'OnCreateView' Overrides = nothing - class

Question

im new to alot of this, trying to combine two projects together in Android Studio,
im getting an error of the bellow code. Line 52, "override fun onCreateView(" giving me a error overrides nothing. can anyone fix this code? searching elsewhere on this site talks about "Kotlin '?' indicates that this value can be null in Kotlin." but im struggling to fix it. Thank you xx
package com.example.version4.ui.map
import android.os.Bundle
import android.view.LayoutInflater
import android.view.View
import android.view.ViewGroup
import android.widget.TextView
import androidx.fragment.app.Fragment
import androidx.lifecycle.Observer
import androidx.lifecycle.ViewModelProviders
import com.example.version4.R
import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity
import com.google.android.gms.maps.CameraUpdateFactory
import com.google.android.gms.maps.GoogleMap
import com.google.android.gms.maps.OnMapReadyCallback
import com.google.android.gms.maps.SupportMapFragment
import com.google.android.gms.maps.model.LatLng
import com.google.android.gms.maps.model.MarkerOptions
class MapsFragment : AppCompatActivity(), OnMapReadyCallback {
private lateinit var mMap: GoogleMap
override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
setContentView(R.layout.fragment_maps)
// Obtain the SupportMapFragment and get notified when the map is ready to be used.
val mapFragment = supportFragmentManager
.findFragmentById(R.id.text_map) as SupportMapFragment
mapFragment.getMapAsync(this)
}
/**
* Manipulates the map once available.
* This callback is triggered when the map is ready to be used.
* This is where we can add markers or lines, add listeners or move the camera. In this case,
* we just add a marker near Sydney, Australia.
* If Google Play services is not installed on the device, the user will be prompted to install
* it inside the SupportMapFragment. This method will only be triggered once the user has
* installed Google Play services and returned to the app.
*/
override fun onMapReady(googleMap: GoogleMap) {
mMap = googleMap
// Add a marker in Sydney and move the camera
val OrchidsSpa = LatLng(52.316296, -2.261900)
mMap.addMarker(MarkerOptions().position(OrchidsSpa).title("Marker in Bryony's # Orchids Spa"))
mMap.moveCamera(CameraUpdateFactory.newLatLngZoom(OrchidsSpa,12F))
}
private lateinit var mapsViewModel: MapsViewModel
override fun onCreateView(
inflater: LayoutInflater,
container: ViewGroup?,
savedInstanceState: Bundle?
): View? {
mapsViewModel =
ViewModelProviders.of(this).get(MapsViewModel::class.java)
val root = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_maps, container, false)
val textView: TextView = root.findViewById(R.id.text_map)
mapsViewModel.text.observe(this, Observer {
textView.text = it
})
return root
}
}

Answer 1

onCreateView is in Fragment, not AppCompatActivity.