Question

I had developed Android app having some screens with common UI format.

The format in top-down approach is:

1. Title Header (Two buttons, ImageView)
2. Content Area- It will differ among Activities (contains ListView, Tabs, Buttons, TextView, WebView….)
3. Footer Layout (Relative Layout with three Imagebuttons)

I want to reformat the code in such a way that one xml contains Title Header and Footer Layout and other xml contains ListView,Tabs, Buttons.. based on the usage. Can i acheive this? Please help me with sample code/links….

Answer 1

You can use the include element to have sub-xml files:

<LinearLayout ... >
    <include layout="@layout/header" />
    <include layout="@layout/content" />
    <include layout="@layout/footer" />
</LinearLayout>

This will allow you to easily create layouts that reuse these pieces.