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androidxmlandroid-layout
wtsang02
wtsang02

Reputation: 18863

Overriding xml <include .../>

Is it possible to override an attribute in xml in a tag?

parent.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<TableLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent" >
    <include  
        layout="@layout/button"
         android:text="HAHAHAH"
         />
</TableLayout>

button.xml:

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
   <TextView  xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="some string" />

Is it possible to change "some string" into "HAHAHA"?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1333

Answers (1)

Marcin Orlowski
Marcin Orlowski

Reputation: 75629

Yes and no :) "Yes", because you can override attributes in XML in general, "no" because in this case only changing android:layout_* attribues will take effect:

You can also override all the layout parameters (any android:layout_* attributes) of the included layout's root view by specifying them in the tag. For example:

<include android:id=”@+id/news_title”
         android:layout_width=”match_parent”
         android:layout_height=”match_parent”
         layout=”@layout/title”/>

However, if you want to override layout attributes using the tag, you must override both android:layout_height and android:layout_width in order for other layout attributes to take effect.

http://developer.android.com/training/improving-layouts/reusing-layouts.html#Include

Upvotes: 5

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