I am trying to create an ImageView in a Fragment which will refer to the ImageView element which I have created in the XML for the Fragment. However, the findViewById
method only works if I extend an Activity class. Is there anyway of which I can use it in Fragment as well?
public class TestClass extends Fragment {
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container, Bundle savedInstanceState) {
ImageView imageView = (ImageView)findViewById(R.id.my_image);
return inflater.inflate(R.layout.testclassfragment, container, false);
}
}
The findViewById
method has an error on it which states that the method is undefined.
Use getView() or the View parameter from implementing the onViewCreated
method. It returns the root view for the fragment (the one returned by onCreateView()
method). With this you can call findViewById()
.
@Override
public void onViewCreated(View view, @Nullable Bundle savedInstanceState) {
ImageView imageView = (ImageView) getView().findViewById(R.id.foo);
// or (ImageView) view.findViewById(R.id.foo);
As getView()
works only after onCreateView()
, you can't use it inside onCreate()
or onCreateView()
methods of the fragment .
You need to inflate the Fragment's view and call findViewById()
on the View
it returns.
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater,
ViewGroup container,
Bundle savedInstanceState) {
View view = inflater.inflate(R.layout.testclassfragment, container, false);
ImageView imageView = (ImageView) view.findViewById(R.id.my_image);
return view;
}
NullPointerException
.
Inside Fragment
class you will get onViewCreated() override method where you should always initialize your views as in this method you get view object using which you can find your views like :
@Override
public void onViewCreated(View view, Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onViewCreated(view, savedInstanceState);
view.findViewById(R.id.yourId).setOnClickListener(this);
// or
getActivity().findViewById(R.id.yourId).setOnClickListener(this);
}
Always remember in case of Fragment that onViewCreated()
method will not called automatically if you are returning null or super.onCreateView()
from onCreateView()
method. It will be called by default in case of ListFragment
as ListFragment
return FrameLayout
by default.
Note: you can get the fragment view anywhere in the class by using getView()
once onCreateView()
has been executed successfully. i.e.
getView().findViewById("your view id");
view
passed to onViewCreated
still causes NullPointerException
but using getActivity()
is fine. Any ideas why?
onCreateView
method. I've just debugged and it turns out there is a layout (in my case FrameLayout
). That being said when I try to find an element it returns null
. Why is it happening?
I realise this is an old question, but the prevailing answer leaves something to be desired.
The question is not clear what is required of imageView
- are we passing it back as the view, or merely saving a reference for later?
Either way, if the ImageView
is coming from the inflated layout, the correct way to do this would be:
public class TestClass extends Fragment {
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container, Bundle savedInstanceState) {
View v = inflater.inflate(R.layout.testclassfragment, container, false);
ImageView imageView = (ImageView)v.findViewById(R.id.my_image);
return v;
}
}
Get first the fragment view and then get from this view your ImageView.
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container, Bundle savedInstanceState) {
View view = inflater.inflate(R.layout.testclassfragment, container, false);
ImageView imageView = (ImageView) view.findViewById(R.id.my_image);
return view;
}
Inside Fragment
class we get onViewCreated()
override method where we should always initialize our views because in this method we get view
object. Using this object we can find our views like below:
class MyFragment extends Fragment {
private ImageView imageView;
@Override
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container, Bundle savedInstanceState) {
return inflater.inflate(R.layout.my_fragment_layout, container, false);
}
@Override
public void onViewCreated(View view, Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onViewCreated(view, savedInstanceState);
//initialize your view here for use view.findViewById("your view id")
imageView = (ImageView) view.findViewById(R.id.my_image);
}
}
You could also do it in the onActivityCreated
Method.
public void onActivityCreated(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onActivityCreated(savedInstanceState);
}
Like they do here: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/Fragment.html (deprecated in API level 28)
getView().findViewById(R.id.foo);
and
getActivity().findViewById(R.id.foo);
are possible.
getView()
will give the root view
View v = getView().findViewByID(R.id.x);
You can override onViewCreated() which is called right after all views had been inflated. It's the right place to fill in your Fragment's member View
variables. Here's an example:
class GalleryFragment extends Fragment {
private Gallery gallery;
(...)
@Override
public void onViewCreated(View view, Bundle savedInstanceState) {
gallery = (Gallery) view.findViewById(R.id.gallery);
gallery.setAdapter(adapter);
super.onViewCreated(view, savedInstanceState);
}
}
The method getView() wont work on fragments outside OnCreate and similar methods.
You have two ways, pass the view to the function on the oncreate (what means you can only run your functions when the view is being created) or set the view as a variable:
private View rootView;
@Override
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
Bundle savedInstanceState) {
rootView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_contatos, container, false);
}
public void doSomething () {
ImageView thumbnail = (ImageView) rootView.findViewById(R.id.someId);
}
1) first inflate layout of Fragment then you can use findviewbyId .
View view = inflater.inflate(R.layout.testclassfragment, container, false);
ImageView imageView = (ImageView) view.findViewById(R.id.my_image);
return view;
agreed with calling findViewById()
on the View.
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container, Bundle savedInstanceState) {
View V = inflater.inflate(R.layout.testclassfragment, container, false);
ImageView imageView = (ImageView) V.findViewById(R.id.my_image);
return V;
}
EditText name = (EditText) getView().findViewById(R.id.editText1);
EditText add = (EditText) getView().findViewById(R.id.editText2);
Note :
From API Level 26, you also don't need to specifically cast the result of findViewById as it uses inference for its return type.
