Adding views Dynamically in android

Question

I would like to know if its possible to add a view say textview directly from the activity (Dynamically) in android without actually having it in the layout ?

View my earlier answer,I hope it help.

kameny
– kameny

2011-11-05 15:54:07 +00:00
Commented Nov 5, 2011 at 15:54 — kameny
– kameny, Commented Nov 5, 2011 at 15:54

Eric Nordvik · Accepted Answer · 2011-11-05 16:22:24Z

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Inside your Activity:

TextView tv = new TextView(this);
tv.setId(42);

LayoutParams params = new LayoutParams(width, height);
params.addRule(RelativeLayout.ALIGN_PARENT_LEFT);
tv.setLayoutParams(params);

setContentView(tv);

Where myView is the View you want to add a View to. It can be of any type you want.

edited Nov 5, 2011 at 16:22

answered Nov 5, 2011 at 15:55

Eric Nordvik

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3 Comments

Saiesh Over a year ago

What if its a relative layout that i'm using ? Can i explicitly give the position where i want to add it using the id's like its done in the xml file ?

Saiesh Over a year ago

And in this case myview is a view that should already be given in the xml because unless and until u do that you wouldnt get an id for it right ? But i want to add a view without defining it in the xml .

Eric Nordvik Over a year ago

Try my latest edit to add a view programmatically without having it in xml.

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