Are you allowed to reference an ID to a View that is defined later in the XML? Sometimes when I do this it works, and other times I get a compilation error. I am not sure if this is the Android compiler/ parser, or my IDE (IDEA) failing.
For example, if you have a RelativeLayout for Component A, which defines: ... android:layout_above="@id/component_b" do you need to define "component_b" above the reference to it in the XML (even though logically, component_b is "below" component_a when viewed on the screen)? Assume component_b is not in the RelativeLayout itself. As I mentioned, I had written an XML layout where "component_b" was indeed defined after "component_a", and everything compiled, but when I re-compiled the app (via the IDE) the compilation failed with this error: my_layout.xml:18: error: Error: No resource found that matches the given name (at 'layout_above' with value '@id/component_b'). I am positive the layout compiled the first time (or maybe the first few times), but then it "stopped" working, and I was forced to move component_b above it's reference in the XML. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
