getXml(id) - Resource not found exception

Question

My target is to apply style on individual Views. I've created a style in styles.xml like this:

<style name="trLinearLayout">
    <item name="android:layout_width">fill_parent</item>
    <item name="android:layout_height">wrap_content</item>
    <item name="android:orientation">vertical</item>
    <item name="android:background">@android:color/white</item>
</style>

the corresponding ID is generated in R.java and the following code is using the above style:

    XmlResourceParser parser =    context.getResources().getXml(R.style.apptheme_black);
    AttributeSet attribs = Xml.asAttributeSet(parser);

    LinearLayout tr = new LinearLayout(context, attribs); 

I get following exception while running:

04-10 16:41:52.053: W/ResourceType(283): Requesting resource 0x7f050005 failed because it is complex
04-10 16:41:52.065: W/System.err(283): android.content.res.Resources$NotFoundException: Resource ID #0x7f050005
04-10 16:41:52.065: W/System.err(283):  at android.content.res.Resources.getValue(Resources.java:891)
04-10 16:41:52.065: W/System.err(283):  at android.content.res.Resources.loadXmlResourceParser(Resources.java:1865)
04-10 16:41:52.065: W/System.err(283):  at android.content.res.Resources.getXml(Resources.java:779)

What am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

getXml method is used for fetching xml resources out from res/xml folder.