ClassCastException LinearLayout LayoutParams

Question

I got an Actionbar and some Fragments. The Problem is my Homescreen. There is an overview Fragment on the left side and a detail Fragment on the right side. My TabListener is Dynamic so i want to set the weight of my Layout programatically. Whenever i try to get the Layoutparams of my LinearLayout i get a ClassCastException:

12-22 16:00:37.620: W/System.err(7235): java.lang.ClassCastException: android.widget.FrameLayout$LayoutParams cannot be cast to android.widget.LinearLayout$LayoutParams
12-22 16:00:37.625: W/System.err(7235):     at com.coover.eu.lostandfound.ListSearchFragment.onViewCreated(ListSearchFragment.java:184)
12-22 16:00:37.625: W/System.err(7235):     at android.support.v4.app.FragmentManagerImpl.moveToState(FragmentManager.java:884)
12-22 16:00:37.630: W/System.err(7235):     at android.support.v4.app.FragmentManagerImpl.moveToState(FragmentManager.java:1080)
12-22 16:00:37.630: W/System.err(7235):     at android.support.v4.app.BackStackRecord.run(BackStackRecord.java:622)
12-22 16:00:37.630: W/System.err(7235):     at android.support.v4.app.FragmentManagerImpl.execPendingActions(FragmentManager.java:1416)
12-22 16:00:37.630: W/System.err(7235):     at android.support.v4.app.FragmentActivity.onStart(FragmentActivity.java:505)
12-22 16:00:37.630: W/System.err(7235):     at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnStart(Instrumentation.java:1178)
12-22 16:00:37.635: W/System.err(7235):     at android.app.Activity.performStart(Activity.java:5216)
12-22 16:00:37.635: W/System.err(7235):     at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2083)
12-22 16:00:37.635: W/System.err(7235):     at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2135)
12-22 16:00:37.635: W/System.err(7235):     at android.app.ActivityThread.access$700(ActivityThread.java:140)
12-22 16:00:37.635: W/System.err(7235):     at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1237)
12-22 16:00:37.640: W/System.err(7235):     at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
12-22 16:00:37.640: W/System.err(7235):     at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:137)
12-22 16:00:37.640: W/System.err(7235):     at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4921)
12-22 16:00:37.640: W/System.err(7235):     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
12-22 16:00:37.640: W/System.err(7235):     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:511)
12-22 16:00:37.645: W/System.err(7235):     at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:1038)
12-22 16:00:37.645: W/System.err(7235):     at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:805)
12-22 16:00:37.645: W/System.err(7235):     at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)

The Layout that is inflated:

<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:orientation="vertical" 
    android:id="@+id/container_found_list_overview">

    <EditText android:id="@+id/search_box" 
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="50dp"
        android:padding="5dp"
        android:textSize="35sp"
        android:hint="@string/search"
        android:inputType="text"
        android:maxLines="1"/>
    <ListView 
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:id="@+id/overview_list_view">
    </ListView>

</LinearLayout> 

The code:

            LinearLayout myView = (LinearLayout)this.getView().findViewById(R.id.container_found_list_overview);
            Log.d("found container", ""+(myView != null));
            try{
                LayoutParams lp = (LayoutParams) myView.getLayoutParams();
                lp.weight = 1;
                lp.width = 0;
                myView.setLayoutParams(lp);
            }
            catch(RuntimeException e){
                Log.e("cant get layoutparams",e.getMessage());
                e.printStackTrace();
            }

Answer 1

What's going on is that a view's LayoutParams are actually the type of the parent. In this case you're getting a FrameLayout$LayoutParams because your LinearLayout is inside a FrameLayout.

Why is it the type of the parent? That's because they store information that's useful for the parent to lay them out. If you were to retrieve the layout parameters for the EditText or ListView you would get LinearLayout$LayoutParams.