Dynamically add layout on button click and get text from the layout?

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So I have a layout that gets added to the main layout every time the user presses a button. I got that working fine, but that layout happens to consist of several EditTexts. What would be the best way to get the text from the EditText? I only have the id of the layout itself, not the EditTexts inside the layout.

I thought of just adding EditTexts dynamically one by one, but is there a more efficient way of doing it? I'd much rather just inflate an xml layout every the button is clicked.

there are 2 EditTexts and 2 TextViews in the layout that gets inflated. The TextViews don't matter. The user can add as many layouts as they want — CoffeeCrisp
– CoffeeCrisp, Commented Dec 13, 2012 at 2:22

danghis khan · Accepted Answer · 2012-12-13 02:29:01Z

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I assume you're adding new views by inflating them and then adding them to the main view similar to below.

LinearLayout newView = (LinearLayout)this.getLayoutInflater().inflate(R.layout.my_layout, null);

LinearLayout mainView = (LinearLayout)this.findViewById(R.id.mainLayout);
mainView.addView(newView);

You can use findViewById() on the newView to access each EditText as required.

EditText editText = (EditText) newView.findViewById(R.id.myButton);
String text = editText.getText().toString();

answered Dec 13, 2012 at 2:29

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CoffeeCrisp Over a year ago

Thanks for some reason I didn't realize that I could just get the ids one by one and give them a different reference.

Chris Yuan · Accepted Answer · 2012-12-13 02:34:17Z

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Since it's a fixed layout you inflate from a particular XML file, you can also use getChildAt(int index) to find a particular view of the ViewGroup.

answered Dec 13, 2012 at 2:34

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