How to get layout xml file path?

Question

I need to display the path of layout used in setContentView(R.layout.main);. So if the mobile phone is normal-mdpi, I need to display "Path is: /res/layout-normal-mdpi" or if the mobile phone is normal-hdpi, I need a text "Path is: /res/layout-normal-hdpi".

I basically need to know which layout file was loaded and its path.

Need to make a specific task. I can do it via TextView with hardcoded path in each resource XML, but that way is way to slow. I need to do it programmatically. — sandalone, Jul 03 '12 at 16:39

VenomVendor · Accepted Answer · 2012-07-03T19:03:36.220

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You can add a Hidden Text View with corresponding Folder names in the xml
Get the String in the text view by

TextView path = (TextView)findViewbyid(R.id.hiddentextview); 
 String s =  path.gettext().tostring();

Make sure that all the id's of the text view are same Example

if your xml is in `normal-mdpi` in hidden textview hard code `normal-mdpi`
if your xml is in `large-mdpi` in hidden textview hard code `large-mdpi`

edited Jul 03 '12 at 19:03

answered Jul 03 '12 at 16:25

VenomVendor

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what is `path`? If I use static class `Path`, I can do nothing. – sandalone Jul 03 '12 at 16:44
Yes, this is the trick I am using right now. It hard as you have to manually hardcode the text into each TextFile. It seems that this is the only solution so far – sandalone Jul 04 '12 at 14:56

Ivan Bartsov · Answer 2 · 2012-07-03T17:52:56.460

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You can call Activity.getResources().getConfiguration() which will get you current Configuration - see the doc, you can get most of the info you need from there (namely, you'll want orientation and screenLayout), for screen density you'll want Activity.getResources().getDisplayMetrics() and the density field. There's no way to retrieve actual layout path that I know of.

UPD Hmm, take a look at this: LayoutInflater.inflate() - this is how it's working internally, if you dig deeper - it calls through to a native method that does the actual inflation, so no luck there, but maybe if you poke around with the xml parser, you'll find a way to do that. From the top of my head, you can add a comment to every layout and put the file's name into it. And then use Activity.getResources().getLayout(your_layout_id) to get the xml parser, then use the parser to get your comment out - that way you'll know exactly what file you just accessed.

edited Jul 03 '12 at 17:52

answered Jul 03 '12 at 17:05

Ivan Bartsov

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So, the only way is the old way - harcoding the name of a resource directory into TextView?! Too bad for this. – sandalone Jul 03 '12 at 17:15
Check out my update in the answer, I got another sort-of-idea on how you can know which layout file you access. – Ivan Bartsov Jul 03 '12 at 17:54
Thanks for your efforts, but it seems it's too much work to get nothing, if you know what I mean – sandalone Jul 04 '12 at 14:57
Yeah, I do, that wouldn't be much different from what you were doing so far :) – Ivan Bartsov Jul 04 '12 at 17:51

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