Difference between android:id and android:labelFor?

Question

I wrote a simple layout which has an EditText, but it's showing the following warning message:

“No label views point to this text field”

While searching I found this and it solved that warning message, but did not get difference between both attributes android:id and android:labelFor. Any clarification?

Answer 1

android:id

Supply an identifier name for this view, to later retrieve it with View.findViewById() or Activity.findViewById(). This must be a resource reference; typically you set this using the @+ syntax to create a new ID resources. For example: android:id="@+id/my_id" which allows you to later retrieve the view with findViewById(R.id.my_id).

Must be a reference to another resource, in the form "@[+][package:]type:name" or to a theme attribute in the form "?[package:][type:]name".

This corresponds to the global attribute resource symbol id.

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android:labelFor

public static final int labelFor

Specifies the id of a view for which this view serves as a label for accessibility purposes. For example, a TextView before an EditText in the UI usually specifies what infomation is contained in the EditText. Hence, the TextView is a label for the EditText.

Must be an integer value, such as "100".

This may also be a reference to a resource (in the form "@[package:]type:name") or theme attribute (in the form "?[package:][type:]name") containing a value of this type.

Constant Value: 16843718 (0x010103c6)

UPDATE:

For example -

 <LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" 
    android:layout_width="match_parent" 
    android:layout_height="match_parent" 
    android:orientation="vertical">
    <LinearLayout android:layout_height="wrap_content" 
    android:orientation="vertical" 
    android:layout_width="match_parent">
     <TextView android:layout_width="match_parent" 
    android:layout_height="match_parent" 
    android:labelFor="@+id/edit_item_name" 
    android:text="Item Name"/>
     <EditText android:id="@+id/edit_item_name" 
    android:layout_width="match_parent" 
    android:layout_height="wrap_content" 
    android:hint="Item Name"/>
    </LinearLayout>
  </LinearLayout>

Reference: android:id and android:labelFor.

Answer 2

The labelFor is an attribute for accessibility options. You assign this to a label so that if, on a form , user clicks a EditText field , android can know what to read (TalkBack for low vision users) to user.

The id Supply an identifier name for this view, to later retrieve it with View.findViewById() or Activity.findViewById().

Answer 3

android:id defines the ID of this view.

android:labelFor references the ID of another view.