Difference between getActivity() and view in Fragment

Question

What is the difference between

getActivity().findViewById(...)

and

View view = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_fragment_v, null);
view.findViewById(...)

in Fragment (when converting Activity to Fragment)?

Answer 1

The difference is that with getActivty.findViewById(...) you are finding views in the scope of activity (activity's layout). With iflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_fragment_v, null); view.findViewById(...) you are inflating the layout of your fragment and then finding view's in that layout.

But since your fragment is attached to the activity, you will find the view bothways, but I suggest you are finding view's for your fragment in your fragment's scope since there may be several fragments that have common layouts meaning there may be several view's associated with the same ID and that makes the getActivity().findBiewById(...) method unreliable