findviewbyid
How to use view binding in Android
There is a couple of things you should do and I try to make it organized and listed: (Based on Android Developers docs from this link and my personal experiences) You need to use Android Studio 3.6 canary11+ (I’m currently using Android Studio 4 and it is doing the job well for me) You can … Read more
using findviewbyid in a class that does NOT extend Activity in android
you should pass the instance of your Activity to your Second Class on the constructor like this : In your Activity Instanciate your Class like this : MyClass instance = new MyClass(this); And in your second Class , the constructor will be like this : public class MyClass { public Activity activity; //…. other attributes … Read more
Null pointer Exception – findViewById()
findViewById() returns a View if it exists in the layout you provided in setContentView(), otherwise it returns null and that’s what happening to you. Note that if you don’t setContentView(), and don’t have a valid view to findViewById() on, findViewById() will always return null until you call setContentView(). This also means variables in the top-level … Read more
No need to cast the result of findViewById?
Starting with API 26, findViewById uses inference for its return type, so you no longer have to cast. Old definition: View findViewById(int id) New definition: <T extends View> T findViewById(int id) So if your compileSdk is at least 26, it means that you can make use of this 🙂
How can I assign an ID to a view programmatically?
Android id overview An Android id is an integer commonly used to identify views; this id can be assigned via XML (when possible) and via code (programmatically.) The id is most useful for getting references for XML-defined Views generated by an Inflater (such as by using setContentView.) Assign id via XML Add an attribute of … Read more
findViewById in Fragment
Use getView() or the View parameter from implementing the onViewCreated method. It returns the root view for the fragment (the one returned by onCreateView() method). With this you can call findViewById(). @Override public void onViewCreated(View view, @Nullable Bundle savedInstanceState) { ImageView imageView = (ImageView) getView().findViewById(R.id.foo); // or (ImageView) view.findViewById(R.id.foo); As getView() works only after onCreateView(), … Read more