The layer list is used as background of some controls. So FindViewById
could not find it.

Like you said, to make it work first, I will try some work around e.g.
create the whole layer-list in the code rather than using the layerlist xml
file

Thanks a lot for help.


On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 3:36 PM, Samus Arin <[email protected]> wrote:

> Maybe you can try grabbing a reference to the layer list by "extracting"
> it from the view that host's it (ala .FindViewById type method).
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 10:29 AM, Samus Arin <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Man, I've ran into so many mysteries such as that... I don't want to talk
>> smack, b/c I highly respect the MonoDroid/Xamarin team for what they did,
>> but I'm fairly certain the Mono "layer" introduces many undocumented bugs
>> such as this. I've spent a 1/4 of my dev time this past year tracking stuff
>> like this down. There is probably some little magic trick that is required.
>>
>> My advice to you is to find a workaround that can get you going, even if
>> its a convoluted, stinky code implementation. TRUST ME, JUST DO IT. And
>> then when you get time, make a toy app and try to get it working in there.
>>
>> I'll whip one up later, but I really got get cracking... Good luck for
>> now (try rebooting, I'm serious dude, both the device and your
>> workstation). Clean before and after reboot.
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 10:14 AM, Kai Xin <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> I tried for the hell of it but did not have any luck...
>>> And if I use the GetDrawable() to get an image, it is working. If I use
>>> it to get the layler-list, it dose not work.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 3:10 PM, Samus Arin <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Just for the hell of it, try making all 4 of the density folders:
>>>> Drawable-xhdpi, Drawable-hdpi, Drawable-mdpi, Drawable-ldpi,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 10:06 AM, Samus Arin <[email protected]>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8859888/strange-exception-about-resource-not-found
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 10:03 AM, Samus Arin <[email protected]>wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10852711/getdrawable-returning-null
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 10:01 AM, Samus Arin <[email protected]>wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I just scanned my entire solution (its an enterprise class tablet
>>>>>>> app), and I'm not using Resource.GetDrawable() (it's commented out a few
>>>>>>> times, so I may have had trouble with it too)...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Are you looking to manipulate the layout or something, like maybe
>>>>>>> change some of its properties based on run-time values/inputs ?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 9:54 AM, Samus Arin <[email protected]>wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Sorry, scratch that, I was confusing SetBackgroundResources() vs
>>>>>>>> SetBackgroundDrawable()
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 9:50 AM, Samus Arin <[email protected]>wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Oh, try using GetResource(...) instead of GetDrawable(...)
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 9:47 AM, Samus Arin 
>>>>>>>>> <[email protected]>wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Are u sure your not confusing the drawable layout file name with
>>>>>>>>>> the id-string of the root view inside the layout file (just a 
>>>>>>>>>> precautionary
>>>>>>>>>> question)
>>>>>>>>>>  On Jul 23, 2013 9:44 AM, "Kai Xin" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I cleaned and rebuilt it but still got the error.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 2:06 PM, Samus Arin <[email protected]
>>>>>>>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Try cleaning your proj/solution
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Jul 23, 2013 8:58 AM, "Kai Xin" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>  Hi,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> I have an xml file named "my_layerlist.xml" in the drawable
>>>>>>>>>>>>> and drawable-hdpi folder, which contains a layler-list. Then I 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> want to get
>>>>>>>>>>>>> the instance of the layler list by:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>  LayerDrawable layerDrawable =
>>>>>>>>>>>>> (LayerDrawable)Resources.GetDrawable(Resource.Drawable.my_layerlist);
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> I got this error:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Android.Content.Res.Resources+NotFoundException: File
>>>>>>>>>>>>> res/drawable-hdpi/my_layerlist.xml from drawable resource ID 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> #0x7f02001e
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> The resource exists in the Resource.Designer.cs:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> public partial class Drawable
>>>>>>>>>>>>> {
>>>>>>>>>>>>>  // aapt resource value: 0x7f02001e
>>>>>>>>>>>>> public const int my_layerlist = 2130837534;
>>>>>>>>>>>>>                         ... ...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>                 }
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Does anyone know what the problem is?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks a lot
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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