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Jacob Marble
Jacob Marble

Reputation: 30132

How do you refer to a custom XML layout from another custom XML layout?

Given an XML layout (call it the "inner" layout), how do you refer to that inner layout from another custom XML layout (call it the "outer" layout)? Is this possible using XML alone, or are the only solutions programmatic?

Inner layout:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout
  xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
  android:layout_width="fill_parent"
  android:layout_height="wrap_content"
  android:padding="6dip"
  >
  <ImageView
    android:id="@+id/productImage"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
    android:layout_marginLeft="6dip"
    />
  <TextView
    android:id="@+id/productName"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_toLeftOf="@id/productImage"
    android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge"
    />
</RelativeLayout>

Outer layout:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout
  xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
  android:layout_width="fill_parent"
  android:layout_height="wrap_content"
  >
  <!-- Embed inner XML layout here -->
  <Button
    android:id="@+id/productButtonAddToShoppingList"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_below="<!-- refer to inner layout -->"
    android:layout_marginTop="2dip"
    android:text="add to shopping list"
    />
</RelativeLayout>

Upvotes: 1

Views: 417

Answers (1)

poke
poke

Reputation: 387667

Basically you use the <include /> tag like this:

<include layout="@layout/inner_layout" />

See also: http://developer.android.com/resources/articles/layout-tricks-reuse.html

Upvotes: 3

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