Do you folks declare <view_ids.xml like this> or s...
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miha-x64
08/31/2021, 10:48 AMDo you folks declare view_ids.xml like this or simply write 1, 2, 3 etc?
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louiscad
08/31/2021, 11:51 AMI do it like this when I need savedState. Otherwise, I just give no id at all, and they are generated automatically if I use Views DSL ConstraintLayout.
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miha-x64
08/31/2021, 1:26 PMYep, for saving state. I was using simple IDs starting with 1, but it turns out that generateViewId does the same, so when I started using labelFor, I got several collisions at once 😂
miha-x64
08/31/2021, 1:27 PMNow I want to call generateViewId one hundred times to reserve these IDs for myself
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louiscad
08/31/2021, 3:31 PMYou can also just call it when you need it, on the fly, if you don't need savedState.
louiscad
08/31/2021, 3:32 PMNote that these will not clash with the xml defined ones.
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miha-x64
08/31/2021, 3:45 PMThe only reason to have IDs is saved state 😅
miha-x64
08/31/2021, 3:46 PMah, RelativeLayout, almost forgot
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louiscad
08/31/2021, 3:46 PMNope. Other reasons are accessibility labels (labelFor) and ConstraintLayout, which work fine with generated ones.
But if you do need saved state, use xml ids, it's the easiest and most reliable since it shouln't have duplicates by mistake.
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miha-x64
08/31/2021, 3:48 PMyep, my problem arose exactly with labelFor
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