Android: findviewbyid: finding view by id when view is not on the same layout invoked by setContentView
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I have an activity MyActivity that extends from MapActivity. In the .xml file containing the layout I can only include the MapView
<com.google.android.maps.MapView
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="@+id/trail_map_view"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:clickable="true"
android:apiKey="key"
/>
However I do need to find another view that is located in another .xml file. Unfortunately, findViewById returns null. How can I get the view I am looking for?
Thanks a lot!
Android Solutions
Solution 1 - Android
Thanks for commenting, I understand what you mean but I didn't want to check old values. I just wanted to get a pointer to that view.
Looking at someone else's code I have just found a workaround, you can access the root of a layout using LayoutInflater
.
The code is the following, where this
is an Activity:
final LayoutInflater factory = getLayoutInflater();
final View textEntryView = factory.inflate(R.layout.landmark_new_dialog, null);
landmarkEditNameView = (EditText) textEntryView.findViewById(R.id.landmark_name_dialog_edit);
You need to get the inflater for this
context, access the root view through the inflate method and finally call findViewById
on the root view of the layout.
Hope this is useful for someone! Bye
Solution 2 - Android
I have changed in my activity but effected. Here is my code:
View layout = getLayoutInflater().inflate(R.layout.list_group,null);
try {
LinearLayout linearLayout = (LinearLayout) layout.findViewById(R.id.ldrawernav);
linearLayout.setBackgroundColor(Color.parseColor("#ffffff"));
}
catch (Exception e) {
}
}
Solution 3 - Android
try:
Activity parentActivity = this.getParent();
if (parentActivity != null)
{
View landmarkEditNameView = (EditText) parentActivity.findViewById(R.id. landmark_name_dialog_edit);
}
Solution 4 - Android
Another way to do this is:
// inflate the layout
View myLayout = LayoutInflater.from(this).inflate(R.layout.MY_LAYOUT,null);
// load the text view
TextView myView = (TextView) myLayout.findViewById(R.id.MY_VIEW);
Solution 5 - Android
It's impossible. You can only find and access views that are currently running. If you want to check the value of ex. TextView used in previus activity you must save the value is SharedPreferences, database, file or pass by Intent.
Solution 6 - Android
I used
View.inflate(getContext(), R.layout.whatever, null)
The using of View.inflate
prevents the warning of using null
at getLayoutInflater().inflate()
.
Solution 7 - Android
In main Activity just create Static Variable Like below.
//Create Static variable
public static View mainView;
LayoutInflater inflater = getLayoutInflater();
View view = inflater.inflate(R.layout.activity_home, null);
mainView = view;
//Now just need to Call MainActivity.mainView to Access your home view or Something else.