Android xml layout and adding a custom view written in xml

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I've created a custom view XML layout resource MyView.xml. Can I refer to MyView by the XML layout file inside a second XML layout such as main.xml? If so, how?

(To be clear, I'm not looking for replies that explain how to inflate views from within my Java code, or that explain introducing Java classes in XML layout resources with <com.MyDomain.App.MyView ...> unless this helps here or to clarify that I have no other option.)

San Francesco · Accepted Answer · 2011-08-26 01:58:05Z

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If your XML file is like /res/layout/MyView.xml you can refer to in main.xml with

<?xml version=”1.0” encoding=”utf-8”?>

...

<include layout="@layout/MyView.xml" />

...

answered Aug 26, 2011 at 1:58

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Ken Over a year ago

And later use it with <MyView ...> as usual?

San Francesco Over a year ago

What do you mean exactly? Anyway <include> will include your predefined layout(s) as is from MyView.xml directly in main.xml after that no need to call or refer to any layout(s) you put in main.xml

Ken Over a year ago

Oh - I see, thanks. I'd misunderstood that <include> might appear at the top of the XML layout, like in header files. That's not the case.

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