Error: Non-static method 'findViewById(int)' cannot be referenced from a static context

Question

I am using Android Studio (Beta), and while using this java code in 'onCreateView()', I get an error.

ListView listView = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.someListView);

This is the error:

Non-static method 'findViewById(int)' cannot be referenced from a static context

How do I fix this?

Answer 1

Assuming you have a static fragment inner class inside an activity: you're trying to call the activity's findViewById() which you cannot in a static inner class that doesn't hold a reference to the parent.

In onCreateView() you need to call it on the root view you just inflated, e.g.

 ListView listView = (ListView) rootView.findViewById(R.id.someListView);