So now you can simply do,
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater,
ViewGroup container,
Bundle savedInstanceState) {
View view = inflater.inflate(R.layout.testclassfragment, container, false);
ImageView imageView = view.findViewById(R.id.my_image); //without casting the return type
return view;
}
Use
imagebutton = (ImageButton) getActivity().findViewById(R.id.imagebutton1);
imageview = (ImageView) getActivity().findViewById(R.id.imageview1);
it will work
According to the documentation on API level 11
Reference, in Back Stack http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/Fragment.html
short code
/**
* The Fragment's UI is just a simple text view showing its
* instance number.
*/
@Override
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
Bundle savedInstanceState) {
View v = inflater.inflate(R.layout.hello_world, container, false);
View tv = v.findViewById(R.id.text);
((TextView)tv).setText("Fragment #" + mNum);
tv.setBackgroundDrawable(getResources().getDrawable(android.R.drawable.gallery_thumb));
return v;
}
Using getView()
returns the view of the fragment, then you can call findViewById()
to access any view element in the fragment view.
Try this it works for me
public class TestClass extends Fragment {
private ImageView imageView;
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container, Bundle savedInstanceState) {
View view = inflater.inflate(R.layout.testclassfragment, container, false);
findViews(view);
return view;
}
private void findViews(View view) {
imageView = (ImageView) view.findViewById(R.id.my_image);
}
}
The best way to implement this is as follows:
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container, Bundle savedInstanceState) {
rootView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.testclassfragment, container, false);
ImageView imageView = (ImageView) rootView.findViewById(R.id.my_image);
return rootView
}
In this way, the rootView can be used for each control defined in the xml layout and the code is much cleaner in this way.
Hope this helps :)
1) Declare your layout file.
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater,ViewGroup container,
Bundle savedInstanceState) {
return inflate(R.layout.myfragment, container, false);
}
2)Then, get the id of your view
@Override
public void onViewCreated(View view, @Nullable Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onViewCreated(view, savedInstanceState);
TextView nameView = (TextView) view.findViewById(R.id.textview1);
}
Use gradle skeleton plugin, it will automatically generate the view holder classes with the reference to your layout.
public class TestClass extends Fragment {
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container, Bundle savedInstanceState) {
MyLayout myLayout = new MyLayout(inflater, container, false);
myLayout.myImage.setImageResource(R.drawable.myImage);
return myLayout.view;
}
}
Now assuming you had an ImageView
declared in your my_layout.xml
file, it will automatically generate myLayout class for you.
Try This:
View v = inflater.inflate(R.layout.testclassfragment, container, false);
ImageView img = (ImageView) v.findViewById(R.id.my_image);
return v;
try
private View myFragmentView;
@Override
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container, Bundle savedInstanceState)
{
myFragmentView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.myLayoutId, container, false);
myView = myFragmentView.findViewById(R.id.myIdTag)
return myFragmentView;
}
getView()
later
You can call findViewById()
with the Activity Object you get inside your public void onAttach(Activity activity)
method inside your Fragment.
Save the Activity into a variable for example:
In the Fragment class: private Activity mainActivity;
In the onAttach()
method: this.mainActivity=activity;
Finally execute every findViewById through the vairable: mainActivity.findViewById(R.id.TextView);
There is one more method called onViewCreated.
@Override
public void onViewCreated(View view, @Nullable Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onViewCreated(view, savedInstanceState);
ImageView imageView = (ImageView) view.findViewById(R.id.imageview1);
}
I like everything to be structured. You can do in this way.
First initialize view
private ImageView imageView;
Then override OnViewCreated
@Override
public void onViewCreated(View view, @Nullable Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onViewCreated(view, savedInstanceState);
findViews(view);
}
Then add a void method to find views
private void findViews(View v) {
imageView = v.findViewById(R.id.img);
}
//here you can do it by
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
Bundle savedInstanceState)
{
// Inflate the layout for this fragment
final View view = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_apple, container,
false);
ist = view.findViewById(R.id.linearLink);
second = view.findViewById(R.id.linearPhone);
return view;
Inside onCreateView method
1) first you have to inflate the layout/view you want to add eg. LinearLayout
LinearLayout ll = inflater.inflate(R.layout.testclassfragment, container, false);
2) Then you can find your imageView id from layout
ImageView imageView = (ImageView)ll.findViewById(R.id.my_image);
3)return the inflated layout
return ll;
You have to inflate the view
public class TestClass extends Fragment {
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container, Bundle savedInstanceState) {
View v = inflater.inflate(R.layout.testclassfragment, container, false);
ImageView imageView = (ImageView)v.findViewById(R.id.my_image);
return v
}}
In fragments we need a view of that window so that we make a onCreateView of this Fragment.
Then get the view and use it to access each and every view id of that view elements..
class Demo extends Fragment
{
@Override
public View onCreateView(final LayoutInflater inflater,ViewGroup container, Bundle savedInstanceState)
{
View view =inflater.inflate(R.layout.demo_fragment, container,false);
ImageView imageview=(ImageView)view.findViewById(R.id.imageview1);
return view;
}
}
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ImageView
is coming from the inflated layout - see my answer for details. Otherwise, onCreateView is the right place to do this @N-AccessDevonActivityCreated()
is the recommended place to find and store references to your views. You must clean up these stored references by setting them back tonull
inonDestroyView()
or you will leak theActivity
.