How to programatically change an attribute of widget created by a LayoutInflater?

Question

I want to access the child of a widget created by a LayoutInflater in order to change the text displayed by a TextView inside it. How could I do this? I've made a diagram to explain.

LinearLayout
--->LayoutInflater

    ---->LinearLayout
         ---->LinearLayout
              ---->TextView
              ---->TextView
    ---->LinearLayout
         ---->LinearLayout
              ---->TextView
              ---->TextView
    ---->LinearLayout
         ---->LinearLayout
              ---->TextView
              ---->TextView
etc

I want to be able to access each individual TextView and change it's attributes.

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 04 '13 at 13:08

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You can access the TextViews and change it's attributes through the View returned by the inflater.

I assume you have something like this:

View view = inflater.inflate(R.layout.my_layout, null);

Then you can access the resources like this:

TextView text = (TextView)view.findViewById(R.id.textView1);
text.setText("Hello");

answered Jan 04 '13 at 13:08

Andy Res

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So findViewById only returns the children of the view from which it is called? – Tim Jan 05 '13 at 00:41

How to programatically change an attribute of widget created by a LayoutInflater?

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