Inflating a views tree always creates new instances of views, there's no singleton. Without seeing your code, I cannot tell you what you are doing wrong unfortunately.
On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 11:04 PM, Ryan Moulton <ryanmoul...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi everyone. Just getting started with developing for Android, so > apologies if there's an obvious answer. > > I'm working on an application in which it's necessary to > programmatically change the entire structure of the UI. What I would > like to be able to do is specify a subtree of the UI in xml, and then > instantiate that multiple times as required throughout the tree. For > instance, if I need the user to set a numerical value, I'd like to use > xml to define all the widgets involved, increment and decrement > buttons for instance, and then reference this same file whenever I > need a UI of that sort. > > Unfortunately, When I inflate the xml multiple times, I get the > following exception. > > IllegalStateException > "The specified child already has a parent. You must call removeView() > on the child's parent first." > > This I'm assuming is because Inflating isn't creating a new object > each time, but rather creating a static singleton. Is there a good way > to do what I'm hoping to do, or should I abandon trying to use the xml > interface? > > -Ryan > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > -- Romain Guy Android framework engineer romain...@android.com Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to provide private support. All such questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and answer them -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
