Inflating a xml layout in a custom View class

Question

I have a class View1 that extends View. I want to inflate R.layout.test2.xml in this class View1. I have put a following code in this class

public class View1 extends View {      View view;     String[] countries = new String[] {"India", "USA", "Canada"};      public View1( Context context) {         super(context);         LayoutInflater  mInflater=(LayoutInflater)context.getSystemService(Context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE);         view=mInflater.inflate(R.layout.test2, null, false);     } } 

From another class Home I want this inflated view to be there for some circumstances , In the Home class I wrote the following code:

public class Home extends Activity{      @Override     public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {         super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);         setContentView(R.layout.home);         CreateView();        }      public void CreateView() {         LinearLayout lv=(LinearLayout)findViewById(R.id.linearlayout);         View1 view = new View1(Home.this);         lv.addView(view);     } } 

But as I run my project the activity doesn't show me anything.

Answer 1

You can't add views to the View class instead you should use ViewGroup or one of its subclasses(like Linearlayout, RelativeLayout etc). Then your code will be like this:

    public class View1 extends LinearLayout {          View view;         String[] countries = new String[] {"India", "USA", "Canada"};          public View1( Context context) {             super(context);             inflate(context, R.layout.test2, this);         }     } 

Answer 2

Use this

    LayoutInflater li = (LayoutInflater)getContext().getSystemService(infService);     li.inflate(R.layout.test2, **this**, true); 

You must to use this, not null, and change the false parameter (boolean AttachToRoot ) to true