It's the right way to do it :) On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 11:24 PM, Ryan Moulton <ryanmoul...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks for the quick response! If I'd known I could get an answer so > quickly here I'd have posted _last_ week. :) > I can debug it from here then. > > Is the best way to do this View.inflate(activity, > R.layout.what_id_like_to_inflate, null)? > > > > On Feb 1, 11:07 pm, Romain Guy <romain...@android.com> wrote: >> Inflating a views tree always creates new instances of views, there's >> no singleton. Without seeing your code, I cannot tell you what you are >> doing wrong unfortunately. >> >> >> >> >> >> On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 11:04 PM, Ryan Moulton <ryanmoul...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > Hi everyone. Just getting started with developing for Android, so >> > apologies if there's an obvious answer. >> >> > I'm working on an application in which it's necessary to >> > programmatically change the entire structure of the UI. What I would >> > like to be able to do is specify a subtree of the UI in xml, and then >> > instantiate that multiple times as required throughout the tree. For >> > instance, if I need the user to set a numerical value, I'd like to use >> > xml to define all the widgets involved, increment and decrement >> > buttons for instance, and then reference this same file whenever I >> > need a UI of that sort. >> >> > Unfortunately, When I inflate the xml multiple times, I get the >> > following exception. >> >> > IllegalStateException >> > "The specified child already has a parent. You must call removeView() >> > on the child's parent first." >> >> > This I'm assuming is because Inflating isn't creating a new object >> > each time, but rather creating a static singleton. Is there a good way >> > to do what I'm hoping to do, or should I abandon trying to use the xml >> > interface? >> >> > -Ryan >> >> > -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> > Groups "Android Developers" group. >> > To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> > For more options, visit this group at >> >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en >> >> -- >> Romain Guy >> Android framework engineer >> romain...@android.com >> >> 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 android-developers@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en >
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