"
-            tools:text="Scramble word" />
+            <TextView
+                android:id="@+id/textView_instructions"
+                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
+                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
+                android:text="@string/instructions"
+                android:textSize="17sp"
+                app:layout_constraintBottom_toTopOf="@+id/textField"
+                app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
+                app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
+                app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@+id/textView_unscrambled_word" />
 
-        <TextView
-            android:id="@+id/word_count"
-            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
-            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
-            android:text="@string/word_count"
-            android:textAppearance="@style/TextAppearance.MaterialComponents.Headline6"
-            app:layout_constraintBottom_toTopOf="@+id/textView_unscrambled_word"
-            app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
-            app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
-            tools:text="3 of 10 words" />
+            <TextView
+                android:id="@+id/textView_unscrambled_word"
+                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
+                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
+                android:layout_marginTop="@dimen/default_margin"
+                android:layout_marginBottom="@dimen/default_margin"
+                android:textAppearance="@style/TextAppearance.MaterialComponents.Headline3"
+                app:layout_constraintBottom_toTopOf="@+id/textView_instructions"
+                app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
+                app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
+                app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@+id/word_count"
+                tools:text="Scramble word" />
 
-        <TextView
-            android:id="@+id/score"
-            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
-            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
-            android:text="@string/score"
-            android:textAllCaps="true"
-            android:textAppearance="@style/TextAppearance.MaterialComponents.Headline6"
-            app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
-            app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
-            tools:text="Score: 20" />
+            <TextView
+                android:id="@+id/word_count"
+                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
+                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
+                android:text="@string/word_count"
+                android:textAppearance="@style/TextAppearance.MaterialComponents.Headline6"
+                app:layout_constraintBottom_toTopOf="@+id/textView_unscrambled_word"
+                app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
+                app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
+                tools:text="3 of 10 words" />
 
-        <com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputLayout
-            android:id="@+id/textField"
-            style="@style/Widget.Unscramble.TextInputLayout.OutlinedBox"
-            android:layout_width="0dp"
-            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
-            android:layout_marginTop="@dimen/default_margin"
-            android:hint="@string/enter_your_word"
-            app:errorIconDrawable="@drawable/ic_error"
-            app:helperTextTextAppearance="@style/TextAppearance.MaterialComponents.Subtitle1"
-            app:layout_constraintBottom_toTopOf="@+id/submit"
-            app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
-            app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
-            app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@+id/textView_instructions">
+            <TextView
+                android:id="@+id/score"
+                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
+                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
+                android:text="@string/score"
+                android:textAllCaps="true"
+                android:textAppearance="@style/TextAppearance.MaterialComponents.Headline6"
+                app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
+                app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
+                tools:text="Score: 20" />
+
+            <com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputLayout
+                android:id="@+id/textField"
+                style="@style/Widget.Unscramble.TextInputLayout.OutlinedBox"
+                android:layout_width="0dp"
+                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
+                android:layout_marginTop="@dimen/default_margin"
+                android:hint="@string/enter_your_word"
+                app:errorIconDrawable="@drawable/ic_error"
+                app:helperTextTextAppearance="@style/TextAppearance.MaterialComponents.Subtitle1"
+                app:layout_constraintBottom_toTopOf="@+id/submit"
+                app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
+                app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
+                app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@+id/textView_instructions">
 
-            <com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputEditText
-                android:id="@+id/text_input_edit_text"
-                android:layout_width="match_parent"
-                android:layout_height="match_parent"
-                android:inputType="textPersonName|textNoSuggestions"
-                android:maxLines="1" />
-        </com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputLayout>
+                <com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputEditText
+                    android:id="@+id/text_input_edit_text"
+                    android:layout_width="match_parent"
+                    android:layout_height="match_parent"
+                    android:inputType="textPersonName|textNoSuggestions"
+                    android:maxLines="1" />
+            </com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputLayout>
 
-    </androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>
-</ScrollView>
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+        </androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>
+    </ScrollView>
+</layout>
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