Thanks Romain! That does the trick. Found the doc in Release change note from M5, but apparently not doc'ed otherwise.
>From what I've read and tried, it seems that the layout properties on the <merge> container does NOT transfer to the new element after inflating the subtree, and I must define them in code. Is this accurate? -dave On Dec 22, 12:58 pm, Romain Guy <[email protected]> wrote: > You can use the <merge /> tag as the root tag of the inflated XML > file. It basically lets you add all the children of the XML file into > the supplied root. For instance: > > mylayout.xml: > <merge> > <Button /> > <Button /> > </merge> > > class MyLayout extends LinearLayout { > // adds the two buttons as children of "this" > inflate(R.layout.mylayout, this, true); > > > > } > On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 6:36 PM, Dave Kong <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > > Perhaps this has been posted but I couldn't find the answer through > > searching. So would appreciate a redirect if that's the case. > > > I love to inflate my views when I construct a custom Layout, since I can > > have the behavior in code but presentation defined in xml files. However, I > > find that when I do inflate, the inflated tree is added as a child view of > > my custom Layout object. So I end up with, say, a LinearLayout (my > > class).LinearLayout (xml). The end effect is that my hiearchy is twice as > > deep as it needs to be. > > > How do I have the inflated subtree completely replace my custom class? That > > is, have the the subtree's root set as *this*. Is this possible? (ViewStub > > won't work since I need my custom class to derive from Layout for behavior > > code). > > > -dave > > -- > Romain Guy > Android framework engineer > [email protected] > > Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time > to provide private support. All such questions should be posted on > public forums, where I and others can see and answer them --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
