New property does not have Kotlin default value when getting existing entity

[jrcacd]

ObjectBox 2.3.3

In Kotin, when we create a field on an existing entity, the field on the existing records is not pupulated with the default value.

Example:

Before
Entity

data class Record(
        @Id var id: Long= 0,
        var uuid: String = "")

After

data class Record(
        @Id var id: Long= 0,
        var uuid: String = "",
        var date: Long = Date.now().toMillis()) //New one

Result:
Field date content: 0

shouldn't have the Date.now().toMillis() value?

[greenrobot-team]

Can you try making your new property nullable, like var date: Long?.

The issue is that ObjectBox will map a null database entry to your non-nullable type, which for Long is 0. If you make the property nullable ObjectBox should set it to null instead.

This is related to #157 and #589.

[greenrobot-team]

Closing as duplicate of #157. -ut