Josh wrote:
> can i access a widget if i know it's id. For example if i have the
> following
> 
> String myWidget = btn1;

FWIW, R.id.btn1 would be an int, not a String.

> can i do something like this in order to get a reference to the widget
> and change it's background color?
> Button btnTmp = (Button) findViewById(R.id.myWidget)

No. If you want to look up widgets by Strings, I think you will need to 
build yourself a Map.

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