How is this View inflated? Is TextView a field of ...

# android

[The Monster]

How is this View inflated? Is TextView a field of LinearLayout or gets moved somewhere?

xml
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="<http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android>"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:orientation="vertical">

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/item_title"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" />

</LinearLayout>

[Luis]

Not sure what else you are asking, but the text view becomes a child of the linear layout during inflation. Usually you would access views via findViewById() in your activity or fragment.

[The Monster]

I meant like, after the TextView is inflated(turned into Java objects), does it get added as a property of the LinearLayout object or not? Maybe added into a data structure inside LinearLayout?

[Kirill Grouchnikov]

If you're interested in how this works under the hood, you'd look at the source code of LayoutInflater (around lines 627-690) and ViewGroup (around lines 5338-5366). The 😶 tag means that this, though, has nothing to do with the purpose of this channel, and questions like this do not get much traction 99% of the time.

[Luis]

Yep, you can use cs.android.com to search for sources. The TextView ends up added to an array of views inside the LinearLayout, check the source!

[The Monster]

I found it in ViewGroup source code at the location specified. It's my first time asking question here, so I guess I used the channel incorrectly. Still, thanks for the help.

[Haomin]

@Luis Thats a great website, I never there is a site like this