Thanks for the quick response! If I'd known I could get an answer so quickly here I'd have posted _last_ week. :) I can debug it from here then.
Is the best way to do this View.inflate(activity, R.layout.what_id_like_to_inflate, null)? On Feb 1, 11:07 pm, Romain Guy <romain...@android.com> wrote: > 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
