Question

Hello
I have a loop that creates n-1 textviews, and for each of these textviews I would like a fixed layout defined in an XML file.

The code is as follows:

for(PInfo P : P_array)
    {
        TextView tv = new TextView(this);
        tv.setText(P.getName());
        tv.setWidth(P.getLength());
        tv.setHeight(70);
        tv.setPadding(10, 5, 10, 5);
        masterView.addView(tv);
    }

I would like something like tv.setLayout(R.id.textviewlayout); … How is that done, im sure its easy (it should be) but I cant find any info on it.

Answer 1

This is called inflating. Try this:

LayoutInflater li = (LayoutInflater)mContext.getSystemService(Context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE);
TextView tv = li.inflate(R.layout.textview, null);

Second parameter is optional parent for inflated view:
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