Android : What is the difference between View.inflate and getLayoutInflater().inflate?

Question

What is the real difference between :

return context.getLayoutInflater().inflate(R.layout.my_layout, null);

Inflate a new view hierarchy from the specified xml resource.

and

return View.inflate(context, R.layout.my_layout, null);

Inflate a view from an XML resource. This convenience method wraps the LayoutInflater class, which provides a full range of options for view inflation.

Answer 1

Both are the same. The 2nd version is just a convenient and short method to do the task. If you see the source code of View.inflate() method, you find :

 /**
     * Inflate a view from an XML resource.  This convenience method wraps the {@link
     * LayoutInflater} class, which provides a full range of options for view inflation.
     *
     * @param context The Context object for your activity or application.
     * @param resource The resource ID to inflate
     * @param root A view group that will be the parent.  Used to properly inflate the
     * layout_* parameters.
     * @see LayoutInflater
     */
    public static View inflate(Context context, int resource, ViewGroup root) {
        LayoutInflater factory = LayoutInflater.from(context);
        return factory.inflate(resource, root);
    }

Which actually does the same job in the backend, the 1st method you mentioned does.