Loading layout in onCreateView for custom preference

Question

Can I load layout from xml during onCreateView call, I tried:

setLayoutResource(R.layout.test);
setWidgetLayoutResource(R.layout.test);

it crashes and I don’t know what to return a ViewGroup parent from a method arguments? I also tried:

View view = View.inflate(getContext(), R.layout.test, parent) but it didn’t worked as well.

I named root layout widget_frame but it didn’t helped

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
 android:layout_width="fill_parent" 
 android:padding="1dp" android:clickable="false" android:id="@+id/widget_frame">
 <LinearLayout ....

Could you tell me what I’m doing wrong or point me to some working example. Thanks

Update

Below is a woking solution on how to inflate above layout:

    LayoutInflater inflater =  (LayoutInflater)getContext().
                              getSystemService(Context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE); 
    View view = inflater.inflate(R.layout.test, parent, false);

Great! this worked for me too! But the documentation was a little confusing as it said: "The default behavior is to inflate the main layout of this Preference (see setLayoutResource(int)." I just did not get what the purpose of calling setLayoutResource could be, as we clearly need to return a View and setLayoutResource returns void. — Bilthon, Dec 17 '11 at 16:24
If you want to set the layout with `setLayoutResource` your view's id should be `"@android:id/widget_frame"` not `"@+id/widget_frame"`. — GDanger, Aug 19 '15 at 20:09

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited Sep 26 '12 at 11:15

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If you are using onCreateView I guess you are either using a fragment or extending a View. Anyway check this:

@Override
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container, Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    return inflater.inflate(R.layout.your_layout, container);
}

edited Sep 26 '12 at 11:15

Shekhar Chikara

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answered Sep 26 '12 at 09:17

Daniel López Lacalle

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score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Apr 25 '14 at 07:48

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If you are inflating a layout you should do something like this:

@Override
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container, Bundle savedInstanceState) {
     return inflater.inflate(R.layout.your_layout, null);
}

edited Apr 25 '14 at 07:48

Tudor Timi

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answered Apr 25 '14 at 07:22

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Loading layout in onCreateView for custom preference

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