How do I create a fragment view without the layout inflater?

Question

I am working on Fragments in Android and would like to programmatically inflate my view - without the LayoutInflater. In my class, which extends Fragment, I would like to do something basic, like this:

@Override
public View onCreateView (LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container, Bundle savedInstanceState) 
{
    return new View(inflater.getContext());
}

However in my FragmentActivity with this onCreate method:

@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)
{
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.main);
}

and this main.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    android:orientation="vertical" >

    <TextView
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="@string/hello" />

    <fragment class="edu.self.myFragment" 
        android:id="@+id/titles"
        android:tag="foo"
        android:layout_width="50px"
        android:layout_height="50px" />

</LinearLayout>

I am getting an error with the layout:

11-11 23:25:18.142: E/AndroidRuntime(1162): Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Binary XML file line #12: Duplicate id 0x7f050000, tag foo, or parent id 0x0 with another fragment for edu.self.myFragment

What do I need to do to fix this error?

Answer 1

You can't inflate an xml containing a fragment inside another fragment. You have to add the sub-fragment manually.