Added in API level 1

LayoutInflater.Factory


public static interface LayoutInflater.Factory

android.view.LayoutInflater.Factory
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Summary

Public methods

abstract View onCreateView(String name, Context context, AttributeSet attrs)

Hook you can supply that is called when inflating from a LayoutInflater.

Public methods

onCreateView

Added in API level 1
public abstract View onCreateView (String name, 
                Context context, 
                AttributeSet attrs)

Hook you can supply that is called when inflating from a LayoutInflater. You can use this to customize the tag names available in your XML layout files.

Note that it is good practice to prefix these custom names with your package (i.e., com.coolcompany.apps) to avoid conflicts with system names.

Parameters
name String: Tag name to be inflated. This value cannot be null.

context Context: The context the view is being created in. This value cannot be null.

attrs AttributeSet: Inflation attributes as specified in XML file. This value cannot be null.

Returns
View View Newly created view. Return null for the default behavior.