Android: How to automatically generate Java code from layout file?

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Does anyone know of any Eclipse plug-in or anything that can be used to automatically generate Java code from layout file? As in, if I have an EditText in my layout file with the ID "@+id/txtHello", I expect something like the following to be generated:

EditText txtHello = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.txtHello);

Thanks for your time!

Harris :)

ChrLipp · Accepted Answer · 2013-09-22 11:10:23Z

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Normally there are three different ways to do this:

at run time (via annotations per reflection)
at compile time (via annotations or aspects)
at development time (via code generators)

A good article to start is Clean Code in Android Applications.

Ad 1) Two solutions, see

RoboGuice, see http://code.google.com/p/roboguice/
AndJect, see https://github.com/ko5tik/andject

Ad 2) Android Annotations, see http://androidannotations.org/

Ad 3) Two solutions, see

the lazy-android plugin as mentioned in this thread, see
http://marketplace.eclipse.org/content/lazy-android
MotoDev Studio (available as standalone and as eclipse plugin), see http://developer.motorola.com/docstools/motodevstudio/

If there is more, please tell! I personally prefer 2) and therefore Android Annotations.

Hope that helps!

edited Sep 22, 2013 at 11:10

answered Sep 19, 2011 at 7:12

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Rémi Over a year ago

spring.io/blog/2011/08/26/clean-code-in-android-applications (fix for the first link)

Andreas Rudolph · Accepted Answer · 2013-02-28 12:21:12Z

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Use this online tool:

http://www.buzzingandroid.com/tools/android-layout-finder/

It simply gets the job done quickly. I use it every day.

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Diego Torres Milano · Accepted Answer · 2011-09-18 21:46:20Z

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There is an Eclipse plugin that does exactly what you want , I guess: http://marketplace.eclipse.org/content/lazy-android

answered Sep 18, 2011 at 21:46

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tmorcinek · Accepted Answer · 2014-11-10 11:31:54Z

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There is new plugin that can generate Activity, Fragment, Adapter based on xml layout. Can also generate Menu related code (handling actions) for xml menu files. And has editable templates, so the user has more control on the generated data.

For Eclipse: http://tmorcinek.github.io/android-codegenerator-plugin-eclipse/

For Android Studio/IntelliJ IDEA: http://tmorcinek.github.io/android-codegenerator-plugin-intellij/

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Nilabja Over a year ago

this should be the accepted answer, working as expected on android studio 1.5.1

iamkristher · Accepted Answer · 2012-09-12 18:10:35Z

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I use MotoDev Studio. It really saves time.

answered Sep 12, 2012 at 18:10

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