Added in API level 11

Factory2

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Kotlin |Java

interface Factory2 : LayoutInflater.Factory

android.view.LayoutInflater.Factory2

Known Direct Subclasses Activity Activity An activity is a single, focused thing that the user can do.

Known Indirect Subclasses AccountAuthenticatorActivity, ActivityGroup, AliasActivity, ExpandableListActivity, LauncherActivity, ListActivity, NativeActivity, PreferenceActivity, TabActivity AccountAuthenticatorActivity Base class for implementing an Activity that is used to help implement an AbstractAccountAuthenticator. ActivityGroup A screen that contains and runs multiple embedded activities. AliasActivity Stub activity that launches another activity (and then finishes itself) based on information in its component's manifest meta-data. ExpandableListActivity An activity that displays an expandable list of items by binding to a data source implementing the ExpandableListAdapter, and exposes event handlers when the user selects an item. LauncherActivity Displays a list of all activities which can be performed for a given intent. ListActivity An activity that displays a list of items by binding to a data source such as an array or Cursor, and exposes event handlers when the user selects an item. NativeActivity Convenience for implementing an activity that will be implemented purely in native code. PreferenceActivity This is the base class for an activity to show a hierarchy of preferences to the user. TabActivity For apps developing against android.os.Build.VERSION_CODES#HONEYCOMB or later, tabs are typically presented in the UI using the new ActionBar.newTab() and related APIs for placing tabs within their action bar area.

Summary

Public methods
abstract View?	onCreateView(parent: View?, name: String, context: Context, attrs: AttributeSet) Version of onCreateView(java.lang.String,android.content.Context,android.util.AttributeSet) that also supplies the parent that the view created view will be placed in.

Inherited functions
From class Factory View? onCreateView(name: String, context: Context, attrs: AttributeSet) 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.

Public methods

onCreateView

Added in API level 11

abstract fun onCreateView(
    parent: View?, 
    name: String, 
    context: Context, 
    attrs: AttributeSet
): View?

Version of onCreateView(java.lang.String,android.content.Context,android.util.AttributeSet) that also supplies the parent that the view created view will be placed in.

Parameters
parent	View?: The parent that the created view will be placed in; note that this may be null.
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.

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