Question

Does the following feature exist in Android Developer Tools.

After you have created your XML layout, is there a quick way to quickly import those views into your java code automatically.

This is to save you typing in the

EditText editText = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.search)

Is there some short cut which will automatically generate this code by looking at my XML file ?

Answer 1

This is not the exact answer but look at roboguice. It’s dependency injection framework for Android.

class RoboWay extends RoboActivity { 
@InjectView(R.id.name)             TextView name; 
@InjectView(R.id.thumbnail)        ImageView thumbnail; 
@InjectResource(R.drawable.icon)   Drawable icon; 
@InjectResource(R.string.app_name) String myName; 
@Inject                            LocationManager loc; 

public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { 
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); 
    setContentView(R.layout.main);
    name.setText( "Hello, " + myName ); 
} 
}