Android - Include layout from another module

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I have a module called TestGUILib and I have specified testview.xml with a simple FrameLayout.

<FrameLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent">

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/textView"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="Testing View!" />

</FrameLayout>

I tried to use this layout in my main app activity_main. Here is my code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    tools:context="com.example.sam.testapp1.MainActivity">

    <TextView
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="Hello World!"
        app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />

    <include layout="@layout/testview"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"
        />

</android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout>

Everything works fine. It compiles ok and runs ok. But the preview doesn't work. It shows the blank screen (ie. when I clicked on "Design", it turns blank) with render errors:

Could not find layout resource matching value 0x7F04002F (resolved name: testview) in current configuration.

Also, there is a line under testview (ie. include layout="@layout/testview"). When I rolled my mouse over, it said

Typo in the word 'testview'

Spellchecker inspection helps locate typos and misspelling in your code, comments and literals, and fix them in one click.

Any idea? Thanks

Firoz Jaroli · Accepted Answer · 2017-04-14 10:59:03Z

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go to "File > Invalidate Caches/Restart...", click "Invalidate and Restart". it should work.

answered Apr 14, 2017 at 10:59

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NotABot · Accepted Answer · 2017-04-14 11:09:16Z

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Lets assume you have moduleOne and moduleTwo and if you want to use moduleTwo resources in moduleOne add following (sample) code in moduleOne gradle

    dependencies {
    compile project(':moduleTwo')
   }

This will include moduleOne into you moduleTwo in order to use its resouces including layouts.

answered Apr 14, 2017 at 11:09

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Georgiy Chebotarev · Accepted Answer · 2023-01-26 05:44:01Z

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Possible you have forgotten to enable

buildFeatures {
    viewBinding true
}

in the second module. In that case viewbinding will not find view and show it red like an unknown element

answered Jan 26, 2023 at 5:44

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